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Barb Felderman
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Barb Felderman enters her 31st season as Lady Hardrocker basketball coach. She has guided teams to berths in the NAIA National Tournament 11 times, including appearances in the Final Four in 1998 and 1999. Felderman has coached Mines to a 434-361 (at start of 10-11 season) overall record, and to a team record 28 wins during the 1997-98 season. She has coached seven SDIC Championship teams and added DAC conference titles in 2002 and 2005. A native of Doland, SD, and a graduate of Northern State University, Felderman spent eight years coaching and teaching at Kadoka and Pierre High Schools. She served as head softball coach at Ball State prior to coming to SD Mines in 1981. She was the Hardrocker volleyball coach until 1993 and won seven SDIC titles. While earning her Masters at the University of Wyoming, Felderman served as assistant basketball and softball coach. Barb and her Lady Hardrocker basketball teams have held numerous clinics and camps to teach young boys and girls the fundamentals of basketball and teach them the true spirit of competition. Felderman was honored as South Dakota College Coach-of-the-Year by sportswriters in 1991 and 1998 and has been named SDIC Basketball Coach-of-the Year three times. The Lady Hardrockers have been named South Dakota Women's College team of the year on two occasions by the South Dakota Sportswriters Association.
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Gabe Zeigler
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South Dakota School of Mines and Lady Hardrocker women's basketball head coach Barb Felderman has announced the hiring of new assistant women's basketball coach Gabe Zeigler to the 2011-12 coaching staff. Zeigler will be replacing long-time assistant Lori Coble who stepped down after 28 seasons with the Lady Hardrockers. The name Zeigler is not unfamiliar to Lady Hardrocker basketball as Zeigler's sister Miaken was a member of the SDM women's team from 2000 to 2004. She ended her college career as the fifth all-time scorer with 1,677 points. "Working for Coach Felderman will be a challenge, but I feel by starting out strong and being aggressive will help see successful results," Zeigler said. Zeigler, who played hoops for Black Hills State from 1999-2003 and was a standout player at Sturgis Brown High School prior to that, has been involved in basketball throughout his career. He served as a student-assistant coach for the University of Minnesota women's basketball team for two years and served as the interim head coach and as an assistant coach for the men's basketball program at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minn. "Gabe has been influenced by basketball his whole life," Felderman said. "He brings a wealth of knowledge for the game and knows what it takes to be a student-athlete and a coach. His sister was very successful here as a Hardrocker and now I am confident Gabe will be as well." Most recently, Zeigler served as a basketball coach and site manager at the Minnesota School of Basketball, a for-profit-organization that helps individuals and teams improve their hoops skills. "I mainly worked with basketball athletes in drills involving shooting and footwork," Zeigler said. "I was able to work with a lot of top athletes in the area." As a Lady Hardrocker assistant coach, a big part of Zeigler's' duties will be recruiting. South Dakota Mines student-athletes are a very specific type - having to have not only basketball skills, but also excellent academic accomplishments. Zeigler feels he's ready for the challenge to find athletes that will thrive at SD Mines. "I want hard working, athletes that can get things done on the court and in the classroom," Zeigler said. "I want someone that is willing to put the time in and obviously is athletic and gifted. I would like to tap into the resources I had in Minnesota as well as locally." |
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