Basketball Coach Knows How to Roll With It

Coach Sarah Horowitz juggles

8th grade through JBHS teams.

Next time you think you’re having a busy day, consider a day in the life of Coach Sarah Horowitz. During the day, Sarah runs a basketball league, schedules private basketball lessons and prepares her three Flatbush Falcons teams for their upcoming games.

Sarah coaches the 8th grade, junior varsity and varsity basketball teams in the highly competitive Yeshiva league, taking on the likes of SAR, North Shore, Ramaz, HAFTR and others. Coaching these teams involves multiple practices each week, plus several games. After each game, she does a video review of each play-by-play, scouting the opponents and planning preparations for additional games. She is also a newlywed who married former Flatbush basketball star Jackie Mishaan – who coaches our

8th grade boys basketball team. “He’s got his team and I’ve got mine, so when we’re away from the gym, we try to talk about other things.”

“You have to love the game to be in it as much as I am,” said Sarah, who graduated from Brooklyn College in 2021 with a degree in Kinesiology Exercise Science.

“I always loved playing the game and now I enjoy giving back to the girls.” Sarah brought home the league’s 8th Grade Championship last year, one of two championships won by the Flatbush Falcons.

“I remembered Sarah from seeing her compete at Camp Seneca Lake,” said Mr. Barry Neuberger, Director of Athletics at Flatbush. “She was skilled in all facets of basketball, but always acted like a coach on the court. When I inherited her as a coach of three teams, I knew the teams were in good hands.”

“You never stop learning about the game and teaching. It is something I really enjoy. At Flatbush, the fact that I can have the same group of girls from 8th grade through high school gives us a good chance to be successful together.”