Coaches
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Chance Veasey
VARSITY HEAD COACH
Coach Veasey is in his first campaign as head coach of Delano High School basketball. He previously served as Varsity Assistant for the Minneapolis Southwest girls' program for 4 successful years, during which they won 2 conference championships and recorded over 20 wins in 3 seasons—the program's most successful period. Before that, he spent five years as a head coach for the Minneapolis Lakers boys' program and served as its Youth Coaching Director, during which the program doubled in size to over 250 players. A West Point graduate, Coach Veasey coached the Army West Point JV Basketball team in 1993-1994 after two years as a Varsity manager. A Fairmont, WV, native, he has lived in Minnesota for 28 years and served in the Minnesota National Guard after Active Duty Army service.
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Tristen Griffin
VARSITY ASSISTANT
This will be Coach Griffin’s 7th year coaching in the Delano High School basketball program. Prior to coaching basketball at Delano HS, Coach’s basketball journey included 3 years as a Varsity starter and 2 years playing JUCO basketball in Iowa. Coach Griffin is also the Head Coach of the Boys Varsity Soccer Team, which qualified for the Minnesota State Tournament for the first time in school history in 2025. A native of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Coach Griffin has two boys in the Delano public school system.
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Tyler Wiens
JUNIOR VARSITY HEAD COACH
Coach Wiens is in his first year coaching at Delano High School. A multi-sport athlete at Maple Grove Senior High School, Coach Wiens played for the Michigan Tech club basketball team and coached the team in his senior year. Coach Wiens is a teacher in the math department at Delano High School.
 
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Mike Engesser
B SQUAD HEAD COACH
This will be Mike’s 2nd year within the Delano high school basketball program. For the previous 5 years he coached at various grade levels within the Delano travel program and has been coaching youth baseball, basketball and football for the past 15 years.
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DAMON CLARE
C SQUAD HEAD COACH
Coach Clare is in his 15th year of coaching in the Basketball program. Damon is a Delano Graduate and part of the first team to reach state for Delano. Damon also coaches in the Football and Track programs at Delano and runs strength and speed programs for multiple Delano sports. Damon has two kids who are multiple-sport athletes in Delano.