Our Story.

FiDonce wasn't built in a marketing meeting. It started on a Chester driveway, with one brother coaching another. It's still that work — multiplied.

Coach Eric Evans, Founder of FiDonce Player Development Eric Evans · Founder & Head Coach

From All-American
to all-in on Chester.

After a standout career at Cheyney University — where he earned All-American honors — Eric Evans came home. Not to coach for a paycheck. To do the work nobody else would.

He took young athletes seriously when nobody else did. Drilled fundamentals until they were instinct. Treated character like a fundamental too. He started with his brother, Tyreke, on driveways and public courts across Chester. The training that produced an NBA Rookie of the Year wasn't lightning in a bottle — it was a system. And the system became FiDonce.

Today, FiDonce serves athletes from third grade through the pros. The names change. The standard doesn't. Every program — Children's Group, Intermediate, Elite, AAU, private — runs on the same foundation: development of the whole person.

Coach Eric Evans coaching a player through a dribble move Coaching the work · FiDonce, Chester PA

"I began with my brother, Tyreke. I realized guidance, AAU knowledge, and high-intensity character building were the missing pieces for many Chester athletes."

— Coach Eric Evans

20+
Years of player development
100+
Alumni in college programs
1.
NBA Rookie of the Year (Tyreke Evans)
100%
Mentorship through every session

Develop people.
Not just basketball players.

We don't sell upside. We don't make promises about scholarships or pro careers. We coach the work — every rep, every session, every conversation. The results follow because the work is real. Most facilities hand you a schedule. We start with a conversation about who you want to become.