{"id":20,"date":"2013-08-25T20:31:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T01:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2017-10-28T08:02:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T13:02:19","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not real big into talking about myself but apparently some people like to know this stuff and I want to be completely transparent with everyone&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I guess if I was reading this blog, I&#8217;d want to know WHO was writing this stuff and if they were a complete lunatic or what.<\/p>\n<p>So here you go &#8212; a little bit about me (Jeff Haefner)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a basketball coach, skill development trainer, and\u00a0Co-Owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\">Breakthrough Basketball<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I currently live in Marion, Iowa with my wife, two kids, and our golden retriever (Izzy).<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 20 plus years, I have coached 2nd grade teams all the way to high school teams.\u00a0 I have trained college players and youth players.<\/p>\n<p>I have had undefeated seasons, as well as difficult seasons&#8230; with painful losing streaks.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been fortunate to have a wide range of experiences &#8212; spending a lot of time coaching and learning about the game.\u00a0 This is what I do and what I enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;m updating this bio page right now, I currently coach my sons 5th grade team and my daughters 7th grade team.\u00a0 In most seasons, I find time to coach some high school basketball&#8230; but at this stage that is just too much work &#8212; and I focus on my time watching my kids play sports and coaching their youth teams.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick Bio Snapshot<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11 years of high school coaching experience &#8212; Marion Sophomore Boys Coach 2013-2016, Anamosa Sophomore Boys 2001-2006 &amp; 2010-2013. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9 years of youth coaching experience &#8212; 1st to 7th grade.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-owner and President of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breakthrough Basketball<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Player development coach and trainer.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>How I Make a Living<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I earn a living and my paycheck as a co-owner and manager of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/\">Breakthrough Basketball<\/a>.\u00a0 We do a bunch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/camps\/\">skill development camps<\/a>, create instructional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/store\/\">DVDs<\/a>, write eBooks, and stuff.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty fortunate to have a job that I really enjoy.\u00a0 How could you not enjoy being around basketball each and every day??<\/p>\n<p>I do occasionally run some camps but I have scaled down so I can spend more time with my family.\u00a0\u00a0 Soccer, baseball, gymnastics, dance, and all the kids&#8217; activities keep me pretty busy!<\/p>\n<p><b>How to Connect with Me<\/b><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like, you can connect with me via&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/JeffHaefnerCoaching\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/b\/102495478380248382221\/\">Google +<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/jeff-haefner\/7\/450\/70a\">LinkedIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CoachHaefner\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/contact\/\">Email<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you like the stuff I post on this blog, please share it with others you think might benefit from it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not real big into talking about myself but apparently some people like to know this stuff and I want to be completely transparent with everyone&#8230; I guess if I was reading this blog, I&#8217;d want to know WHO was writing this stuff and if they were a complete lunatic or what. 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