Coaches Information

Jim Huber Jim is a graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas where he was a three year varsity starter earning all state honors his senior year. He then went on to play Allen County Community College and Avila University. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Communications with an emphasis in Business and an MBA in Marketing from Avila University. After playing in college he began to coach men’s basketball on the collegiate level at Avila University. He was an assistant basketball coach for three years and head basketball coach for two years while serving as Assistant Athletic Director. Jim then served as an Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach on the UMKC staff for three years. At both UMKC and Avila University Jim worked with developing players and individual workouts.

Over the past three years, Jim has been involved in the day to day operations of Spiece MO-KAN Elite basketball program and coaching teams. He has worked with a number of players from the Kansas City area such as Willie Reed (St. Louis), Jackie Charmichael (Illinois State), Nino Williams (Kansas State), Will Spradling (Kansas State), Reece Holiday (University of Toledo), and coached Spiece MO-KAN 17U team this past summer with players such as David Kravish, Willie Cauley, Tyler Rambo, Clint McCullough, RJ Leverett, Rozell Nunn and Morgan Smith.

Christina Jansen Mackiewicz Ms. Mackiewicz is the Program Coordinator for the Future Stars Program at 68’s Inside Sports. Her experience includes teaching basketball individual and group lessons, coaching from grade school to college level and playing at the NCAA Division I level (University of Kentucky). Ms. Mackiewicz is originally from Louisville, Kentucky where she played and graduated from Mercy Academy High School.

While attending Mercy, she led the Jaguars to a Kentucky State Championship in 1992 and earned 1st Team All State, MVP of State Tournament 92, 1992 Gatorade State Player of the Year and USA Today Kentucky Player of the Year. Ms. Mackiewicz played as a four year starter at the University of Kentucky and earned her Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education. She refined her basketball knowledge and educational methods while coaching at Ball State University, University of Cincinnati, Bishop England High School (Charleston, SC) and the College of Charleston. She has over eight year of coaching experience and has been responsible for recruiting, post and guard play, as well as basketball operations. Ms. Mackiewicz currently resides in Shawnee with her husband and two children.