Peters Named Lead Assistant Coach

MOORHEAD, Minn. (5/08/17)---Concordia-Moorhead men's basketball head coach Grant Hemmingsen announced that Sam Peters has been hired as the new full-time assistant coach for the Cobbers.

Peters takes over for Hemmingsen who was the team's lead assistant coach before being hired as the head coach at the end of the 2016-17 basketball season.

I am very excited about having Sam as my lead assistant coach," said Hemmingsen. "His background in Minnesota basketball and his knowledge of college basketball at the Division III and II level will be a huge asset to the program."

Peters joins the Concordia staff after spending a season as a volunteer coach at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

He helped with recruiting and practice planning for the men's basketball team at Minnesota State. He was also involved in summer camps as well as preseason workouts and conditioning for the program. 

Peters started his college coaching experience as the lead assistant coach at Bethany Lutheran College. He spent two seasons with the Vikings. During that time he was heavily involved in the recruitment of student/athletes as well planning practices, game plans and on-court coaching. He was also the head coach of the junior varsity team.

Peters has also been heavily involved in AAU basketball. For the past six he has served as a coach and co-director.  Peters started as a coach for the Minnesota Slam AAU program. Following his first year as a coach he moved into the director role along with his coaching duties.  The next year he became the director of Minnesota Slam.  Peters was instrumental in the combination of Minnesota Slam and Southern Minnesota Basketball Academy to create D1MN Rise in the summer of 20114.  For the past three years he has worked with D1MN Rise as the head coach of the under-17 team as well as being the co-director of the program. 

"I am thrilled at having the chance to coach at Concordia – and with coach Hemmingsen," added Peters. "Concordia has a great tradition of men's basketball and the MIAC is one of the best basketball conferences in Division III."    

Peters earned his bachelor's degree in Communication Studies from Minnesota State University, Mankato and is scheduled to complete his master's degree in Educational, Sport and Counseling Psychology – Positive Coaching from the University of Missouri in December of 2017.