In 1978 at the age of 20, Coach Krasna took on his first head coaching position with the Lakewood, NJ, Biddy Basketball League where he guided his 5^th grade boys squad to the league championship.  He spent six years in the Lakewood, NJ league refining his coaching skills.  After moving to Bucks County in 1983, Coach Krasna had successful coaching assignments at The Newtown Friends School coaching both the boys and girls Middle School teams.  Coach Krasna later went on to coach the JV Girls team at The Lawrenceville School.  For the past 17 years, Coach Krasna has been actively coaching AAU basketball teams for PRBL, Lower Bucks Lightning and Fencor.

Coach Krasna has been married for 29 years to his wonderful wife Jodi who is a basketball junkie.  They have 2 children, Lindsay and Jesse, both of who will assist their dad throughout the spring and summer. 

Assistant Coach Lindsay Krasna

Coach Lindsay Krasna enters her 5^th consecutive season coaching basketball.  She is the current head coach for the Philadelphia Girls High School Maccabi Team.  Her Maccabi teams have won 3 consecutive medals in the following summer Maccabi Games:

2011 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Gold

2010 Baltimore, Maryland – Gold

2009 San Antonio, Texas -- Bronze 

Lindsay is a 2004 graduate and class valedictorian of Pennsbury high School..  She also excelled outside the classroom in both volleyball and basketball at Pennsbury where she served as team captain in both sports her junior and senior seasons.  As a senior, she led her volleyball team to a Suburban One League title, a District One title and a State Final appearance.  On the basketball court, Lindsay primarily playing point guard, graduated as the all-time leading scorer at Pennsbury (1,293 career points) and she was the all-time assist leader (416 career assists).

Lindsay’s basketball and academic successes continued in college as a member of the Cornell University Women’s Basketball Team.  Lindsay’s impact was felt immediately as a college player.  As a freshman she led her squad in scoring with 332 pts 12.6 PPG.  She was 1^st in the Ivy League in free throws made and free throw percentage at 87.1% which put her 11^th in the nation overall.  This is a Cornell school record which still stands today.   She was named to the 2005 Ivy All-Rookie Team, just the 5^th player in program history to receive this honor.  Lindsay continued to develop both on and off the court in college.  As the team captain her junior season, she was named to the Academic All-Ivy Team, just the 8^th player in program history to receive that honor. 

After graduating from Cornell in 2008 from the Nutritional Science Honors Program, Lindsay remained at Cornell for a 5^th year earning her certification as a Registered Dietician and Nutritional Counselor.  In 2010 Lindsay put her academic interests on hold to play professional basketball overseas.  She joined forces with WNBA star Kia Vaughn from the NY Liberty, winning the 2010 Israeli Cup and the Division 1 Israeli League championship for Team Ramat HaSharon. 

Lindsay is also an accomplished singer songwriter and performs at various college campus venues and well as coffeehouses in Manhattan.   

Lindsay is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Psychological Counseling at Columbia University, in NYC.  As part of this program, she works part time as a Psychology Intern counseling patients at The Addiction Institute of New York.  When Lindsay is not working, studying, performing or coaching, she laces up her sneakers and plays competitive hoops in a women’s league in NYC. 

Assistant Coach Jesse Krasna

Coach Jesse Krasna enters his 2^nd consecutive season as an assistant AAU Girls Basketball coach.   Jesse was the skills coach at PRBL-AAU Basketball in 2011 where he helped young players primarily with guard skills.  He has worked as a counselor and basketball trainer at many high school summer camps. 

Jesse graduated from Pennsbury High School in 2010 and was named both the Bucks County Courier Times Player of the Year and a 2010 Bucks County Courier Times Scholar Athlete.  A four year starter as the point guard, Jesse is 3^rd all-time in assists at Pennsbury.  He scored 924 career points and shot 79 % from the charity stripe.  He dished the ball to some very outstanding players at Pennsbury.  Lavoy Allen currently a rookie with the Philadelphia 76ers and former Temple University standout was the recipient of many of Jesse’s passes.  Dalton Pepper, a current Temple University player was thankful to have Jesse at the controls, scoring over 2,000 points for his career. Jesse was a two year captain in high school leading his team both his junior and senior seasons. 

Jesse is currently playing college basketball for the Ursinus Bears and is in his sophomore season.  He had a tremendous freshman campaign starting all 25 games and averaging over 33 minutes per game. He scored 250 points (10 PPG), grabbed 114 rebounds (4.6 RPG) dished out 103 assists (4.2 APG) and had 28 steals on the season.  Most impressive of all is that Jesse was named Team Captain for his sophomore season by his coaches, an honor that is quite unusual for a 2^nd year player at the college level.

Jesse is a standout in the classroom as well as on the basketball court.  He is on the Deans list at Ursinus College with a 3.87 GPA.  Jesse plans to teach elementary education and expand his involvement in coaching and training young athletes after graduating.