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A message from Coach Brodeur - "It is my goal as the head coach to offer your daughter a positive learning experience through basketball.  I hope that she will be able to use this knowledge to help her in many of the challenges she will face throughout life.  Hard work and maximum effort will provide the foundation of this experience for your daughter."
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  Ray Brodeur - Varsity Head Coach  
  email:  coachbrodeur@gmail.com    
  Coach Brodeur begins his 3rd year at Andover High School as head coach.  Before Coach Brodeur landed as the Head Coach at Andover, he was the B squad (Sophomore Team) coach at Andover High School for the boys program. Coach Brodeur also spent a lot of his coaching time tuning up some of our current Andover girls by coaching in the Traveling program.  Before Coach Brodeur began his coaching career he was a two year letter winner at Forest Lake Senior High School earning All-Conference Honorable Mention and was a senior captain for his Northeast Suburban Conference winning team.  He received his bachelor’s degree in Business Management and his Graduate Teaching license from The College of St. Scholastica. This is Coach Brodeur’s second year teaching Social Studies at Andover High School. Coach Brodeur lives in the community with his wife Becky and four children.
       
  Shelby Chollett - Coach/Program Assistant    
       
  Coach Chollett is beginning her first year as a high school basketball coach/program assistant.  She graduated from Andover High School and is currently at St. Cloud State University working towards her Master of Science in School Counseling, as well as her Bachelor's degree in Business.  As a former Andover Husky basketball player herself, Coach Chollett is familiar with Andover's community, players, as well as philosophy and respect for the black, white, and gold.  Amongst other sports, Chollett played basketball for over 10 years for numerous select elite teams and coaches.  Working many summers for camps and clinics, she has great passion for the game and to help players improve on and off the court.      
       
 

Wade Johnson - JV Coach

 
       
 

Coach Johnson is in his 4th year coaching at Andover in the Girls program.  Coach Johnson has had previous coaching experience at Coon Rapids, Benilde St. Margaret’s High School, Coon Rapids and Roosevelt Middle School.  Before his coaching career Coach Johnson played basketball at St. Francis High School and has gained the knowledge and motivational pieces as a coach to allow for his athletes to compete and be successful at a high level.  Coach Johnson received his bachelor’s degree from St. Cloud University and has been a Physical Education Teacher for 14 yrs, 7th year at Andover.

   
       
  Chris Wallin - Sophomore Coach  
     
 

Coach Wallin joins the Andover girls’ program after a two-year hiatus away from basketball.  Prior to coming to Andover, Coach Wallin spent 7 years coaching basketball in the Spring Lake Park, Blaine, Columbia Heights, and Stillwater programs.  Along with coaching basketball, he also coached football and baseball at Blaine for 5 years.  Dating back about 15 years ago, Coach Wallin was a three-sport athlete at Spring Lake Park where he was a three-year letter winner in football and a two-year letter winner in basketball and baseball.  He also earned honorable mention honors in football and basketball.  After high school, he played football at the University of Minnesota, Duluth for one year.  Eventually, Coach Wallin graduated from the University of Wisconsin, River Falls with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and health education.  Currently, he is teaching 6th grade health at Sandburg Middle School in Anoka.  Some things Coach Wallin likes to do when he isn’t coaching and teaching are: spending time with his family which consists of his son Ryan (5), daughter Megan (3), and wife Richelle, golfing (he isn’t very good, but likes to try), fishing, and hunting.

   
       
  Bree Nieland - Freshman Coach  
   
 

Coach Nieland is in her 3rd year of coaching 9th grade girls basketball, her 5th year of coaching 9th grade girls fastpitch for Andover High School, and has been co-coaching Andover’s 16U Summer Fastptitch team for the past five summers.  Coach Nieland is a graduate of Coon Rapids High School where she played basketball and fastpitch for four years before she moved on to earn her bachelor’s degree in Art Education at The College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University.  In addition to her work as a coach and teacher, Coach Nieland is currently completing her master’s degree through Saint Mary’s University.