Coaching Staff Head Coach Dan Froehlich ([email protected], 612-209-0241) Coach Dan begins his 13th year as the Lakers varsity head coach in 2023, and was on the coaching staff for two seasons prior to that. His teams have won three of the four City Conference Girls Basketball Championships in SW history. Coach Dan is currently second in all-time total wins in Minneapolis City Conference girls basketball history. He has coached basketball and other sports at various levels for over 40 seasons. Dan was selected by his coaching peers four times as either a Section 6AAAA Coach of the Year or a Minneapolis City Conference Coach of the Year. He coaches a MN Suns girls AAU team in the spring/summer. Over 40 of Dan's former players have played (or are currently playing) college basketball. Coach Dan is very active in coach associations and coaching education. Dan also co-founded, and is currently Coach Development Director of, the MPLS Lakers Youth Basketball Association. Assistant Coach Amber Hunter, Coach Amber enters her sixth season on our coaching staff. She is a full-time staff person at SW during the day and is working on her teaching licensure at Metro State. Coach Amber played high school basketball in the city conference for the Roosevelt Teddies. Her teams have won the last four City Conference B Squad championships. Coach Amber will take over as head JV coach this season.
Assistant Coach Chance Veasey, Coach Chance begins his third year with our coaching staff this season. He has a long and rich history as a basketball coach, including serving as a JV coach at Army, and many years coaching for the MPLS Lakers traveling association, where he also serves as a board member and a coaching director.