Pfannenstiel ready to lead Wildcat boys basketball

Ty Pfannenstiel has been hired to take over the Louisburg High School boys basketball program. Pfannenstiel, who was previously the athletic director, head football coach and head girls basketball coach at Oakley High School, will also serve as Louisburg’s strength coach.

Coming off its first state tournament appearance in 12 years, the Louisburg High School boys basketball team had to find a new leader for the program, following the resignation of former coach Jason Nelson.

The Wildcats came across a good fit during their coaching search.

Louisburg hired Ty Pfannenstiel to take over the Wildcat team for the upcoming season. Pfannenstiel has experience in several different sports. He had different coaching jobs during his time at Oakley and Gardner-Edgerton high schools and is looking forward to working with the Wildcat players.

“I’m extremely excited about taking over the boys program,” Pfannenstiel said. “From my days of teaching and coaching at Gardner Edgerton High School, I’ve always had a lot of respect for Louisburg High School and their sports teams. This is a community that has high expectations, and that is exactly what I was looking for.”

Pfannenstiel has been at Oakley High School since 2014 and was the school’s athletic director. He was also the head football, head girls basketball and assistant track coach.

He came to Oakley from Gardner-Edgerton, where he taught and coached at the school from 2005 to 2014. During his time with the Blazers, he was an assistant football, boys basketball and baseball coach.

Although Pfannenstiel has his own ideas on what he wants to implement into the Wildcat program, he knows the players are going to have to buy in to the team concept first.

“The two most important things I will expect of my players is commitment and character,” Pfannenstiel said. “I want kids in my program that are committed to their teammates and committed to making themselves a better player. If they make a commitment and work hard…good things will happen.

“And more importantly than that, I want good character kids in my program. I want kids that are going to be the leaders and role models for our school. We plan on winning lots of basketball games at Louisburg, but I’m much more concerned with these kids being successful in their life outside of basketball.”

Pfannenstiel will get a chance to work with his team starting this month, including during the team camp beginning on June 19.

“As for our system, we will try to play an exciting brand of basketball…hard-nosed defense with an up tempo offense,” he said. “I’m excited about getting started with our players this summer and seeing the makeup of our team.”

Along with his job as head boys basketball coach. Pfannenstiel will also be the head strength and conditioning coach for Louisburg High School and he knows that getting better on the court starts in the weight room.

“The weight room is going to be an integral part of developing our program,” he said. “I don’t think there’s any coach out there that wouldn’t want his/her athletes to be as strong and explosive as possible. That will be our goal in the weight room at Louisburg High – develop strong and explosive athletes. I can’t wait to start working with all of the Louisburg athletes in the weight room.”