coaching staff

Head Coach

Ramaundo Vaughn

Office: 510-464-3477

Veteran Head Coach Ramaundo Vaughn enters the 2021-22 season as the new Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Laney College. In his previous 10 seasons at Diablo Valley College, Coach Vaughn implemented a program and culture which saw the program go from mediocrity to a perennial state powerhouse, and is looking to bring the same work ethic, energy, passion and leadership to the Women’s Basketball program at Laney College.

Career Highlights at Diablo Valley College

2010-2020 Career Record 207-92 (.692)
2018-19 CCCAA Women’s Basketball State Championship (32-1 record)
8 consecutive CCCAA Women’s Basketball state playoff appearances
7 consecutive 20+ win seasons (2013-present)
3 CCCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances
4 CCCAA Final 8 appearances
3x Big 8 Conference Coach of the Year
3 Big 8 Conference Championships
5 Big 8 Conference MVP’s
14 players received NCAA Division 1 basketball scholarships (several more to NCAA Division II, NAIA, etc.
26 All Big 8 Conference Players
14 CCCAA All State Players (California Record 4 players from the 2018-19 team)
2 California Co Players of the Year (2017-18, 2018-19)

Coach Vaughn’s basketball success goes beyond women’s basketball as he is a member of NBA superstar Stephen Curry’s off season skill training team, and has assisted in workouts with other high level players such as NBA stars Luka Doncic and Trae Young. Coach Vaughn is also a camp coach at Currys invitation only SC30 UA Select Camp for Americas top high school boys and girls basketball players.

Prior to Diablo Valley College, Coach Vaughn spent almost 3 years as the Assistant Head Women’s Basketball Coach at NCAA Division II member Hawaii Pacific University. While at Hawaii Pacific, Coach Vaughn played an integral role in helping transform a team that had gone 2-25 in the season prior to his arrival to one that would go on to win a conference championship 3 seasons later. While there, he recruited and developed several players who were named to the Pac West Conference All Conference teams. '

As a player, Coach Vaughn prepped at San Franciscos George Washington High school, where he was named Honorable Mention All SF Bay Area. He earned a basketball scholarship to Washington State University out of high school, but transferred to San Francisco City College, where he helped his team get to the CCCAA Final Four. From SF City College, Coach Vaughn went on to play at Hawaii Pacific University. His basketball career then led him to play in Australia for a number of years.

Coach Vaughn earned Bachelors and Masters degrees from Hawaii Pacific University; a Bachelors Degree in Administration of Justice and a Masters Degree in Communication. He also holds a Masters Degree in Exercise Science from New Mexico Highlands University.

assistant Coach

Brandon Thomas

Rick Becker, MS, ATC, CSCS, CES

Athletic Trainer

Rick Becker is a NATABOC Certified Athletic Trainer. Rick began his athletic training education at Diablo Valley College in 2004 before transferring to Cal State Fullerton where he graduated magna cum laude receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in Athletic Training. As a Bay Area native, Rick returned to Northern California in 2014 to begin his Junior College career at DVC before joining Laney College in fall 2017.

As a graduate student at California University, Rick earned a Master’s Degree in Exercise Science focusing his efforts on rehabilitative sciences and corrective exercise. Rick has a strong focus on manual therapy and a philosophy in treating the whole body, rather than simply addressing the pathology, in the preventative effort to reduce the occurrence of overuse injury related to sport.

Rick’s vision as an athletic trainer is to blend his education and training with clinical expertise, knowledge of current research, and patient expectations to create a pathway providing the best possible health care for the Laney College student-athlete population.