Bruce Elliot Erdmann has been named the new Crookston Pirate Boys Basketball coach, pending school board approval at their meeting on Monday.
Erdmann graduated from Crookston High School in 2001, where he played football, basketball, and golf. He was part of a Section 8AA basketball runner-up team. He played college basketball at Dana College in Nebraska, a member of the GPAC Conference in the NAIA. Bruce was a 1,000-point scorer by his junior season and was named to the GPAC All-Conference team.
Erdmann coached 9th-grade boys’ basketball at Omaha Westside School before taking an assistant coaching job at Mayville State University for the 2006-07 season. The Comets made it to the National Championship game under the guidance of Craig Smith, who is now the head Men’s Basketball Coach at Utah.
Erdmann was a Graduate Assistant coach at the University of Mary for the 2007-8 and 2008-9 seasons before returning to Mayville State, where he was an assistant coach for two years.
He moved back to Crookston to farm with his father. He coached eighth grade for two years and coached Junior Varsity for two years under Greg Garmen.
Erdmann is married to Andrea, who was head girls basketball coach at Bismarck High School in 2009 when they won the State Championship. They have four children, Isaac-13, Otto-10, Archie-8, and Hope-4.
Bruce is currently the Crookston Youth Basketball Association President and has been coaching in the CYBA for several years.
For KROX’s interview with Erdmann, CLICK HERE.
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