Wednesday, November 16, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Von Stein takes reins as girls basketball coach
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
Alan Von Stein is the new
Sisters High School girls var-
sity basketball coach. He is
ready to begin the 2016-2017
season. Von Stein brings
years of experience to the
girls basketball program.
He grew up in Ohio and
was a three-sport athlete. He
played football, basketball,
and track, but basketball was
by far his favorite. However,
while playing football, he tore
his ACL and MCL, which
ended his sports career.
Von Stein started coaching
22 years ago while living in
Indiana, a state which takes its
basketball very seriously. He
has coached girls at all levels,
including junior league, com-
petitive AAU, middle school,
junior varsity, varsity assis-
tant, and as an interim varsity
coach.
He coached for 18 years in
Indiana, and then took a break
so he could enjoy watching
his three daughters play bas-
ketball at the collegiate level.
Alan and his wife,
Rebecca, moved to Sisters
from Indiana in 2014 for
the weather and the outdoor
lifestyle. The couple enjoys
hiking, biking, kayaking,
and playing tennis. Alan is a
retired surgeon, but still does
some physician volunteer-
ing through Volunteers in
Medicine in Bend.
Von Stein stepped back
into coaching this past year,
and coached Sisters’ eighth-
grade girls basketball team,
which went 7-3 in league and
finished second in the Sisters
Shootout tournament.
Von Stein was hired for
the head coach position last
Oregon coach
Altman
gets 7-year
extension
EUGENE (AP) — Oregon
basketball coach Dana
Altman has a new seven-year
deal worth $18.45 million
that keeps him under con-
tract with the Ducks through
2022-23.
Altman has led Oregon to
six straight seasons with 20
or more wins, and four con-
secutive appearances in the
NCAA Tournament.
Last season, the Ducks
won a school-record 31
games and took both the Pac-
12 regular-season and tourna-
ment titles.
spring, and this past summer
took nine of his players to
Western Oregon University to
a basketball camp, where they
spent 13 hours a day playing
basketball.
Von Stein said, “These
are great young women who
deserve the opportunity to
improve their skills in a sport
that they are passionate about.
High school athletics are not
only about points, but are
about helping to develop great
citizens, who understand time
management and the impor-
tance of teamwork.”
Von Stein recognizes the
potential in his student/ath-
letes, and told The Nugget he
is excited to have the opportu-
nity to assist them in realizing
their potential.
“My goals, all of which
I’ve shared with the girls, are
to improve fundamental play,
to work hard, practice hard, to
be a good teammate, and most
importantly to have FUN! All
the girls will have a clean slate
with me. Playing time will be
determined on the girls meet-
ing the previously mentioned
goals, not seniority. This is a
varsity sport, so we will do
our best to be as successful as
we can be.
“Fundamentals are critical
for the girls to be success-
ful,” added Von Stein. “If you
watch the WNBA or wom-
en’s collegiate basketball,
successful teams play good
team defense, set good picks,
block out, and score points.
We will need to accomplish
all of the above in order to be
successful.”