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Masters In Coaching Episode XXXII: Co-Head Basketball Coach Bianca Ziemann

Posted on 11/24/2021 by Tim Cates


Bianca Ziemann, Co-Head Basketball Coach, Crean Lutheran High School


From high school standout to college superstar to college assistant coach to now head coach at Crean Lutheran High School, she is Bianca Ziemann.

Show Highlights

  • How COVID-19 negatively impacted the start of Crean Lutheran High School's girl's basketball team's games against Bonita High School and Mater Dei High School
  • They played basketball in the Redondo Union High School Tournament, gold division, against some very talented teams and only lost by three points in the final minutes to Santa Monica High School
  • The team came back strong after their loss to Santa Monica High School on Monday, and on Tuesday night, beat Leuzinger High School by 22 points
  • Played basketball for Edison High School, accepted a scholarship to play for Loyola Marymount University, was captain for two years and helped take the team to the NCAA tournament, win the West Coast Conference Championship, regular season, and tournament championship
  • How growing up doing ballet, track and field, and basketball with her twin sister, Rachael Ziemann, kept her balanced and inspired her love for coaching basketball
  • How receiving a scholarship from Loyola Marymount University Head women's basketball Coach Julie Wilhoit, Associate Head Coach Lynn Flanagan, Assistant Coach Tami Adkins, and Coach Julie Brase Hairgrove {now Head Coach for Phoenix Mercury who coaches Diana Taurasi} 
  • How her experience playing overseas in the Netherlands and making it to semifinals in the Dutch Tournament helped her grow as a person and inspired her to start coaching
  • She started coaching at Edison High School {coaching Bonnie Samuelson and alongside Dan Wiley}, and eventually coached at the college level for six seasons at Loyola Marymount University, Southern Utah University, University of Oregon, and Santa Clara University from division two to division one basketball
  • How she learned the nature of the collegiate basketball industry from Coach Lynn Flanagan, Coach JR Payne, Coach Kelly Graves, Coach Toriano Towns, and Coach Paul Westhead
  • How the PAC 12 in Mid-major University teams are stepping up the way they play to a higher level
  • How her faith in God and respect of other coaches has helped her be successful
  • How much of an impact coaches like Coach Lynn Flanagan, Edison High School's football Coach Dave White, San Juan Hill High School's girl's basketball Coach Paul Edwards, many high school coaches, Coach JR Payne, Coach Toriano Towns, Assistant Coach Shandrika Lee, and Crean Lutheran High School's Co-Head girls basketball Coach Rachael Ziemann have had on how she coaches her team
  • Why she decided to go back to school and achieve a Master's in Coaching and Athletic Administration and a Master's in Exercise Science from Concordia University Irvine, after completing her Bachelor's and dropping out of the Master's of Strength Conditioning and Performance at Southern Utah University {attended classes with University of Houston's men's basketball program Director Alan Bishop}
  • How she learned about the MCAA program from Crean Lutheran High School's Vice Principal Eun Chu Kim, the program's alumni Head Football Coach and Athletic Coordinator Rick Curtis, and program alumni Athletic Director Eric Olson
  • How she and her sister, Co-Head Coach Rachael Ziemann, started their own basketball club, Flames Basketball Program
  • Which elite high school basketball teams former Flames players play on now

Tags: Masters in Coaching, Coaching, MCAA Podcast, Basketball, Track & Field

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