OUR STORY
Peter Long & Sherilyn Long, the founders of the MN Suns, along with their family have had a love of basketball for many years. When their kids were old enough, they joined the world of AAU basketball to improve their skills and help them reach their dreams of playing high school and college basketball. However after a few seasons of sitting on the sidelines, they decided it was time to start their own program with player development as the main focus and that is how the MN Suns program began. Our mission is simple: provide an environment where basketball players can develop and improve their skills in order to achieve their basketball dreams.
Starting in 2005 with two girls basketball teams, today the MN Suns program has over 30 competitive teams and we are just getting started! While the jerseys have changed, the coaching staff has grown and the teams have multiplied, our mission is still the same: we coach and encourage all of our players to believe in themselves, their basketball dreams and goals, and develop leadership skills both on and off the basketball court. We look forward to sharing our love of the game with your family. Go Suns!
MEET OUR FAMILY
Sherilyn Long President, Co-founder, office manager, and the overall magic behind the MN Suns.
Rachael Kaiser (Long) Skills academy director, TeamSnap wizard, and the extra person often seen sitting on every girls team bench during the summer.
Lexi Houle (Long) Director of Operations, specializing in behind-the-scenes work for our program in addition to coaching.
Peter Long Co-founder of the MN Suns - now he spends his days in pseudo-retirement but he can still be seen occasionally on the sidelines rooting for all of our Suns teams or on a bench with his daughters
Abram Long The creative of the Long family, often helps with behind the scenes at tournaments and is the backbone of the all-club meeting.
