Dele Sobomehin

Dele Sobomehin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Team Esface Basketball Academy, a premier youth basketball development organization serving the San Francisco Peninsula since 2004. Under his leadership, Team Esface has developed over 7,500 athletes, producing an 89% varsity success rate among elite program members and 65+ college players.

Based in Redwood City and serving families from Palo Alto to San Mateo, Team Esface offers a full continuum of programming - developmental and competitive leagues, private training, college prep pathways, and summer camps - enrolling 300+ athletes per quarter.

Dele's approach is built on a simple conviction: sport, at its best, is a vehicle for developing the whole person - mind, body, heart, and skill - and a genuine engine for opportunity. This shows up in Team Esface's coaching framework, EATS (Energy, Attention & Connection, Teaching, Synergy), and in the values that define the program: Show Love, Get Better, Build Character.

Beyond the court, Dele runs the business with the same rigor he brings to player development - overseeing operations, strategy, marketing, and facility planning for a staff of full-timers and roughly 20 part-time coaches. A hallmark of his leadership is a commitment to preserving the program's cultural and demographic diversity as it scales, ensuring growth never comes at the cost of access.