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| Nick Wanink, Director & 6th Grade Coach |
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| Nick is a 1984 graduate of Wakefield High School located in Northern Michigan. Nick was a 4 sport athlete earning all conference honors in basketball, track, baseball and football. After graduation, Nick served 4 years in the U.S. Coast Guard and attended college where he received an Associate Degree in Business Administration and Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice. Nick's coaching experience includes 3 years of coaching Cameron's Girl's Youth Basketball in Wisconsin's Great Northwest League, 2 years assisting with the Cameron Girl's Varsity Basketball program and 4 years with the Wisconsin Fury Girl's AAU program. Nick has been employed with the Wisconsin State Patrol for the last 20 years and currently resides in the village of Cameron with his wife Susan and daughters Chloe and Carli who both play for the Wisconsin Fury.
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| Mickey Hover, 17U Black A Coach |
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| Brittni Hover, 17U Black A Coach |
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| Brittni is a 2008 graduate of Clayton High School. She started all 4 years on the varsity team, and was a 2 year team captain. She led the Bears to a 94-4 record over her high school career, and 3 regional final championships. While in high school she played AAU with the Minnesota Storm and Wisconsin Viking club. After graduation she attended the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire where she played basketball for a year. She then decided to transfer to the University of Wisconsin Stout to obtain a degree in Psychology, and resides in Menomonie, WI. This will be her third summer coaching an AAU team. She has helped run many different camps, and has helped coach many different teams. She is excited to be a part of the Fury program.
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| Mike Harris, 17U Black B & 15U Black Coach |
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| Mike has coached at various levels throughout the last 18 years his players have achieved numerous All League, League MVP’s, All County, and All CIF 20 times. His players have also gone on to play in such NCAA Conferences as the Pac 10, Big 10, Big West, Ivy, Big West, West Coast, Big Sky, Sunbelt, Mountain, Pacific West, California Collegiate, and many more. Mike is also the Founder and President of Team Fury and Wisconsin Fury, He also donated his time to running an Off Season High School Leagues for 11 years. He also served as President and other positions for a youth association for 9 years, which included over 600 players and over 70 Teams. He also serves in helping other High School programs train and play in the off seasons. He also works with helping various local Travel Team programs. He currently resides in Cameron, WI and has 3 children Cassandra, 26 (Yale ’07), Arlene, 23 (Sac State) and John age 21.
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| Dave Elliott, 15U Orange Coach |
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| John Wittwer, 15U Orange Coach |
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| John graduated from Fall Creek High School in 1985. He was a 3 year varsity player and helped Fall Creek to a 74-3 record including a second place finish in the state tournament in 83’ and back to back state championship titles in 84’ and 85. After graduation, John attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where he graduated with a degree in Social Work with a psychology minor. John resides in Fall Creek, WI. He has coached basketball at the middle and high school levels for the past 17 years including coaching for the Fall Creek school district for 12 years, coaching his two sons AAU teams for 6 years and the WI Fury 14U Black team last summer. John lives in Fall Creek with his wife Jodi and daughter Jonalyn who has played for the WI Fury program for the last two years. His son Cory just completed his basketball career at UW Oshkosh and Trevor is a freshman and plays basketball at UW Platteville. John looks forward to another successful year of helping young athletes develop their basketball skills while playing for the Wisconsin Fury.
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| Sara Drost, 8th Grade Coach |
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| Sara is a 1989 graduate of Rice Lake High school, where she participated in Cross Country, Basketball, and Track & Field. In High School she earned 3 trips to State in Cross Country and 4 trips to State in Track & Field. She later accepted a scholarship to UW-Kenosha Parkside for Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field, where she was a member of the varsity Cross Country team when an ankle injury sidelined her. She later graduated from Lake Superior College in Duluth with a Dental Hygiene degree. She currently works as a Dental Hygienist in Hayward WI. She has gained coaching experience coaching youth and middle school basketball teams in the Rice Lake program over the last 6 years. She has 3 years coaching experience in the Great Northwest basketball league and has 3 years coaching experience in another AAU program. Sara is also a board member on the Rice Lake Girls Basketball board and is involved in trying to expanded the Rice Lake youth program. She believes in developing good fundamentals and excitement in all of her players. Sara lives in Haugen, Wi. with her husband Chris and their daughter Amber (13).
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| Greg Cardinal, 7th Grade Coach |
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| Greg is a 1989 Graduate of Turtle Lake High School where he was a three sport athlete and was a multi year place winner in track as well as a captain of the 1988 State Champion Football team. Greg has coached School Traveling teams for the past 9 years as well as working with little dribbler programs those years. He also coaches the Middle School Girls teams in Clayton and has been a Wisconsin Fury coach for the last two seasons. Greg is Plant Manager for Northwest Communications and lives in rural TurtleLake with his wife Aimee and three children, Hunter (17) McKenna (16) and Madysn (12).
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| Otis Hamilton, 5th Grade Coach |
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| Otis was born and raised in Ladysmith. He was a 4 sport athlete and graduated from LadysmithHigh School. His passion has been fulfilled by coaching various youth and high school sports for the past 20 plus years. Otis believes developing the core fundamentals are the building blocks to the advance skills in all sports. He enjoys the excitement the athletes show as they gain confidence and show individual and team improvement. This will be his fourth year coaching with the Fury. After high school, he was self-employed for 18 years while helping raise four children. Two of his daughters have enjoyed the Fury program and have become better people and players because of this exposure.
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| Lonnie Forhand, 5th Grade Asst. Coach |
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| Lonnie is a 1990 graduate of Barron High School. He was a 4 year athlete in basketball and track. Lonnie's coaching experience consists of 2 years coaching girl's youth basketball in the Great Northwest League and has also coached in the Wisconsin Fury Girl's AAU program for the past three years. Lonnie and his wife are owners of Nordquist Trucking of Almena, WI and resides in Barron with his wife Dawn and two daughters, Ashley and Gina. Gina is going on her fifth year of playing for the WI Fury Basketball program.
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