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MARSHFIELD — Marshfield High School is bringing back a familiar face as the school’s next Tigers girls’ basketball coach. Heidi Michaelis is returning after a six-year absence.

Michaelis will return to where her coaching career began. During her first seventeen seasons in Marshfield from 2001-2018, Michaelis amassed 305 wins, nine 20-win seasons, eight Wisconsin Valley Conference championships, 11 sectional appearances, and four WIAA State Tournament appearances.

Michaelis credits her players’ commitment to the program, each other, and being a true student-athlete for her previous success as a coach.

“I believe the relationships I can build with student athletes is the biggest predictor of success. Showing student athletes you care about them as individuals allows trust to be built, and from there, I always believed that great things could happen,” said Michaelis via a press release. “Winning comes with hard work and hard work is easy if students trust you. Winning and losing with class is so important and being able to carry yourself in a manner that represents this school district, community, and families is imperative.”

As she steps back into the gym, Michaelis expresses her enthusiasm for the opportunity to inspire and mentor young athletes, instilling in them the values of sportsmanship, perseverance, and teamwork to be successful on and off the court.

Michaelis replaces Taylor Varsho, who played for Heidi from 2008 to 2012. Varsho left the Tiger program as its all-time leading scorer with 1,364 points. Under Michaelis, Varsho averaged a team-high 18.1 points per game and 3.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists per contest as a senior, was named all-state her sophomore, junior and senior seasons, was named Wisconsin Valley Conference Player of the Year in 2010-11 and 2011-12, was voted team MVP her junior and senior seasons, and was voted team captain in 2010-11 and 2011-12.