Eight Coaching Moves, Gopher Review

#1 posting 5.1.2008
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COACHING NEWS
It is official now that Dave Rund has resigned as girls basketball coach at Fergus Falls. Rund was AAA Coach of the Year. This is the third girls coach that led a team to the state tournament to step down. Earlier Len Messerschmidt at St. Francis and Lamar Detert at Rogers resigned. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

Cambria-Friesland, WI girls basketball coach Frank Nehring has resigned after 18 years. From the Beaver Dam Daily Citizen.

Former JV coach Todd Gudith is taking over as girls basketball coach at Northville, MI. From the Northville Record.

Clinton girls basketball coach Bart Bartels was named Region 3, Class C Coach of the Year by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan. From the Tecumseh Herald.

12 Michigan coaches had double duty last year with boys and girls. That number dropped by two. Johnny Jones has resigned the girls position at Lansing Everett. Willis Whitmyer of Eaton Rapids will coach only the girls next year. From WILX.

COLLEGE COACHING
Former Boston College assistant coach Erik Johnson has been named head women's basketball coach at Denver.

Former Indiana head coach Kathi Bennett has been named an assistant at Wisconsin.

New Central, IA women's basketball coach Jerry Nikkel does a Q&A on the Central website.

ACADEMIC CHAMPS TOO
Saginaw Nouvel Catholic won the Basketball Coaches' Association of Michigan academic title in Class C. SNC won the Class C title on the floor in March. From the Saginaw News.

AWARDS
Kierah Kimbrough was named female athlete of the year at the University of North Dakota.

AG Bradford of Davenport North has been named Athlete of the year in the Quad City Times.

SEASON REVIEW
The Gophers season is reviewed and their awards listed on the Minnesota site.

UW Milwaukee passed out their awards and Traci Edwards (Menasha) was named MVP for the third straight year.

LYNX NEWS
The St. Paul Pioneer Press looks at Candice Wiggins and the baseball father she barely knew.

AAU NEWS
The Minnesota Suns 15 Ellen team is 7-2 over the past two weeks with two 3rd place finishes.
Windy City Classic April 18-20
Suns 15U 35 vs IL Lady Lightning 24
Suns 15U 41 vs WI Lady Stars 24
Suns 15U 50 vs IL Wolverines 21
Suns 15U 43 vs Missouri Valley Eclipse National 57

AAU State Seeding April 25-27
Suns 15U 43 vs MN Metro Stars 40
Suns 15U 63 vs MN Gym Rats 21
Suns 15U 48 vs MN Fury 38
Suns 15U 43 vs North Tartan 72
Suns 15U 50 vs Lady Cats 39 3rd Place

Next up: The 15 and 14 championships from the MN Seeding tournament.