Youth Basketball

2019 - 2020 Youth Basketball Season

Durham Parks and Recreation offers a youth individual league for any players without a team as well as a team league for already organized teams.

Please note that all participants, including spectators, will be held to the standards listed in our code of conduct.

For information for the Individual League, email Jonathan Ray or call 919-560-4355 Ext. 27221

For information about the Team League, email Abby Brown or call 919-560-4355 ext. 27239

Weather cancellation information: 919-560-4636 Press 9


Boys rebounding a free throw ball

Individual League

Volunteers Needed

DGSL is looking for volunteer head coaches and assistant coaches for the fall and spring! Please fill out the Volunteer Application Form and an Athletics staff member will be in touch.

  • Practice will begin on November 18
  • Games will begin on December 14
  • Game Locations are at Walltown Park Recreation Center, Edison Johnson Recreation Center, Community Family Life and Recreation Center at Lyon Park, W.D. Hill Recreation Center and Holton Career & Resource Center.
  • Coach Expectations
  • Pre-Season Parent Information Sheet

Team League

The DPR Youth Basketball Team League is for already organized area teams looking for a competitive youth basketball league. Practices will start in October, with games beginning in November and running through February. Uniforms/jerseys will not be provided for teams.

  • Age Groups: 7-8, 9-10, 11-12
  • Registration: September 1 - October 7 in person or online
  • Team Fee: $336 per team
  • Non-City Resident Fee: $12 per person
  • All Teams must complete and submit a team roster upon registering for this league. Contact the league coordinator to receive this document.
  • Game Locations are at I.R. Holmes, Sr. Recreation Center at Campus Hills, W.D. Hill Recreation Center, and Holton Career and Resource Center
    • The volunteer form / link and background check form for each coach, both head and assistant, for each team must be submitted to Abby Brown by September 14.
    • The background check form cannot be processed by DPR unless accompanied by the volunteer form and/or the confirmation form that says you have completed it online.
    • Rosters (PDF) are to be completed and submitted to Abby Brown, in full, with a minimum of 8 players by October 5.
    • Rosters must contain both the head coach and assistant coaches information in order to be accepted and considered valid.