Coach Ashton Harrell is the founder & Head Sports Performance Trainer of Team Ambition Training. He was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and played high school basketball at Alief Hastings where he attended all four years of High School. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Crookston with Bachelors's in Sport & Recreation Management and earned a Minor in Business Marketing.
Coach Harrell was in pursuit of a prospective contract with an NBA team as a free agent, however, he suffered two serious knee injuries after which he was still able to obtain his professional basketball contract with two NBA D League teams.
Ashton Harrell
FOUNDER/CEO
Professional Player Development Coach
Despite his knee injuries altering the course of his career, God reshaped his career and his basketball abilities to be used to develop a training and enrichment program such as the Ambition Training company. His path up to this point, professional and otherwise, allowed him to gain humility, insight, and the experience necessary to create and sustain a company like the Ambition Training Company.
He designed a basketball training company to help young athletes, collegiate players and professionals fulfill their dreams through the innovative skill development and training. He has professional experienced with NBA Development League Teams (Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Erie Bay Hawks, Orlando Magic, Dallas Texas Legends, and the New York Westchester Knicks).
Coach Harrell creates innovative programming and strives to use basketball as a tool to teach life lessons including the importance of faith, hard work, integrity, discipline, and strong work ethic. This organization is designed to give every athlete an opportunity to excel, develop & grow in the sport of basketball. Coach Harrell is 100% motivated and passionate about developing athletes and individuals through intense and challenging game like situations/ drills. Ashton has also coached and trained basketball player’s ages 5 to 25 from grass root skill level basketball to professional athletes. His attention to detail, combined with an effective teaching style, keeps workouts fresh and challenging. Players always talk about taking their game to the “NEXT LEVEL”. Working with Coach Ashton will guarantee improvement.
PLAYERS TRAINED
Below are players at different levels of play that have been trained by our staff.
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© 2019 TEAM AMBITION.
NBA / WNBA / OVERSEAS PLAYERS
Amber Orange | Israel + WNBA
Michael Harmon | Kosovo
Demacus Gatlin | Spain
Adrain Kuyinu | Germany
Issac Mack | Australia
Winn Shepherd | Germany
Kevin Brown | Europe
Aquill Baynard | Europe
Alex Davis| NBA D League + Nymburk Czech Republic
OUR CURRENT COLLEGIATE PLAYERS
Zion Kearney - Oklahoma University
Jack Paris - Texas A&M University
Nick Jacko - McMurry University
Kolin Polk - Texas Lutheran University
Joshua Hollis - Ottawa University
Rueben Doria - Kansas Christian College
Brianna Nicole - Graceland University
Kaleb Cheers - Webster University
Ethan Taylor - Air Force University
Chris Harris - Roger State University
Jordan Johnson - Florida Memorial University
Collion Warren – McNeese State University
Peter Moton – Colorado Mesa University
Marcus Lightfoot – Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Andrell Jones - Angelina College
Natile Brannon – Southwest Christian College
Chandler Jacobs – Dallas Baptist University
Josh Ogunlade -Dallas Baptist University
Nigael Ceaser – Collions College
Caleb Tills – Texas College
Kailee Valentine – Angelina College
Chris Waller – South-western University
Andre Johnson – Central College
Waylan Siverand – North Carolina A&T State University
Marquis Edwards – Bacone College
Shawn Johnson – University of Incarnate
Shawn Crockett – Midwestern State University
Jaylyn Cage – Seward Country College
Landon Jones – Bacone College