At an early age, Mark Risser developed a passion for basketball. Playing elementary school through college, he has now transitioned from player to coach. Mark graduated from Alvernia University in 2006 with a K-6 teaching degree. He started his teaching career in 2008 in the Palmyra Area School District as a 4th grade teacher. Since then, he has taught a variety of grade levels and subjects across south central Pennsylvania. Currently, Mark is a 6th grade math teacher at Lebanon Intermediate School.

COACH RISSER is the former Head Boy’s Varsity Coach at Bishop McDevitt High School during the 2022-23 season where his team won 17 games and qualified for the District Playoffs.  He had  a successful playing career at Palmyra Area High School from 1999-2002. After High School he went on to play at Alvernia College his Freshmen year, and graduated from Alvernia University in 2006 with a degree in Education. He began his coaching career at 18 years old, coaching a local group of Middle School boys in 2002 and 2003. In 2004-2008 he was the Boy's Assistant Varsity Coach at Annville-Cleona High School. For the 2009-2010 season he was the Head Freshmen Boy's Coach at Middletown Area High School. In 2010-2011 he returned to Annville-Cleona High School to become the Head Boy's 7th / 8th grade basketball coach. After taking a year off from coaching Mark was hired as Bishop McDevitt's Head Boy's Junior Varsity Basketball Coach for the 2013-2014 season. After his first year, he was promoted to the Boy's Lead Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach where he served in that role from 2014 until the 2022 season.  He was then named the Boy's Varsity Basketball Head Coach in 2022 for the 2022-2023 season. Besides Coach Risser's coaching experience at all levels he has also worked Duke Basketball Camp, including Coach K's final camp in 2019, and was hired in 2020-present to work Jon Scheyer's Duke Basketball Camp. Finally, he is the Assistant Director for the PA/MD Basketball camp held at Alvernia University.

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