Hayden Campbell is a dedicated and multifaceted professional with a deep passion for basketball and for kids, especially girls. With a combined 15 years in basketball experience between AAU herself, counseling, training, camps, and coaching, Hayden has developed a keen understanding of the game, ensuring mutual respect and understanding between herself and the kids she coaches. 

She’s spent the past 3 years coaching with almost 2 years of directing AAU basketball, shaping young athletes and fostering a culture of growth, discipline, and pure joy. 

A former college basketball player at Husson University, Hayden combines firsthand athletic experience with a strong educational foundation in health and wellness. She earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy and has since built a successful career in her own private practice, working with the general population and athletes with her certification in Nervous System Regulation and Neurotherapy and Accelerated healing. With her expertise in nutrition, general wellness, injury prevention and recovery, along with trauma and mental health, she’s now molded it into her coaching and programs. 

Throughout the last few years, it has become increasingly clear to Hayden that many young players and the environments they’ve been surrounded in are forming increasingly challenging and pressured expectations, consequently hurting kids before they even make it to the next level. 

Hayden’s goal at the DRIP Academy is to not only help players build confidence in their skills and abilities, but to also build discipline and unmatched performance that transforms into their lives off the court. By giving the kids an environment where fun and pure childhood joy of the game is held first, she also has created an environment where kids respect each other and her enough that effort doesn’t need to be coached. Where intensity and excellence is translated to winning with ease because the game has become less of an obligation and more of a sport they’ll continue to love. 

The DRIP Academy is that environment and it’s one that ironically has been 25 years in the making.