LCCS Men’s Basketball Program Coaching Staff
PHILIP A BUDERVIC
Head Coach – 1st Season
Alma Mater: Malone University (Ohio)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 352-209-1001
Coach Budervic comes to LCCS with multiple years of head coaching experience on both the
high school and college levels. He has coached high school in Ohio and Florida and has sent
many student athletes on to play collegiately on all levels including NCAA Division 1. His
most recent coaching position was Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Silver Lake College in
Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Coach Budervic graduated from Lincoln High School (Ohio) and attended Malone
University (Ohio) where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education in 1980.
While attending Malone University, Coach Budervic played baseball for the late, Robert
Starcher. He credits Coach Starcher for his dedication and passion for coaching. “Coach
Starcher taught me how to compete with respect for my opponent. He took me under his
wing and taught me many life lessons which I am passionate about passing on to my
players. Without Coach Starcher, I do not know where I would be today.”
Coach Budervic has been married for 30 years to his wife, Sheila. They have two grown
children, John and Sara and a 15-year-old Poodle named Sluggo who is the “King of the
castle.”
MATT FRITZ
JV Head Coach/Varsity Assistant Coach – 2nd Season
Alma Mater: Kentucky Christian University(Kentucky)
Matt Fritz is entering his second season as the JV Head Coach and Assistant Varsity
Basketball Coach at LCCS. A 2005 graduate of Heritage Christian School, Matt was a
member of the state 7th ranked boys’ basketball team his junior year. Matt earned his
Bachelor’s Degree in 2009 from Kentucky Christian University where he also played
basketball.
Matt is employed by The Timken Company and resides in Uniontown, Ohio with his wife,
Lezly, and their two children, Peyton and Mason. Matt is involved in the community on
many levels including coaching youth basketball and football. Matt’s favorite quote is “Good
enough, seldom is.”
KALEB ESBER
Freshman Head Coach – 4th Season
Alma Mater: Lake Center Christian School
LCCS Men’s Basketball Program Coaching Staff
Kaleb Esber is entering his fourth year as Freshman Head Coach at LCCS. Kaleb is a 2011
graduate of LCCS, where he played four years of basketball and four years of soccer. Kaleb
currently attends Kent State University where he is earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Middle
School Education. Kaleb lives in Canton, Ohio. Kaleb is also the JV Golf Coach at LCCS.
DWIGHT BLAIR
Junior High School Coach – 1st Season
Alma Mater: Morehead State University (Kentucky)
Dwight Blair, a native of Ashland, Kentucky, is in his first season as Junior High School
Coach at LCCS. A 1987 graduate of Paul G. Blazer High School (Kentucky). Dwight was a
four-year letterman as the manager of the basketball program. Dwight earned his
Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities with a concentration in Social Science from Morehead
State University in 1996.
Dwight brings more than 25 years of basketball coaching experience in Ohio and Kentucky
to the program. Dwight is employed by FedEx and resides in Canton, Ohio with his
daughter Molly who is a Freshman in the Canton, City School System .