Staff

Patrick T. Grayson started his first Post-Graduate Basketball Program Bristol Prep Academy in 2016-2020 after spending 2015-2016 season as a volunteer assistant coach at King University under George Pitts. King was crowned regular season conference champions and conference tournament champions, playing in the D2 NCAA Tournament.  

Grayson spent 2010-2012 owning and operating a professional ABA basketball team known as the Florida Makos located in Gainesville, FL.  Grayson played 4 years of high school varsity basketball at Johnson County High School, and spent one year playing for  Mars Hill University. Grayson was invited to play for team USA Select in 2008,  and played professionally across the USA from 2006-2011 participating in the LA Summer Pro League, ESPL, Kentucky SPL, Latvia (Riga) in the Euro- Basket Summer Pro League and ABA (Tennessee Mad Hatters) . In 2006 and 2007 Grayson was invited to try-out for the D-league (Anaheim Arsenal). Grayson was cut at the end of Pre Season camp, but called the experience a valuable learning asset for a small town boy.  

Since BPA was founded in 2016 Grayson has helped 21 kids get scholarships to play basketball in College. Approaching the 2019-2020 season sky is the limit for the Kings Basketball Program.  In May 2020 Bristol Prep officially ended.  In August 2020 Experience Academy was founded by Patrick Grayson and a new team.

Ra Lovingsworth is here to help you align your priorities and behaviors with your values, and to integrate your values with key principles in order to create enduring change. He is a magna cum laude alum of Liberty University. Similarly, he is a certified coach, and has studied at Liberty University, Emmanuel Christian Seminary, and Capella University where he completed his Master’s degree in Leadership Research. 

Faith must overcome fear, and resilience must push beyond the inner and outer struggles of life in order to cultivate our character as we align with our deepest passions and values to engage this world for the purposes of contribution and growth rooted in love, light, and life to the Glory of God. Even at a young age I realized that there is something much greater to our existence than the daily grind of eating, sleeping, and working. My hunger to learn and grow has served to fuel my drive to be able to help others in a greater capacity. 

As a result of formal education and personal research, Ra is well-versed in the Holy Scriptures and able to bridge together interdisciplinary fields such as: psychology, relationship dynamics, mindfulness, coaching, leadership, and processes of change in order to craft implementation strategies which are evidence-based that frame and sustain positive changes.

Eric Cross prides himself on game strategy and the willingness to give a helping hand. Coach Cross says, “Being a positive influence on kids and making an impact in their lives is what coaching is all about." 

With a talent of seeing potential in players, Coach Cross played a big part for the recruiting the Kings 2020-2021 roster. As a family man himself and a father of 4, Coach Cross knows what it takes to shape and influence young athletes with encouragement and leading by example.