2009-10 Bruins Coaches

Here is the coaching staff for the 2009-10 year:

Head Coach Craig Flaagan
Craig Flaagan is in his 18th year as head coach of the Bruin girls' basketball program, Last year the Bruin girls finished 1st in the EDC, won the East Region tournament for the fourth year in a row, and finished 2nd in the state. Craig has been coaching girls and boys basketball at South for all 30 years of his coaching career. Coach Flaagan has led the Bruins to 15 state tournament appearances in 17 years, winning the State championship in 1992 and 1994, 2nd place in 2004, 2006, and 2009, 3rd place in 1993, 1994, and 2008, 4th place in 1996 and 2003 and 5th place in 1995 and 1998. He has guided the Bruins to 8 conference and 8 region titles. In Craig's 17 years at South, 21 Bruin players have been named "All State". His current head coaching record at South coming into this season is 311 wins and 109 loses, for a 74% winning margin. Craig was named North Dakota "Coach of the Year" in 1992,2004,2006, and 2009, EDC "Coach of the Year" in 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, and 2009. He also was North Dakota Winter Sports "Assistant Coach of the Year" in 1992. Craig has also been a part of three championship teams as an assistant coach, two with the South boys in 1986 and 1989 and one with the girls in 1985. Craig is a lifelong Fargo resident, graduating from Fargo North in 1975 and Concordia College in 1979. He teaches physical education at Carl Ben Eielson Middle School. Craig’s wife’s name is Cheryl and his daughter Kari graduated from Concordia College and is working for the Fargo Jet Center.

JV Coach Jason Smedshammer
Jason is in his 11th year with the Bruin basketball program in the role of assitant/jv coach. Last season, the Bruins finished with a 16-3 record, winning the JV division. Prior to coming to South, Jason spent seven years coaching in the boys and girls programs at Aberdeen Central, a Class "AA" school in South Dakota. He was the JV girls' coach and the sophomore boys' coach. Jason was named Region 1 boys Assistant "Coach of the Year" in 1998. He also coached for one year at Edmunds Central High School in South Dakota and one year at Wolford High School in North Dakota. Jason graduated from Jamestown High School in 1985 where he played basketball for the Blue Jays - they finished 2nd to Fargo North in the State tournament that year. Currently teaching mathematics at South High, he graduated from NDSU in 1990 with a BS degree in Math Education and has a Masters degree in Education from St. Kate's in Minneapolis.

Sophomore Coach Alvina Deyle
Alvina rejoins the Fargo South coaching staff after a three year absence. Her coaching career started in Enderlin, ND where she coached every level from 3rd grade to JV girls basketball for four years. She moved to Grand Forks and coached 7th grade basketball there for two years. She has taught/coached at Fargo South since 1986 where she has mainly been at the 9th grade level until the desire to watch her daughters play at three different levels made her think that 25 years of coaching was enough. Her successes were many with the highlight of her career when her teams won back-to-back-to-back championships from 1990-1992. Alvina’s husband is Tim and you see him running the shot clock when he is not teaching 5th grade at Roosevelt Elementary. Their five children are Janna and Rachel who attend NDSU, and triplets Karissa, Daniel, and Sarah who are juniors at South High School.