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Head Coach Brian Johnsen

Coaching Career

The previous 4 year Brian was a coach at New Berlin Eisenhower under the wings of head coach Scott Schimmel. His duties there were to assist coach Schimmel as the Varsity assisant, however, he was also the Freshman coach (2002)and the JV coach (2003). In two seasons as the coach of Freshman and JV he coached their teams to a 35-6 record.

Brian taught his kids to play hard and never give up. It showed in the way his kids played, because many games his kids would over come 2,3,4 and even 7 run deficits in the final innings to win their games. He has many years of great teams to come in the future.

Baseball Playing Career

Little League He played on the team that made it to the regional finals of the little world series, only to come up two games short of making the World Series

High School

Brian played for 2 years under the wisdom of coaching great Jim Hughes at Franklin High School. Brian played many different positions such as outfield, 1st base or DH. He was honored with all-state and all confrence awards for his consistent hitting and defense at Franklin

College

Played under the great Gordie Gillespie who is the winningest coach in NCAA baseball history. Brian was quoted saying "this is the best coach I have ever seen"

Carrol College

Was honored with an all-confrence selection as a senior while playing outfield and DH.

Assistant Varsity Coach Ryan Mentkowski

Coaching Career

This is the second year Ryan has helped coach Brian Johnsen with the coaching duties. Last year, he helped with the pitchers as a volunteer coach for the JV team. He taught the pitchers to work hard and always "go right at em"

Little League

Played on the same all star team with Brian while almost making it to the World Series. He was an all around athlete even at the age of 13 playing 1st base and Pitching.

College- University of Iowa

Played college baseball for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes. He was a starting pitcher for 3 years under Wichita baseball great Travis Wyckoff. Was honored with Freshman All American as a Freshman and compeated every year for the number one spot in the pitching rotation.