san diego pbc staff
Brooks Barnhard - Owner/Director of Game Night
Coach Brooks was born and raised in Escondido, where he played High School basketball for Escondido HS. From there, Coach Brooks went on to play, and be a 3 year starter, at the University of San Diego for then head coach, Hank Egan. At USD, Coach Brooks had the pleasure to be teammates with David Fizdale, former NBA Head Coach, and Mike Brown, head assistant of the Golden State Warriors and former head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers. In 2002, Coach Brooks started San Diego PBC focusing on camps, clinics and private lessons. In 2006, San Diego PBC expanded by adding a boys club program run in Escondido. San Diego PBC moved operations the Summer of 2013 to 4S Ranch. Coach Brooks has been Head Varsity Boys Coach at Maranatha Christian for over 10 years. He led his Varsity boys to a CIF championship in 2021. Coach Brooks has been together with his wife for 20+ years and they have two daughters, Brynn and Bailey.
Melissa Peng - Girls Director
Coach Melissa graduated from New York University majoring in Sports Management with a concentration in events. Coach Melissa is a San Diego native who played basketball all four years at Westview High School and was co-captain on the varsity team her senior year. While at Westview, her team made 3 CIF Finals appearances and won CIF her senior year as well as placed 8th in State. After high school, she pursued her basketball career and played at New York University in New York City, New York. There, she made the NCAA tournament both her junior and senior year playing 30+ mins as the starting point guard. Coach Melissa then returned to San Diego and was the assistant varsity coach at Westview in 2015. She then moved on and coached club basketball with the Nighthawk program was the Del Norte Girls JV Head Coach in 2018, where her team went 25-3. In 2019, she took over the Varsity program at Del Norte where she led her team to a Division 1 CIF championship in 2022. Currently, Coach Melissa is the Head Varsity Girls Coach at Westview Highs School, her alma mater.
Justin Wells - Boys 7th/8th Grade Director
Coach Justin, who was born in Chicago, IL raised, in Los Angeles and currently living in Mira Mesa, joined the PBC family in the 2015/16 winter season. In his first season as 4th Grade Director he and the 4th Grade Blue team were Shootout Champions at the SGV Summer Finale Tournament up in Anaheim. As a young ball player growing up in LA, Coach Justin has played with and against many talented ball players who are currently playing professionally all over the world including one of the NBA's young superstars. When Coach Justin is not with his youth team he is still playing in adult leagues and tournaments all over San Diego. In addition to coaching PBC he was an assistant for Maranatha Christian Schools boys Varsity. In 2019, Coach Justin became the Head Varsity Girls Coach at Escondido Charter where he led his girls to a league championship.
EJ Felicano - Boys 5th/6th Grade Director
Coach EJ is a Chula Vista native and Otay Ranch High School alumnus, where he played two years of varsity basketball. He earned his B.A. in Human Development with an emphasis in Health Services from CSU San Marcos, where he also competed in intramural basketball leagues. When Coach EJ is not with his youth teams, he continues to play in Adult Leagues around San Diego and Filipino Invitational Tournaments in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Arizona.
Coach EJ began coaching in 2023 as an assistant at Chula Vista High School, helping lead the team to the Division 5 CIF Championship. He is currently the Assistant Coach at San Pasqual High School under Head Coach Andrew.
Rob Oribello - Boys 3rd Grade Director
Born in Seattle, Wa, but raised in the Bay Area, living in Mountain View, Ca. My wife and I have 3 kids and 3 grandchildren. I graduated from San Diego State University with a BS in Kinesiology and received an A.S. in Electronics from Palomar College. I have coached girl's soccer, girl's softball, and boys basketball at the club level. I am going into my 3rd year as the Boys Frosh Coach at San Pasqual High School. I currently coach the 3rd grade SD PBC boys team as well as the Escondido 5th grade boys team. I've worked in tech for the past 35 years and currently work as a Support Engineer for a small medical device startup in La Jolla. I have played in basketball leagues around the county and still play in a B league at gym in Torrey Pines.
Ryan Racharla - Boys Coach
A San Diego native, I graduated in 2023 from Maranatha Christian Schools, where I played basketball under Coach Brooks. I am currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems with a minor in Computer Science at California State University, San Marcos.
In addition to my academic pursuits, I serve as a member of the Junior Varsity and Varsity basketball coaching staff at Maranatha Christian Schools. I am also actively involved in youth ministry at Maranatha Chapel, where I get to fellowship and help grow Middle School and High School students.