Drew Dawson is co-founder, early investor, and managing member of 3x360 Sports. He also serves as one of 3x360's Academy coaches and is no stranger to coaching basketball.

A former NCAA Division I point guard and member of the Lafayette College team that won the 1999 Patriot League Tournament championship and appeared in the 2000 NCAA Tournament, Drew was the first former player under three-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, Fran O'Hanlon, to join him on the sidelines at Lafayette as an assistant coach. Drew was instrumental in recruiting and assembling the Lafayette College teams that made consecutive Patriot League Tournament championship game appearances in 2010 and 2011 before moving on to the University of Hartford in Connecticut.

During the 2011-2012 college basketball season, Drew was tabbed an AEC Division I Top 5 College Coach by then Fox Sports insider and current Stadium basketball analyst, Jeff Goodman, for his efforts as an assistant coach at the University of Hartford. In 2012-2013, the Hartford Hawks appeared in the postseason for the first time as a NCAA Division I program.

In late 2012, with nearly a decade of experience as a Division I coach, Drew ventured out of full-time college coaching and into the world of entrepreneurship, where he applied his understanding of coaching and sports performance training to co-found a fitness and physical therapy-based technology startup. Drew and his startup team were awarded Hartford’s Techstars Startup "People's Choice" and "1st Place" prizes for their work, and accepted an invitation to attend one of six original Global Startup Weekend NEXT Programs while receiving an early-stage seed round from CT Innovations-backed, Lean Launch Ventures.

Drew spent several months working alongside highly successful entrepreneurs and investors from around the country including serial entrepreneur, best-selling author and Columbia University business professor, Bob Dorf. It was during this time he solidified a passion for entrepreneurship. 3x360 Sports marks Drew’s third successful venture.

In addition to his work with 3x360 Sports and Hoop It Up, Drew remains active in coaching and is currently a faculty member and head prep coach at Choate Rosemary Hall, one of the nation’s top boarding schools. Nominated twice as New England Prep School Coach of the Year, his Choate teams won the 2018 New England Prep School championship and 2019 Founders League title.

Drew has been a featured speaker in the areas of coaching, team-building and entrepreneurship for organizations, such as, Microsoft CT Software Developers Startup Group, England's Northants School of Sport, HSBC New York Recruiting & Sales Symposium, Sport Dream Academy and Basketball Ireland, and has contributed to numerous publications; most notably, Fox Sports Digital affiliate, College Chalktalk, which was recognized by NBC Sports as a Must Follow college basketball blog and has since partnered with the Atlantic 10 Conference as a college hoops podcast and branded articles.

Drew can be reached at drew@3x360.com

Jimmy “Eco” Economopoulos heads up program and event operations for 3x360 Sports.

After graduating from Lyman Hall H.S. in Wallingford, CT, Jimmy moved on to play college basketball at NCAA Division III powerhouse, Albertus Magnus College. While at Albertus, Jimmy won three Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) postseason championships and made three separate NCAA Tournament appearances.

Following a coveted college career, Jimmy graduated with a B.S. in Mathematics and began his professional career as a teacher and coach. He eventually moved on to Daniel Hand H.S. in Madison, CT, where he currently serves as the youngest head boys basketball coach in the greater Southern Connecticut Conference (SCC).

During the 2020-2021 varsity season, his Daniel Hand squad advanced to the semifinals of the SCC playoffs and garnered statewide recognition. In 2021-2022, Coach Eco and his Daniel Hand program build on their successes, culminating in a big school Connecticut State title. The first state championship in school history.

In addition to his leadership position with 3x360 Sports and coaching, Jimmy’s currently a math teacher in the Wallingford (CT) Area School District.

Jimmy can be reached at jimmyeco@3x360.com

Drew Dawson on Jimmy Eco:

“Eco gets it. He understands the upside of FIBA 3x3, both as a coaching tool and exciting new brand of basketball. Jimmy’s bright and high energy, a true coach. He’s packed in a lot of professional experience across a number of areas in his young career. I’m grateful he agreed to give 3x360 Sports a go and his contributions to our startup team have already proven to be invaluable.”

John O’Connor aka “Coach O” is an advisor to 3x360 Sports, providing strategic insight and introductions in the areas of FIBA 3x3 programming, business development and event management, among others.

John is currently the Managing Director of Higher Ed and Athletics at Rice Cohen International, one the world’s leading executive search firms.

Before leaving for the corporate world, Coach O had a successful 23-year college coaching career on the NCAA Division I level. Aside from helping lead Lafayette College to their first Patriot League Tournament championship and NCAA Tournament since 2000, John coached at several other D1 programs including Georgia Tech, Drexel University and Villanova University.

Over the course of his Division I coaching career, he won three conference championships, four tournament championships, and competed in two ACC finals while appearing in the NCAA Tournament on eight separate occasions.

Coach O has coached and mentored numerous All-League players, Players-of-the Year honorees along with over a dozen NBA players. Notables include: Derrick Favors, who went on to be the 3rd pick overall in the 2010 NBA Draft, Ryan Archidiacono, who won a National Championship at Villanova and Malik Rose, who won two NBA Championships with the San Antonio Spurs.

Prior to coaching on the college level, John spent four years coaching high school at Bishop McDevitt H.S. in Philadelphia and Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, PA, where he coached Alvin Williams (former NBA star) and Bradley Cooper (current Box Office superstar).

John can be reached at coacho@3x360.com

Coach O'Connor on 3x360 Sports:

"I didn’t want to return to basketball until I had something different to say. With 3x360 Sports, Drew has given me the opportunity to return to coaching in a unique way while advising a young organization with a neat vision, interesting model, and strong startup team. FIBA 3x3 has a lot of potential both as a form of entertainment and perfect stepping stone between individual workouts and successful 5v5 play.”