Coaches

Jeremy Davis
Coach Davis is the Executive Director of the Justagame basketball program and coaches the JAG Select 17U PrepHoops team. He was an Assistant Coach at Appleton Xavier High School from 2015-2024. Xavier won more games than any team in Wisconsin during that span, including the 2017 WIAA State Championship. He also served as a student manager for the Wisconsin Badgers during their 2014 Final Four run under Hall of Fame Coach Bo Ryan.

Tommy Borta
Coach Borta was a standout player at Wausau West High School and then continued his playing career at UW-Oshkosh, where he helped lead his team to the 2019 NCAA Division III National Championship. He is now an Assistant Coach at Hillsboro High School, and he coaches the JAG Select 12U PrepHoops boys team.

Nick Brakebush
Coach Brakebush was a 2-time All-Conference player and a 1,000 point scorer at Westfield High School. He then played collegiately at Marian University, where he was a team captain for 2 years and led his team to the 2022 NCAA Tournament. He is now the Head Coach at Westfield, where he was selected as the 2025 South Central Conference Coach of the Year after leading his team to its first conference championship in over 35 years. He coaches the JAG Select 15/16U boys team.

Lexi Brakebush
Coach Brakebush was a 1,000 point scorer and 2-time conference Player of the Year at Westfield High School before playing collegiately at Marian University, where she led the team in scoring and was named to the All-NACC Second Team during her senior season. She coaches the JAG Select 12U girls team.

Mike Pica
Coach Pica is the Head Coach of the Varsity basketball team at Wautoma High School where he also works as a Physical Education teacher. Previously, he was an Assistant Coach at the collegiate level for UW-Oshkosh from 2008-2012. He coaches the JAG Select 16U PrepHoops boys team.

Nick Wagner
Coach Wagner was an All-State player at G-E-T High School where he was named Conference Player of the Year 3 times and led his team to the 2016 WIAA State Tournament. He went on to become a college scholarship player at Northern Illinois and Northern Michigan. Wagner is now an Assistant Coach at West Salem High School, and he coaches the JAG Select 11U and 14U boys teams.

Blake Thiesse
Coach Thiesse was an All-Conference player at G-E-T High School and helped lead his team to the 2016 WIAA State Tournament. He earned a baseball scholarship to Upper Iowa University and is now the Programming Director and Facility Manager at the Justagame Reedsburg Fieldhouse. He coaches the JAG Select 15U PrepHoops team and the JAG Select 13U boys team.

Kim Torkelson
Coach Torkelson is the Associate Principal at Wisconsin Dells Middle School and an active coach in the Wisconsin Dells Youth Baskeball club. She coaches the JAG Select 9U girls team.

Gavino Morales
Coach Morales has been a member of the Wautoma High School coaching staff for the past 9 seasons, with 4 of them as a Varsity Assistant Coach and 5 as the Head Coach of the JV team. He has also coached youth basketball for 6 years, and this season he coaches the JAG Select 12U boys.

Jon Brakebush
Coach Brakebush has been a youth basketball, baseball, and football coach in Westfield for over 15 years, and he serves as the Assistant Coach for the JAG Select 12U girls team. He is also the Senior Vice President of Operations for Brakebush Chicken.

Derek Whitaker
Coach Whitaker has coached numerous youth sports for over 15 years, primarily with the Sun Prairie Youth Basketball Association and Madison Area Homeschool. He has been a JAG Select coach for 2 seasons and is currently coaching the JAG Select 17U boys team.

James Kurtz
Coach Kurtz played collegiate football and is an active coach with the Wisconsin Dells Youth Basketball club. He is the Head Coach of the JAG Select 11U girls team.

Janessa Kurtz
Coach Kurtz is an active coach with the Wisconsin Dells Youth Basketball club, and also with the Wisconsin Dells softball team. She is the Assistant Coach for the JAG Select 11U girls team.

Ben Rist
Coach Rist is an active coach in the Reedsburg Area Youth Basketball program and has coached club and AAU basketball for 8 years. He coaches the JAG Select 13U PrepHoops team.

Ed Hill
Coach Hill is an active coach in the Wisconsin Dells Youth Basketball club. He is the Head Coach of the JAG Select 17U girls team.

Ken Roberts
Coach Roberts is an active coach in the Wisconsin Dells Youth Basketball club and is also an Assistant Coach for the Wisconsin Dells High School football team. He coaches the JAG Select 13U girls team.

Robert Schulz
Coach Schulz in an active coach in the Hillsboro Youth Basketball program and has over ten years of coaching experience. He is the Head Coach of the JAG Wild 14U PrepHoops team.

Jamie Johnson
Coach Johnson was the Head Coach of the Richland Center High School boys varsity basketball team for 12 seasons, where he is the winningest coach in program history. He also coached the Richland Center girls for 4 seasons and the Ithaca girls for 1 season. He was also an All-Conference collegiate player at UW-Richland Center. He is the Assistant Coach of the JAG Wild 14U PrepHoops team.

Doug Beernink
Coach Beernink is an active youth coach in multiple sports, and is also a WIAA certified varsity basketball official. He coaches the JAG Select 9/10U boys team.

Brent Vruwink
Coach Vruwink has coached numerous youth sports teams for several years in the Wisconsin Rapids area. He coaches the JAG Select 14U boys team that is focused on preparing for high school basketball with emphasis on skill development, basketball IQ, and defensive concepts.

Josh Schmidtke
Coach Schmidtke is an active coach with the Pardeeville Girls Club basketball program. He coaches the JAG Select 14/15U girls team.

Nick Morse
Coach Morse is an active coach in the Wisconsin Dells Youth Basketball club. He is the Head Coach of the JAG Select 10U girls team.

Zak Alwin

Dan Gavinski

Katrina Schmidtke

Maggie Crowley

Scott Rockwell
