It didn't take long for the Annawan School District to find replacements for departing coaches Merritt Burns and Matt Huber. At the board of education meeting, the district decided to hire within, tabbing Zach DeMay as the new boy's basketball coach for the Braves, and Jason Burkewicz as the new girl's coach, also an assistant. This, as reported by the Quad City Times.
Burns was a casualty of the reduction in force (RIF), while Huber stepped down early this week, citing personal and family reasons.
After a (15-19) season, and a bulk of seniors on last year's roster, one could assume the boy's program at Annawan is in a rebuilding year, however the exact opposite can be said of the girl's program.
A year ago, the Bravettes pushed eventual Class 1A 3rd place finisher, Ridgewood, to double overtime in the Sweet 16. Annawan loses just one starter, albeit, an all-stater and a top ten finisher for the state's Ms. Basketball award, Kelly Buresh (the school's all-time leading scorer, regardless of gender). The team has an infusion of young talent entering high school next year. Reports have indicated the freshman-to-be (Class of 2014), have gone 56-0 over the past two seasons.
I would assume, there would be much interest in that position statewide, but the position did not appear to be open long enough to gauge the potential coaching talent pool. All the best to DeMay and Burkewicz, and congratulations to them on their first varsity basketball head coaching gigs.
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