Tom Splittgerber

[Tom Splittgerber @tsplitty]

What an awesome reminder!

[Tim Tebow @TimTebow]

Attitude is a choice.
Gratitude is a discipline.
Bitterness is expensive.

Nobody accidentally has a great attitude.
Nobody stumbles into gratitude.
And nobody means to end up bitter, it just quietly moves in when you stop choosing something better.
Guard your peace like it cost you something.
Because it did.

[Tom Splittgerber @tsplitty]

@CoachLync Close

[Tom Splittgerber @tsplitty]

Congrats @KinsleyKetty10 !! Keep working hard and making the most out of every opportunity to learn and grow.

[Kinsley Ketterhagen @KinsleyKetty10]

After a great conversation with Coach Arico and Coach Raterman, I am blessed to receive an offer from the University of Michigan! Go Blue! @KBA_GoBlue @CoachJRaterman

[Tom Splittgerber @tsplitty]

Congrats @ady_ketterhagen !! So much work, sacrifice and challenges overcome behind this. Proud of you for the way you approached every day and opportunity to grow!

[The Sheboygan Press @SheboyganPress]

Meet the 2026 Lakeshore Elite girls basketball team, Player of the Year https://t.co/hCBRkCHMuB

[Tom Splittgerber @tsplitty]

Keep working and growing @KinsleyKetty10 !!

[Courtside Films @CourtsideFilms]

Kinsley Ketterhagen is one of the top scorers in the nation! @KinsleyKetty10 @AllIowaAttack

[Jon Gordon @JonGordon11]

God will open every door you are meant to walk through.

[Tom Splittgerber @tsplitty]

Let’s go @KinsleyKetty10 !!! Keep working hard and having fun!

[MaxPreps @MaxPreps]

Honorable mentions round out the MaxPreps Girls Basketball Sophomore All-America selections! 🏀

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https://t.co/TTAuGvkxI1

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

"You can have both.
You can compete at the highest levels...and be committed to winning for the sake of the group with total commitment AND you can love each other well, commit to growth first, and live in a place of gratitude and service.
You can do both at the same time."

[Tom Splittgerber @tsplitty]

He is Risen! Jesus endured Friday so we could have Sunday. Wishing everyone and their families a blessed Easter as we celebrate the resurrection of our Savior!

[Tim Tebow @TimTebow]

The moment everything changed.
“Father, into Your hands I commit my spirit.”
The cross wasn't the end… it was the beginning of everything.
Grateful beyond words this Good Friday. 🙏

[The Confessions of Al McGuire (Feature Film) @almcguireconfes]

AL McGUIRE and his Marquette Warriors win it all, this day in 1977. Dick Enberg, Curt Gowdy, and Billy Packer on the call for NBC Sports. The last independent to win the championship. Took a small, downtown school in Milwaukee, WI and made them a powerhouse...and champions!

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

“You can win games with talented kids but championships are won with character because adversity hits and good kids fight,” Grant Leonard

Grit is what proves that character is for real.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Transactional vs. Transformational Coaching…

Dan Hurley shared a story about asking Geno Auriemma for advice after a rough start last season. Geno didn’t mince words:

“Listen, if the only gratification and the only part of coaching that excites you is winning the national championship, then you’ve lost your way, buddy! Where’s the joy in the things that you’ve always been about as a coach before you went on the championship run, like relationships with your players, like helping people get better, like making your team the best it can be. Be a coach, man. This is when you really need to be a leader. This team isn’t as good as last year’s, so what the hell are you going to do about it? Are you going home? Are you going to let this thing unravel?”

That’s the tension every coach feels:
Transactional vs. Transformational.

Transactional coaching is outcome-obsessed. It’s about the wins, the losses, the trophies. The problem? When results don’t come, your purpose crumbles with them.

Transformational coaching is different. It’s about people. It’s about growth. It’s about building something that lasts, whether the scoreboard agrees with you or not.

And this is why mentorship matters so much in coaching.

Left on our own, it’s easy to drift into a transactional mode without even realizing it.

A trusted mentor can pull us back to center and remind us why we started coaching in the first place.

To build relationships.
To develop players as people.
To make teams the best they can be.

Wins matter. But they’re not the why.

The why is impact.
The why is growth.
The why is leaving your players better than you found them.

The process is the prize. Stay grounded. Stay on the path.

Always remember your why.

[Tom Splittgerber @tsplitty]

Congrats @ady_ketterhagen @KinsleyKetty10 @rketty_hoops ! Three of the hardest workers I have seen that make everyone around them better. Proud of you for what you do and more importantly who you are!

[WisBCA @WisBCA]

Division 3 Girls Basketball All-State Team

https://t.co/M8Ixz6pjVg

[WIAA State Tournaments @wiaawistate]

The Oostburg Lady Dutch are your Division 3 Girls Basketball State Champions for the second year in a row!🏆 They secured the gold ball with a 64-37 win over Wisconsin Dells!🏀🔥 #wiaagb #wiaagb50

[Clif Marshall @ClifMarshall]

Sports make a great game - but a terrible God.

Listen carefully if you’re an athlete…

One day the season will end.
One day the career will end.
One day the applause will stop.

If your identity is in the game, you’ll feel lost when the game is gone.

But if your identity is in God, the game simply becomes a platform.

Sports are meant to be played.
They were never meant to be worshipped.

Train hard.
Compete with excellence.
Honor God with your effort.

But never forget:

Your purpose is bigger than your performance.

“You shall have no other gods before me.”
{Exodus 20:3}

[Tom Splittgerber @tsplitty]

Just an amazingly grounded family doing amazing things!

[WIAA State Tournaments @wiaawistate]

Basketball runs in the family for Oostburg’s Ketterhagens! 🏀

Senior twins Ady and Riley and sophomore sister Kinsley led the Lady Dutch all season long, and the trio delivered on the biggest stage. All three scored in double figures in yesterday's Division 3 State Championship win, capping off a perfect 30–0 season!
And leading it all from the sideline? Their dad, head coach Isaiah Ketterhagen. A true family championship story! 🏆👏 #wiaagb

[Tom Splittgerber @tsplitty]

30-0! 2nd straight D3 State Champions! Blessed to have been able to work with this team and coaches. We faced challenges together with trust in God’s plan. Incredible growth by an amazing group of young ladies. Proud of them for so much more than what they did on the court!