RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City Central High School activities director Jordan Bauer announced Wednesday, the hiring of Allan Bertram as the next head girls basketball coach for the Cobblers pending school board approval. Coach Bertram has been coaching basketball for over 20 years in the state of South Dakota. He was a head coach for 17 years compiling 225 career wins at Andes Central, Todd County, and the last twelve years at Chamberlain High School. In that time his teams won 8 Conference Championships, 7 District Titles, 4 Region Championships, and made 4 trips to the State A Basketball Tournament. Coach Bertram was named SDBBCA Region Coach of the year two times and is the winningest coach in the history of Chamberlain High School. For the past 6 years Coach Bertram has been a basketball trainer and Basketball Academy Director. His current basketball program, Sacred Hoops, has become the largest basketball program in South Dakota with Over 600 athletes playing summer basketball in his program and working out over 4,000 athletes each year. Coach Bertram is also the Regional Director for AAU Basketball representing the state of South Dakota. Bertram replaces Kraig Bloome who stepped down from the postion after 17 years.
