meet the Coaches

Allee Coble

DIRECTOR

  • Coach Allee is a longtime basketball enthusiast and student of the game. After being a 4-year member of the South Walton High School girl’s varsity basketball team, she went on to become the school’s all-time leading scorer. After graduating in May 2018, Allee moved to Auburn, AL to earn a degree in Exercise Science with a minor in sports coaching from Auburn University. Allee spent one season on Johnnie Harris’s staff as a Student Assistant for the Lady Tigers in the 2021-2022 year.

    Upon completion of her undergraduate degree, Coble moved back to Santa Rosa Beach and is part of the SWHS Staff and has taken over the Dream program. As a member of the NWF Dream’s first team, Coble has been an integral part of this organization from the start and looks forward to elevating it to new levels in years to come.

Dwayne Beal

HEAD OF GRASSROOTS PROGRAM

Sarah Latour

6thU GIRLS

Stryder Smith

8thU GIRLS

Veronica Moceri

11thU GIRLS

Noah Curran

4thU BOYS

Jon Easterhaus

10thU BOYS

Terrell McClain

5thU BOYS

Austin Hostetler

6thU BOYS

Paxton Dixon

7thU BOYS

  • Paxton Dixon attended South Walton High School from 2011-2015 where he became the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,483 career points. After graduating, he played Division III college basketball at Birmingham-Southern College. As a freshman, BSC went undefeated in conference, won the SAA conference championship & advanced to the NCAA tournament.

    After his playing career was cut short by injuries his sophomore year, Paxton began working in youth development in college. And in his senior year of college, he worked as a student-assistant coach for Birmingham-Southern Men’s Basketball.

    Paxton lives in Santa Rosa Beach, works as a real estate agent, & is the head coach of Emerald Coast Middle School Boys Basketball.

Mike Cogdall

8thU BOYS

Matt Horin

8thU BOYS

  • High School

    • Warsaw Community High School (Warsaw, Indiana)

    • 4-year varsity player (Team Captain senior year)

    • 1993 First team All-State and Academic All-State

    • 1992 IHSAA State High School Basketball tournament – Final Four

    • 1993 IHSAA State High School Basketball tournament – Elite Eight

    College

    • US Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

    • Western Athletic Conference (WAC) – Division 1

    • 3-year letter winner

    • Team Captain senior year

    Coaching: 

    • Destin Community Center Rec Coach 2013-2025

    • Destin Middle School Boys Basketball Coaching Staff - 2022-2026

Connor Rigby

9thU BOYS

Michelle Horin

8thU BOYS

    • 4- year player FWBHS

    • Team Captain Senior Year

    • 1996 - Final Four

    Coaching:

    • Destin Community Center Rec Coach 2013-2025

    • Destin Middle School Boys Basketball Coaching Staff - 2023-2026