Our Coaches

We are a team of experienced coaches dedicated to helping young athletes improve their skills and reach their full potential on the basketball court.

Will DeBerg

Will grew up playing youth basketball in Edina. He became a 3 year starter and 2 time captain for Edina High School. In his time at Edina he was an all state player and one of the all time leading scorers in Edina high school's history.

While playing collegiately at the University of St. Thomas, he started coaching kids in Edina, which ultimately led to the creation of DeBerg Basketball. These camps, clinics, trainings and leagues have been going on for 15 years.

Will's basketball highlights:

NCAA National Champion
NCAA All West Region
Worked for Kobe Bryant in Santa Barbara in 2011 and 2012
Played professionally in Limoges, France
Led camps in Haiti, Australia, France, and New Zealand
6 years of NCAA Coaching
Head FIBA National Coach for the Tonga National Team
Coached/trained over 2000 youth basketball players

COACHES

Riley Miller

On-Court Director & Head of Marketing

2nd all-time in 3-point field goals made in University of St. Thomas history
Most games played in University of St. Thomas history
Current Assistant coach for Tongan National Team
Currently playing professionally in Australia's NBL1.
Current Assistant Coach/Director of Player Development for Macalester

Maggie Negaard

Coach & Trainer

5 year D1 player at Drake University and University of St. Thomas
Summit League 2nd team All-Conference
Elementary education major who loves working with kids
Current Graduate Assistant at Concordia-St. Paul
She now leads our girls camps/clinics!

Anders Nelson

Coach & Trainer

1,000 Point Club at Both Edina and the University of St. Thomas
Division 1 college basketball career at both the University of St. Thomas and William & Mary
Played his first year professionally in Switzerland, Latvia and Greece

Conner Nord

Coach & Trainer

1,000 career points at the University of St. Thomas
2 year captain at the University of St. Thomas
Played professionally in Germany
10 years of NCAA men's basketball coaching experience

Audrey Hatfield

Coach

Played 2 years of D1 basketball at the University of St. Thomas
Played 1 year of track and field at UST
State runner up in basketball and 3rd place in shot put her senior year of high school in Wisconsin
Placed 8th in shot put in the Summit League in 2024
2nd year coaching the girls for DeBerg Basketball

Brady Helgren

Coach

Former captain and 1,000 point scorer at Edina hS
5 year college career at Augustana University