Army West Point Athletics
Staff Directory
- Title:
- Assistant Men's Basketball Coach
Will Louis joined Army West Point as an assistant coach in July of 2025.
Prior to joining the Army coaching staff, Louis served as the director of sales and recruiting for the Hoop Group.
Directing his first camp at age 21, Louis was the youngest director in the 60-year history of the Hoop Group.
Joining the company in May 2022, Louis’ first role was director of Pocono Invitational Basketball Camp, the nation’s longest-running basketball camp. While in the Poconos, he oversaw more than 1,500 campers across 18 different camp sessions per summer, most notably directing three sessions of the Bob Hurley Basketball Camp.
Transitioning to a new role in the summer of 2023, Louis wore many different hats for the company. He served as lead director of Hoop Group NXT Gen, a platform for elite middle school programs consisting of fall, winter and spring circuits. In 2024 alone, more than 300 programs participated in a Hoop Group NXT Gen event.
Louis also served as lead director of Hoop Group Elite Camp, the nation’s largest exposure camp. Known for his eye for talent, the 2024 Future All-American Camp featured 12 players in the ESPN Top 50 in their respective classes, with Louis serving as camp director.
He was also assistant director for Hoop Group Jam Fests, featuring more than 20 events a year. In 2024 alone, more than 50,000 boys basketball players from 32 states and seven different countries competed in a Jam Fest, including 600 teams at the annual Pittsburgh Jam Fest.
Louis also served as assistant director for both the Hoop Group Showcase League and Hoop Group Academic League, also known as the HGSL and HGAL. In the Class of 2024 alone, the HGSL produced 50 Division I commitments, including Butler commit Azavier “Stink” Robinson, a McDonald’s All-American nominee and Indiana Mr. Basketball.
Before joining the Hoop Group, Louis served as a student assistant at Doane University in Crete, Nebraska. In his final season at Doane, the Tigers finished with a 20-14 record, narrowly missing the NAIA national tournament.
The best record in eight seasons, Doane posted Top 25 wins over No. 11 Jamestown and No. 22 Briar Cliff. During that season, Louis was instrumental in the development of GPAC All-Conference players Josiah Gardiner, Alec Oberhauser, Brady Timm and Anthony Laravie.
Louis graduated from Doane in 2022, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in History.
