4 Bears Roar Basketball Team Announces Head Coach And Sign First Player
The 4 Bears Roar professional basketball team, proud members of The Basketball League (TBL), are pleased to name the head coach and announce the signing of the first player in franchise history.
The Roar are pleased to announce Wayne Casey as the inaugural head coach for the upcoming 2026 professional season. An experienced and dedicated coach for many years, Casey brings his hard nosed, work hard mentality to the 4 Bears Event Center. In 2025, Coach Casey led the Logansport Iron Horses of the TBL to a 21-8 record and a 3rd round appearance in the TBL Playoffs, just missing out on making the Championships Finals. Prior to Logansport, he led the West Virginia Grind to a 20-6 record and an appearance in the TBL playoffs. The Charleston, WV native will join the Roar for the league meetings, combine, and TBL Draft in Indianapolis, January 30th through February 1st.
The Roar are also pleased to announce the signing of guard Tavin Cummings. The 6’5” Memphis, TN native will join the Roar for Main Camp in February in preparations for the inaugural season of the new professional basketball franchise. Cummings has played professionally for eight seasons both in the US and overseas. His most recent international contract came with the Turiones de Caborca Sonora in Mexico’s professional league in late 2025. During the 2025 TBL season, Cummings played for the Wenatchee Bighorns in the West Conference. He was named a 1st-Team All TBL selection after averaging 25 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. In a contest against the Great Falls Electric, Cummings went off for 44 points in the 135-129 victory. In 2022, Cummings won the TBL Championship as a member of the Shreveport-Bossier City Mavericks. The 2017 graduate of Concordia College (AL) has had professional stops in Armenia, Belarus, Mexico, and more.
The 4 Bears Roar enter the league as an expansion franchise for the 2026 TBL season. The Roar will take roughly 22 players into their training camp in February, tentatively set in Las Vegas, NV. Players who have signed free agent contracts, invites from various tryouts and combines, and those selected by the Roar in the 2026 TBL Draft will report. The Roar will open up the regular season on the road at the reigning conference champion Great Falls Electric on Friday, February 27th. The full season schedule will be released soon as well as season ticket information.