Three levels of competition on four teams offers all students of varying abilities the opportunity to participate. Practices are everyday as determined by the coaching staff throughout the season.
Tryouts November 2, 2009
Includes Varsity holiday tournaments over Thanksgiving and Christmas vacations.
Teams
Basketball is a competitive program and cuts are made at all levels: Freshman A & B, JV, and Varsity.
Head Varsity Coach: Jim Russo
Jim Russo begins his 11th year coaching Regina Basketball and his seventh season as head coach. He led the 2002-03 Regina basketball squad to the IHSA third-place championship and earned Coach of the Year honors from both Lerner Newspaper and the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association. As an AAU coach, Russo coached three Final Four teams and six Top 10 teams on a national level from 1999 to 2001. His high school coaching experience also includes two years at Holy Cross High School in 1996 and 1997. Russo has coached all four of his children in either high school or AAU, including former varsity player, Li bby Russo ('07). Jim is in the concrete cutting business.
Assistant Varsity Coaches: Carol Plodzien & Lauren Rosengarden
Head JV Coach: Brad Williams
Assistant JV Coach: Chrissy Lauinger