Varsity head coach Family: wife Dawn, Sons Jake (20), Kyle (16) High school: Marshfield 1981 College: UW-La Crosse 1985 Coaching experience: 1995-present Kaukauna High School, Head Coach (16th season) 1989-1995 Dakota High School, IL, Head Coach (6 years) 1988-1989 Northern Illinois University Grad assistant (1 year) 1986-1988 Leland High School, IL, Head Coach (2 years) Which basketball coach do you admire and why? I can't name just one. Three different coaches have been most influential in my coaching career. My high school coach Bob Luchsinger taught me a great deal about the game and influenced me to be a teacher and a coach. Coach Jim Rosborough gave me the opportunity to be a college coach at the Division 1 level. I learned about the business side of the game. Coach Mike Krzyewski is a great leader and I enjoy watching how his teams play and compete. What do you think are the most important attributes to becoming a complete basketball player? 1. I think you need to have a great commitment and work ethic, a willingness to work when no one is watching. 2. Good shooting mechanics. 3. Passion and persistence for the game because it is a highly skilled game. If you were a professional free agent player, what would be your top prospective teams? Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers If you were the athletic director for a day, what would be your first move? Ask coaches of all sports how I can be of help to their program. What has been your favorite sports moment in your life? State tournament appearances in 1993 and 2001. Conference championship seasons in 1992, 1993, 1997, 2008, 2010. If you could take a 2-week all-expenses paid trip, where would you go? Hawaii or anywhere warm and with water. What's your favorite free time activity? Spending time with my family and water skiing. What's your favorite sports movie of all time? Hoosiers What do you think your team needs to do this year to be successful: Trust in each other and be mentally tough.
Varsity assistant coach Family: father Bruce, mother Sharon, brothers Brad and Boomer High school: Kaukauna 2005 College: UW-La Crosse 2009 Coaching experience: Second year as Kaukauna varsity assistant coach, one year as freshman assistant Which basketball coach you admire and why? Bo Ryan. He has an edge about him on the court and will tell it as it is. It is sort of biased since I am a Badger fan but not only does he have a great basketball knowledge, he has a great sense of humor as well. What do you think are the most important attributes to becoming a complete basketball player? To be a great player at this level, you need to be coachable and have a hard work ethic. Most athletes do not have the ability to jump out of the gym so they need to work incredibly hard in the off-season. If you were a professional free agent player, what would be your top prospective teams? I am not a big NBA fan, especially with the lockout that happened to the start of this season, but with the Badgers, I would have to choose the Milwaukee Bucks. If you were the athletic director for a day, what would be your first move? Maybe coaches meals after practices so I would not have to cook. What has been your favorite sports moment in your life? This one was hard to decide but as an overall sports moment, the Packers Super Bowl win last year stands out. If you could take a 2-week all-expenses paid trip, where would you go? Two weeks is a long time to sit on a beach so I would have to say an all-expense trip to Europe and backpack around. What's your favorite restaurant? Fugi Sushi What's your favorite free time activity? When I'm not working or coaching, I enjoy doing something physically active weather it's lifting weights, going for a run, or playing some sort of sport. What's your favorite sports movie of all time? Field of Dreams What do you think your team needs to do this year to be succesful: Our team needs to work incredibly hard on the defensive end, create havoc, and force turnovers so that we are able to get points in transition. We have an athletic, experienced group of kids that can go as far as they want it to go.
Varsity volunteer assistant coach Family: Rheann, Isaac, Alexa, Andrew, Erik, Addison, Isabel High school: Kaukauna 1990 College: Michigan Tech 1994 Coaching experience: KHS staff since the 1999-2000 season, Hoops Club coach, Little League coach What do you think are the most important attributes to becoming a complete basketball player? The desire and willingness to learn each day If you were a professional free agent player, what would be your top prospective teams? Given the state of the NBA, Green Bay Packers! If you were the athletic director for a day, what would be your first move? Give the job back to Corey (current AD) What has been your favorite sports moment in your life? Winning the sectional final at the arena (then Packers winning the Super Bowls) What's your favorite restaurant? If I had to pick one, BWW What's your favorite free time activity? Eating What's your favorite sports movie of all time? Hoosiers
Junior varsity head coach Family: wife Teri, daughters Ashley, Amanda, CAyley, Lyssa, Lexie High school: Seymour 1974 College: UW-Stout 1979 Coaching experience: Second year as Kaukauna J.V. coach, 15 years head varsity coach at Shiocton High School, 3 years Seymour, 2 years UW-Stout. Which basketball coach you admire and why? Dick Bennett, because I feel he got the most out of the talent and ability of his players every season. What do you think are the most important attributes to becoming a complete basketball player? Desire and a great work ethic to want to be the best, unselfishness, and the ablity to make your teammates better. If you were a professional free agent player, what would be your top prospective teams? Boston, Seattle If you were the athletic director for a day, what would be your first move? Have all the kids in sports educated on the importance of nutrition to life and their success. What has been your favorite sports moment in your life? Coaching a team who had not won a conference basketball championship in 30 years to their first one. If you could take a 2-week all-expenses paid trip, where would you go? To see the beauty of Alaska and the Hawaii What's your favorite restaurant? Applebee's What's your favorite free time activity? Watching a great movie, or sporting event What's your favorite sports movie of all time? Hoosiers What do you think your team needs to do this year to be succesful: We need to get better fundamentally, learn to talk and learn to play hard all the time.
Freshmen head coach Family: father Kevin, mother Jackie, brother Jordan High school: Random Lake 2002 College: UW-Green Bay 2006 Coaching experience: Second year as Kaukauna freshmen coach, ran camps in high school and college with the YMCA. Coached YMCA basketball. Which basketball coach you admire and why? Brad Stevens-Butler University. He's so young and has taken a Horizon League School to back to back Championship games. He just seems like a down-to-earth guy and I admire that. What do you think are the most important attributes to becoming a complete basketball player? Doing the little things-I don't care much about the stats (points, assists, rebounds, etc.) I look more into the hustle points, who is a leader of the team, who will push people in practice that I think a lot of people don't think much about. If you were a professional free agent player, what would be your top prospective teams? By far the Dallas Mavericks. Mark Cuban is a great owner he takes pride in his players, coaches, staff, and fans. If you were the athletic director for a day, what would be your first move? I would schedule a tough non-conference schedule to make the team better. What has been your favorite sports moment in your life? My favorite sports moment would have to be going to state for baseball my junior year of high school. If you could take a 2-week all-expenses paid trip, where would you go? I would go to London. It looks so beautiful and the views look amazing. What's your favorite restaurant? Chili's What's your favorite free time activity? Golfing and hanging out with my girlfriend and her daughter. What's your favorite sports movie of all time? The Blindside What do you think your team needs to do this year to be succesful: Play together as a unit. We have a lot of inexperience on the squad and I'm looking for a few players to become leaders and teachers. Everyone has been working really hard and we will need to continue to do so in order to get better.
Family: Rick and Denise Hoelzel (parents) Scott Hoelzel (brother) High School: Kaukauna High School 2003 College: UW-Eau Claire 2008 Coaching experience: Varsity summer league coach for four years, two seasons as an AAU coach, volunteer program coach for one year Which basketball coach you admire and why? Kaukauna coach Mike Schalow, for the time he puts in year in and year out. One of the most dedicated coaches I've ever been around, loves the sport What do you think are the most important attributes to becoming a complete basketball player? Dedication, be willing to put in the time. Developing a competitive edge to become the best you can be. Working on all parts of the game both offensively and defensively. What has been your favorite sports moment in your life? Advancing to the state tournament for Kaukauna during the 2000-2001 season and playing college basketball If you could take a 2-week all-expenses paid trip, where would you go? Las Vegas What's your favorite restaurant? Quoba Mexican Grill What's your favorite free time activity? Being able to spend time with family and friends What's your favorite sports movie of all time? Blue Chips What do you think your team needs to do this year to be successful: On the defensive end, we will need to communicate well with one another and force our opponents into difficult situations. On the offensive end, we will need to force tempo and make our opponents play our style.
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