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 all state and one of the all time leading scorers, scoring over 1,000 points.
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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.
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Will's basketball highlights:
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NCAA National Champion
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NCAA All West Region
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Worked for Kobe Bryant in Santa Barbara in 2011 and 2012
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Played professionally in Limoges, France
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Led camps in Haiti, Australia, France, and New Zealand
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6 years of NCAA Coaching
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Head FIBA National Coach for the Tonga National Team
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Will previously trained Riley Miller when he was in high school and then coached him for 3 years in college. Riley then began working camps and in the last 2 years has helped Will grow and direct the camp. Will hired Riley as his top assistant for the Tongan National Team.
COACHES/STAFF
Riley Miller
On-Court Director & Head of Marketing
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2nd all-time in 3-point field goals made in University of St. Thomas history
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Most games played in University of St. Thomas history
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Current Assistant coach for Tongan National Team
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Currently playing professionally in Australia's NBL1.
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Current Assistant Coach/Director of Player Development for Macalester
Maggie Negaard
Coach & Trainer
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5 year D1 player at Drake University and University of St. Thomas
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Summit League 2nd team All-Conference
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Elementary education major who loves working with kids
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Current Graduate Assistant at Concordia-St. Paul
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She now leads our girls camps/clinics!
Anders Nelson
Coach & Trainer
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D3Hoops.com National Freshman of the Year 2018-19
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1,000 Point Club at Both Edina and the University of St. Thomas
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All-Region, First Team All-MIAC in 2019-20
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Finished his career playing Division 1 at both the University of St. Thomas and William & Mary
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Played his first year professionally in Switzerland, now plays in Greece
Gabriel Ramos
Coach & Trainer
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Played his college career at Macalester College
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Started his final 3 seasons at Macalester
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Former Assistant Coach for Macalester following his playing careers
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Current Graduate Assistant for Rice
Audrey Hatfield
Coach
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Played 2 years of D1 basketball at the University of St. Thomas
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Played 1 year of track and field at UST
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State runner up in basketball and 3rd place in shot put her senior year of high school in Wisconsin
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Placed 8th in shot put in the Summit League in 2024
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2nd year coaching the girls for DeBerg Basketball
Dan Molhoek
Coach
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Current D2 player for University of Minnesota-Duluth
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Started 3 years for Edina High School, playing as a freshman
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Captain as a Junior at Edina
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All Lake Conference 2x
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Graduated early to continue playing basketball at UMD and pursue engineering academically