Coaches
Coaches
Bill Heard
Coach Heard has been involved with high school basketball since 1999, during his time at Crete High School. Coach Heard was an assistant coach at Crete High School for four years and Millard North for two years. Coach moved to Ralston High School in 2003 and would serve as the head coach at RHS for the next eleven years. The Rams qualified for the state tournament eight times in that span, finishing as runner-up in 2003 and 2004, before winning the school's first championship in boys basketball in forty-five years during the 2009 season. Heard moved to Gretna during the 2012-2013 school year serving as an assistant coach. The Dragons reached the state tournament four consecutive years (2015-2018), winning back-to-back Class B titles in 2016 and 2017. Coach Heard is married to his wife Kelly, and has two children, Brylee and Jake.
Nick Schram
Coach Schram graduated from Gretna High School in 2007, where he played for Coach Feeken. He attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln from 2007 through 2012, majoring in Elementary Education. Coach Schram has taught fourth grade for seven years and sixth grade at Aspen Creek Middle School for the last six years. While teaching, he has coached basketball at Gretna High School since the 2011-2012 season and has been involved with eighth-grade, Reserve, JV, and Varsity basketball. Coach Schram is married to his wife, Sara, an assistant for the volleyball program at Gretna High School, and they have two children, Ava and Tate.
Cody King
Coach King went to Bellevue West High School and played both football and basketball there. After graduating from high school in 2012, he accepted a scholarship to play football at Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska, and played for four years there. His first experience coaching basketball was for the Jr. T-bird program through college. As a student teacher at Fremont Bergan in 2016-17, he coached the freshman basketball team and was a varsity assistant. Upon graduating from college in 2017, Coach King accepted a teaching and coaching position at Gretna High School. He has been here for the past seven years as a part of the Gretna Dragon basketball program. Coach King is married to his wife, Chloe, and they have one son, Jace.
Adam Stotz
Coach Stotz is from Elkhorn, NE, where he graduated from Elkhorn High School in 2002. After graduating, he attended the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He began his teaching and coaching career in Minden, Nebraska. He then moved to Gretna to teach 6th grade at Gretna Middle School. He was involved with the Gretna High School basketball program, where he dedicated a decade from 2011 to 2021 as a varsity assistant and was part of the 2016 and 2017 State Championship teams. Following the 2021 season, he took the head coaching job at Syracuse, leading them for the past three seasons. Coach Stotz is now back at Gretna, teaching 7th-grade reading at Aspen Creek Middle School. Coach Stotz is married to his wife, Reagan, and has two children, Hadley and Faith.
Aaron Pryor
Coach Pryor is from Wilber, NE, and graduated from Wilber-Clatonia High School in 2003. He then attended Nebraska Wesleyan University, where he also played basketball. He began his teaching and coaching career in 2008 at Gretna Public Schools, where he taught PE at Thomas Elementary. He also began his coaching career with the Gretna High School program, where he was a varsity assistant from 2008 to 2018. Coach Pryor was also a part of the 2016 and 2017 State Championship teams. Following the 2018 season, Coach Pryor took the head coaching job at Elmwood-Murdock and led the program for the past six seasons. He is now back with Gretna Public Schools, teaching Health and PE at Aspen Creek Middle School. Coach Pryor is married to his wife, Katie, and they have three children: Chase, Caleb, and Callie.
Ely Doble
Coach Doble is from Gretna, NE, and graduated from Gretna High School in 2020. He played for Coach Feeken and was a two-time All-EMC/Metro Conference basketball player. He then attended Morningside College, graduating with a Business Administration Major and a Sports Management Minor. While at Morningside, he played for Coach Miller and was a two-time All-Conference First Team and two-time All-American Honorable Mention.
Dirk Chatelain
Coach Chatelain is from Rising City, NE, and graduated from Columbus High School in 2000. He attended the University of Nebraska, where he pursued sports journalism. He worked 20 years at the Omaha World-Herald, covering a wide range of topics, including several underachieving Husker football coaches. In 2023, Coach Feeken asked him to help with Dragon basketball. Coach Chatelain is married to his wife, Andrea, an ELL teacher at Gretna Middle School. They have three children: Luke, Natalie, and Calvin.