Coach Digiovanni enters his fourth season as head coach of the Royals in 2011-12 and his sixth in the Rogers program. Digiovanni led the Royals to a Section 5AAA Championship and a State Tournament appearance in 2011-12. It was the third trip to state for a program only in existence for eight years. The Royals move up into Section 8AAAA and will look to make another deep postseason run with a lineup that will include several new faces in 2011-12. Before being named head coach in May of 2008, Digiovanni spent two seasons as a Royals assistant under former coach Lamar Detert and helped guide the Royals to the 2008 Mississippi 8 Conference title and an appearance in the Class AAA State Tournament where Rogers finished third. Prior to moving across the Crow River to Rogers in 2006-2007, Coach Digiovanni spent six productive seasons with neighboring conference rival St. Michael-Albertville. While coaching at STMA, Digiovanni was part of the 2001 AA State Championship team as well a return trip to the tournament in 2006.
Originally from Pine River and a graduate of St. Cloud State, Digiovanni teaches 5th grade history in St. Michael. When he’s not in the gym, he enjoys taking his coaching experience outdoors where he has coached football and baseball over the past 15 years. Coach Digiovanni and his wonderful bride, Amber, make their home along with their son, Brecken, and their beloved dog, Kirby, in Big Lake.
Coach Hannon begins her eighth year in the program after guiding her team to another 20-plus win season in 2010-11. Her enthusiasm and love of the game is infectious. She also has assisted with the championship seasons of the varsity program over her tenure with the Royals.
Another coach who has been there, she enjoyed playing success at St. Louis Park High School and then went on to Saint Benedict's where she enjoyed even more success. She has translated this success on all levels of the Rogers basketball program.
Coach Hannon is a fourth grade teacher at Rogers Elementary School. She is very active with basketball, still playing, and working summers at various camps. She currently resides in Crystal.
Coach Kolles enters her fourth year with the Royals in 2011-12 after helping lead the Royals to the Class AAA State Tournament last March. She begins her second season as the Royals' junior varsity coach. Her squad finished 18-6 in 2010-11 and third in the Mississippi 8 conference.
Coach Kolles played basketball at Monticello High School and continued playing at Augsburg College. She has coached in the Wayzata 9th grade girls basketball program, the Anaheim Family YMCA programs and at the Brooklyn Junior High girls program.
Coach Kolles is a physical education teacher at St. Andrew Catholic School in Elk River. She resides in Maple Grove.
KATIE KOLLES Assistant Varsity/JV Coach
DAVE LINDQUIST Assistant Varsity Coach
Coach Lindquist begins his second year on the Royals coaching staff in 2011-12 after helping guide Rogers to a Section 5AAA Championship last season. In addition to his varsity responsibilities, he also assists with the junior varsity. He began his basketball coaching career as the head girls coach at Ironwood Catholic High School for three years before moving to the Twin Cities area. More recently, Lindquist coached girls Center Court basketball in Monticello for four years. He truly loves basketball and teaching, so being a coach affords him the opportunity to do both.
A native of the Upper Peninsula in Michigan, Coach Lindquist currently works at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities. He has been married to his wife, Julie, for 25 wonderful years. They have two daughters: Melissa (22), a teacher in New York City, and Kristina (19), a freshman at Ridgewater College. The Lindquists also have a four-year-old Jack Russell Terrier named Lexi.
