For this episode Matt connects with newly crowned class 1A state champion head boys basketball coach – Chris Pack of the Hayfield Vikings.  Chris comes from a coaching family as his dad was a high school coach and two of his brothers are currently coaching MN high school basketball as well.  Chris’s journey took him from an all-conference pitcher at the college level to coaching in the high school state championship game in his first year at Hayfield.  

In between that first year of leading Hayfield to the state title game to this year’s team which won the school’s first ever boys basketball championship, Chris has experienced the highs and lows of coaching.  We look back on his years at Hayfield as well as a deep dive into this year’s state title team.   Chris may also be the only coach with a winning record against Dave Thorson who is a MN high school coaching legend (Chris is 1-0).  

Enjoy this conversation in the Bare's Den with Chris Pack.