Who we are:

Dennis Richey

 - Founder and Director of The Blackstone Valley Chaos Youth Basketball Program

 - Co Director of the Massachusetts Select AAU program

 - Boys Basketball coach at Whitinsville Christian School

  Coach Richey has been involved in youth basketball for over 30 years. Additionally his programs have helped produce over 30 college basketball players through the last 6 years.

Coach Walter Paschal

 Walter Paschal enters his fifth season as the Head Women’s Basketball Coach and Home Events Coordinator. In four seasons on the bench for the Rams, Paschal is the all-time winningest coach in program history with an overall record of 74-33. Including his 14 seasons at Fitchburg, Paschal has a career record if 274-197.

The 2016-17 Rams became the winningest team in program history with an overall record of 21-5 and trip to the MASCAC Championship game.

In his first season Paschal guided the Rams to a share of the MASCAC Regular Season Title, the first in program history.  After falling in the MASCAC Tournament finals as the three seed, the 2013-14 Rams made just their second appearance in the ECAC Women's Basketball Tournament advancing to the semifinal round.

Paschal, who was an assistant coach with the Rams from 1997-99, returns to Framingham State University after spending the past 14 seasons as the head coach at Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) rival Fitchburg State University. 

During his tenure with the Falcons, Paschal became the program’s all-time winningest coach with 200 victories. He led the program to a MASCAC regular season championship, a MASCAC tournament title, the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance with a second round

Paschal’s 2006-07 Falcon team established several program records including wins (26) and longest winning streak (23) en route to capturing the MASCAC regular season and tournament title and a first round victory in the NCAA Tournament. For his efforts Paschal was named the WBCA and D3 Hoops Northeast coach of the year. He has been named MASCAC coach of the year 3 times.( 2005, 2007 and 2016)  In 2005 and 2008 he led the Falcons to the ECAC Tournament finals.

A graduate of Bridgewater State University, Paschal currently resides in Holden with his Stephanie and children Abby and Logan.

Coach Kevin Bigelow

Kevin Bigelow completed his fifth season as head coach of the AMCAT women's basketball team in 2016-17.  After two seasons of also serving as an Anna Maria admissions counselor, Bigelow was elevated to a full-time coach prior to the start of the fall 2014 semester. He now also serves as the department's Admissions Liason. 

In 2014-15, the AMCATS posted a 10-15 overall record and a 5-6 league record to qualify for their first-ever Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) tournament as the seventh-seed. It marked the first time since the 2002-03 season that an Anna Maria women's basketball team advanced to the postseason. 

Senior Trafficia Warburton was tabbed as the GNAC Defensive Player of the Year for the second-straight season. She was also named to the All-Conference First Team. 

In his second season at the helm of the program, in 2013-14, Bigelow led the AMCATS to their most-winningest season in over a decade. The team surpassed the 10-win mark for just the second time since the 2001-02 season, and finished the campaign with a 11-14 record.

Prior to signing on as the women's basketball head coach, Bigelow was an assistant coach under Anna Maria head coach Shawn Conrad. Bigelow was responsible for all recruiting aspects for the men’s program along with film breakdown, fundraising and academic advising.  The 2011-12 AMCATS squad, seeded 6^th in the GNAC tournament, had a great run to the GNAC finals and earned an ECAC bid.

Before joining the AMC men's basketball staff, Bigelow held the same position at Worcester State University for two years and accumulated five years of coaching experience in the high school ranks.

"I am thrilled to lead this team and this program. This is a community that loves women's basketball, and I relish the opportunity to build upon that tradition,” said Bigelow. “I can think of no greater school to continue my coaching career and begin my head-coaching tenure than at my alma mater.”

Bigelow earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice from Anna Maria College. He resides in Worcester.

 Coach Grant Brown

 As a player Coach Brown was a two time state champion. Both at the AAU level (Blackstone Valley Chaos) and at the high school level with Whitinsville Christian School. Grant also played college basketball for Norwich University.

  Coach Brown is currently an Asst. Coach with the Clark University Men's Basketball team as well as an active member in the National Guard.

  Grant is a Northbridge Ma. resident.