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The Adel-DeSoto-Minburn girls basketball team will feature a new face on the sidelines, beginning the 2024-2025 school year.

ADM recently announced that Danielle Craig will be the new head coach for the Tigers. According to the school, Craig was hired as a Physical Education Teacher at the high school during this last year and helped the Tigers out as an assistant coach. Prior to ADM, Craig was the assistant girls coach at Dike-New Hartford from 2021-2023, winning back-to-back state championships.

She has an Exercise and Sports Science degree with a minor in Coaching Competitive Athletics from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. She furthered her career at the University of Northern Iowa, receiving a Masters degree in Kinesiology and Sports Performance. 

Craig replaces the previous head coach Jacob Cleveland, who made the decision to resign at the end of this last season, where he completed six seasons as head coach for ADM.