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Basketball Leadership


Dave Erickson

Interim President

President

  • Oversees the operations of all basketball programs during the transition period. ​​​​​​
  • Oversees all Directors of Boys and Girls programs.
  • Presides over monthly meeting.
  • Provides guidance as it relates to budgets and finances.
  • Ensures compliance with Minnesota Department of Health and the CDC. 

Molly Thomas

Vice President

Vice President

  • Presides over monthly meetings when President is absent. 
  • Receives and processes financial scholarship requests. 
  • Provide information about scholarships at parent meetings. 
  • Provides guidance as it relates to budgets and finances.

Alicia Kockler

Treasurer

Treasurer

  • Align with CAA Treasurer on basketball budget.
  • Monitor financials for all basketball programs. 
  • Provide financial statement updates to the board on a quarterly basis.
  • Coordinate with Tournament Director for annual tournament.

Eric Christenson

Communications Director

Communications Director

  • Schedule monthly board meetings and prepare agenda.
  • Take meeting minutes and post on the website.
  • Send out communications for CAA Basketball programs and events.
  • Maintain current information on the website.

Bart Inniger

Chanhassen High School Girls Head Coach

Chanhassen High School Girls Head Coach

  • Liaise between the Chanhassen Girls Basketball program and the CAA program.
  • Work with the Development Director to create programs to offer opportunities for player development. 
  • Work with the Communications Director on marketing efforts to promote development programs.

Corey Christopherson

Chanhassen High School Boys Head Coach

Chanhassen High School Boys Head Coach

  • Liaise between the Chanhassen Boys Basketball program and the CAA program.
  • Work with the Development Director to create programs to offer opportunities for player development. 
  • Work with the Communications Director on marketing efforts to promote development programs.


Travel Program


Adam Erickson

Director Girls Travel Program (4-8)

Director Girls Travel Program (4-8)

  • Register for all tournaments.
  • Liaise between tournament directors and coaches.
  • Select head coaches for travel teams. 
  • Serve as resource for coaches and parents throughout the season.

Jason Schmit

Director Boys Travel Program (4-8)

Director Boys Travel Program (4-8)

  • Register for all tournaments.
  • Liaise between tournament directors and coaches.
  • Select head coaches for travel teams. 
  • Serve as resource for coaches and parents throughout the season.


Community League


Eric Slechta

Director Developmental League (1-3)

Director Developmental League (1-3)

  • Create teams for 1st-3rd grade leagues
  • Assign qualified head coaches to teams
  • Share practice and game schedules
  • Provide a beginning of the year clinic for each league
  • Responding to parent questions throughout the season
     

VACANT

Director Girls Community League (4-8)

  • Point of contact for girls 4-8 community basketball teams.
  • Liaise with representatives of surrounding communities that make up the West Metro Girls Basketball League (WMGBL).
  • Recruit players and coaches into the program.
  • Lead roster determination and coach selection process.
  • Schedule officials, score table, and supervise weekend games hosted by Chanhassen (shared with Boys Community Director).
  • Coordinate with fellow leaders for: scheduling, uniforms, photos, equipment and coaching / player development.

Bill DiSpigno

Director Boys Community League (4-8)

Director Boys Community League (4-8)

  • Point of contact for boys 4-8 community basketball teams.
  • Liaise with representatives of surrounding communities.
  • Recruit players and coaches into the program.
  • Lead roster determination and coach selection process.
  • Schedule officials, score table, and supervise weekend games hosted by Chanhassen (shared with Girls Community Director).
  • Coordinate with fellow leaders for: scheduling, uniforms, photos, equipment and coaching / player development.


Player Development


Jeff Jacobs

Girls Traveling Player and Coach Development Director (4-8)

Girls Player and Coach Development Director (4-8)

  • Consult with Girls varsity program to develop an approach to CAA boys player development to guide coaches and players with a goal of producing a strong high school program. 
  • Provide resources for players during the off-season to improve skills including skills clinics, open gyms, and ball handling/shooting videos.  
  • Support coaches in season by attending practices, reviewing game videos and providing feedback, consulting on game strategy, developing/sharing practice drills focused on team-specific needs, etc.

Erik Lowe

Boys Traveling Player and Coach Development Director (4-8)

Boys Player and Coach Development Director (4-8)

  • Consult with Boys varsity program to develop an approach to CAA boys player development to guide coaches and players with a goal of producing a strong high school program. 
  • Provide resources for players during the off-season to improve skills including skills clinics, open gyms, and ball handling/shooting videos.  
  • Support coaches in season by attending practices, reviewing game videos and providing feedback, consulting on game strategy, developing/sharing practice drills focused on team-specific needs, etc.


Tournament Staff


Emily Strom

Girls Travel Tournament Director

Girls Travel Tournament Director

  • Recruit and register teams to play in annual tournament.
  • Staff with volunteers to run the tournament. 
  • Coordinate all the officiating/concessions/EMT/awards at all the tournament sites.
  • Develop brackets for each division.
  • Solicit tournament sponsorships.

Mary Isenburg

Boys Travel Tournament Director

Boys Travel Tournament Director

  • Recruit and register teams to play in annual tournament.
  • Staff with volunteers to run the tournament. 
  • Coordinate all the officiating/concessions/EMT/awards at all the tournament sites.
  • Develop brackets for each division.
  • Solicit tournament sponsorships.

Stacy Geier

Volunteer Coordinator

Volunteer Coordinator

  • Organize all volunteer related activities, including communication, volunteer sign up and shift coverage throughout tournament. 
  • This role requires extensive collaboration with the Tournament Director planning the tournament and also during the weekend of the tournament.
  • This is a Key Volunteer position and does not include voting board member responsibilities.

Tracy Rothstein

Concessions Coordinator

Concessions Coordinator

  • Oversee all activities to support concessions during the tournament, this includes ordering of food and supplies, establishing menus and pricing,  working with vendors, setting up each concessions at each school , training volunteers and taking inventory at the conclusion of tournament. 
  • This role requires an extensive time commitment the the weekend of the tournament and includes overseeing the runner/floater volunteers.  
  • This is a Key Volunteer position and does not include voting board member responsibilities.


Key Volunteers

Key Volunteers perform critical roles for our program, but are not Board Members, and have no voting rights. 


Andrea Daly

Scheduling Coordinator

Scheduling Coordinator

  • Work with District 112 Facilities to secure gym space for all basketball travel and developmental programs. 
  • Schedule travel team practices and grades 1-8 in-house practices and games.
  • Schedule all development camps/programs throughout the year.

Bill Kemble

Equipment Coordinator

Equipment Coordinator

  • Maintain equipment inventory and ensure all equipment bags are stocked.
  • Purchase replacement equipment when necessary. 
  • Supply coaches with equipment bags as needed throughout the season.

Gina Cooper

Team Picture Coordinator

Team Pictures Coordinator

  • Work with approved picture vendor.
  • Set schedule for Picture Day and communicate with coaches and families.
  • Coordinate schedule with the Directors for the community, developmental and travel teams.

Emily Bemis

Social Media Coordinator

Social Media Coordinator

  • Maintain social media presence for CAA Basketball programs 
  • Create posts on Facebook and Twitter for current events, news, photos, lost and found, sponsorships, etc. 

Jen Schmit

Uniforms Coordinator

Uniforms Coordinator

  • Responsible for the selection and distribution of uniforms for all basketball programs. 

Jennifer Wehking

Midwest 3 on 3 Tournament Coordinator

Todd Wehking

Midwest 3 on 3 Tournament Coordinator

Midwest 3 on 3 Tournament Coordinator

  • Responsible for coordinating the Midwest 3 on 3 Tournament.

Alicia Kockler

Live-Streaming Coordinator

Live-Streaming Coordinator

  • Responsible for procuring a live-streaming platform for all basketball programs.


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