Head Coach: Laurie Cren

Coach Laurie comes to TPF from France where she has played basketball at a high level for the past 16 years. In 2012, she left home to attend the top basketball school in her city. She played at the Elite level in France, for 2 different pro clubs in South of France (Montpellier BLMA and Toulouse TMB).

In 2019, Laurie left France to come play basketball in the US, where she earned 3 championship and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Sports Management from Warner Pacific. 

She coached in France and the US with former Olympic Players and Pro Coaches from France, Serbia, and Spain (FC Barca, top team in Europe).

Laurie joined The Practice Facility and The Fly Academy in 2023 and has brought a high level of coaching and training to our programs…especially our Lady Fly players where she manages that program.

Laurie’s passion is to share her knowledge of basketball that she learned during her entire career, combining European and American basketball cultures into one effective approach. Her goal is to help build women player’s confidence on and off the court by crafting them into leaders. 

One of the quotes that she lives by is “One day or day one, you decide…”