Bragg Named New Lady Wildcats Hoops Coach
May 22, 2017 at 3:35 p.m.
Bragg Named New Lady Wildcats Hoops Coach
By Staff Report-
Bragg began his teaching and coaching career at Columbia City under Hall of Fame coach Wayne Kreiger. While there, Bragg coached volleyball, junior varsity girls basketball, and girls track.
From Columbia City, Bragg worked and coached at Cherokee County in metro Atlanta. While there, he coached volleyball, boys and girls basketball, baseball, and girls tennis. His 1996 girls basketball team won the Georgia 4A state championship and finished the year in the Top 10 in the USA Today national poll. His teams made six appearances in the state tourney in seven years.
Bragg’s volleyball teams also experienced success. He won a sectional while at Columbia City. He was instrumental in helping secure volleyball as a sanctioned sport in Georgia and his Sequoyah teams won eight consecutive county championships. He was also a part of four state runner-up finishes with the volleyball team serving in various capacities after eight years as the head coach.
All told, Bragg brings to Whitko 30 years of basketball coaching experience on both the boys and girls side. His varsity teams over the years compiled a 99-50 record while his JV teams were 95-22. Between Indiana and Georgia, his volleyball teams were 260-128. He was Volleyball Coach of the Year seven times in Georgia. In basketball, he earned the distinction of being named Region Coach of the Year twice and 4A State Coach of the Year once.
“I thank the administration and Board of Education for the incredible opportunity to teach English and coach girls basketball,” Bragg said. “My passion to coach basketball in Indiana was ignited years ago by Coach Kreiger.“
Bragg credits Kreiger with instilling in him a hard-nosed defensive philosophy.
“I can promise the Whitko family we will play harder and be better prepared to play than any of our opponents,” Bragg said. “There is a really good tradition that was built by a graduating senior class at Whitko who took the program to a level it has not ever seen.
“The young kids have a legacy they are now being asked to uphold. We are young but will show up to play,” he said. “I like the attitude of the returning players. They understand it is their turn to carry the torch and I like what I see. I have never believed in having a rebuilding year. I always advocate we plan to reload each year and that is the expectation I am planting with the kids at Whitko.”
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Bragg began his teaching and coaching career at Columbia City under Hall of Fame coach Wayne Kreiger. While there, Bragg coached volleyball, junior varsity girls basketball, and girls track.
From Columbia City, Bragg worked and coached at Cherokee County in metro Atlanta. While there, he coached volleyball, boys and girls basketball, baseball, and girls tennis. His 1996 girls basketball team won the Georgia 4A state championship and finished the year in the Top 10 in the USA Today national poll. His teams made six appearances in the state tourney in seven years.
Bragg’s volleyball teams also experienced success. He won a sectional while at Columbia City. He was instrumental in helping secure volleyball as a sanctioned sport in Georgia and his Sequoyah teams won eight consecutive county championships. He was also a part of four state runner-up finishes with the volleyball team serving in various capacities after eight years as the head coach.
All told, Bragg brings to Whitko 30 years of basketball coaching experience on both the boys and girls side. His varsity teams over the years compiled a 99-50 record while his JV teams were 95-22. Between Indiana and Georgia, his volleyball teams were 260-128. He was Volleyball Coach of the Year seven times in Georgia. In basketball, he earned the distinction of being named Region Coach of the Year twice and 4A State Coach of the Year once.
“I thank the administration and Board of Education for the incredible opportunity to teach English and coach girls basketball,” Bragg said. “My passion to coach basketball in Indiana was ignited years ago by Coach Kreiger.“
Bragg credits Kreiger with instilling in him a hard-nosed defensive philosophy.
“I can promise the Whitko family we will play harder and be better prepared to play than any of our opponents,” Bragg said. “There is a really good tradition that was built by a graduating senior class at Whitko who took the program to a level it has not ever seen.
“The young kids have a legacy they are now being asked to uphold. We are young but will show up to play,” he said. “I like the attitude of the returning players. They understand it is their turn to carry the torch and I like what I see. I have never believed in having a rebuilding year. I always advocate we plan to reload each year and that is the expectation I am planting with the kids at Whitko.”
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