Zwettler Coming Out of Retirement To Coach Boys High School Basketball Again

Retirement did not last long for former UW-Platteville mens basketball player and assistant coach Chris Zwettler. The former longtime Madison Edgewood athletic director and boys basketball coach who retired in 2022 will again get a chance to do those things when he returns to high school coaching this upcoming season. Zwettler has been named the boys basketball coach for Saint Ambrose Academy in Madison and will direct the Guardians in their first year as a standalone program playing an independent WIAA schedule. Madison Abundant Life Christian and St. Ambrose formerly played in a co-op arrangement. The 66-year old Zwetter is fired up about the opportunity, saying he couldn’t stop thinking about the possibilities after St. Ambrose principal and athletic director Scott Schmiesing called him about the job three weeks ago. After more conversations, Zwettler accepted the job and was hired this week. He retired from his roles at Edgewood after the 2021-22 school year. Zwettler was a player at UW-Platteville under Head Coach Dick Wadewitz and served as an assistant coach for Bo Ryan in the 1980s. He won a State Championship with Madison Edgewood in 2002.