Eagle leader
Strasheim taking over as Sidney’s boys basketball coach

By Bill Vander Weele
Sidney Herald
Published on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:35 PM MDT

Danny Strasheim knows Sidney basketball.

After being a standout high school player for the Eagles, the 1984 Sidney High School graduate has been a coach in the program for 23 years including 10 years as the varsity assistant.

Pending final approval by the school board trustees, Strasheim is the new head coach for the Eagles.

Strasheim

Strasheim replaces Rollie Sullivan, who resigned as the middle school principal and head basketball coach in July.

Strasheim doesn’t believe there will be a great adjustment for him moving from assistant to head coach.

“Actually being varsity assistant, Rollie gave me as much freedom as I wanted,” Strasheim said. “I had a lot of input. Rollie allowed me to do what I wanted.”

Strasheim’s coaching experience includes serving as head coach in 2007 when Sullivan missed 14 games due to health issues. Strasheim compiled a 9-5 record.

As Sullivan’s assistant, Strasheim was in control of the Eagles’ offense while Sullivan was in charge of the defense.

“Other assistants will need to step up to do other things,” Strasheim said. For example, if a maroon team and a white team are scrimmaging, he might be observing the maroon squad while an assistant looks at the white team.

Strasheim says the Eagles will continue to be up-tempo on offense and press on defense as much as they can. “That may change with your personnel. Sometimes it changes game to game depending on the team we’re playing.”

Under the guidance of Sullivan and Strasheim, a basketball program was created five years ago for students in grades 1-3. The result is much better numbers currently from seventh grade down for the program.

One change will be that in grades 4-6, students will play games against each other instead of working on only fundamentals.

With only one varsity player returning, Sidney won’t be near the top when pre-season polls are conducted.

“We’re going to be awfully young. We haven’t been this inexperienced for years,” Strasheim said. “But we will be competitive.”

editor@sidneyherald.com

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wow wrote on Oct 13, 2008 2:57 PM:

" Im sure you could.You sound like an overpaid teacher. "

How bout that wrote on Oct 12, 2008 6:23 PM:

" Yeah it sure does, guess i could coach bball! "

wow wrote on Oct 7, 2008 9:49 PM:

" Shows how smart you are! "

How bout that wrote on Oct 6, 2008 10:38 PM:

" I thought you had to have some kind of teaching degree to coach? Hmmm? "

84 Grad wrote on Oct 3, 2008 11:35 PM:

" Way to go, Duck! "

bballisforgirls wrote on Oct 2, 2008 7:23 PM:

" Id get Chris Volk for an assistant!!that would be awesome!!! "

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