Are you a member of DSMhoops yet?Here are some of the events you have missed out on so far this year:

• Des Moines Menace soccer game with Moses Ehambe
• Des Moines Zoo Brew with Iowa Energy players
• Road trip to Sioux Falls aboard the Iowa Energy team bus for an Iowa Energy away game
• Hang out in the locker room before the game with players and coaches during the pre-game coach talk at Wells Fargo Arena

You are about to miss out on a free gift from the DSMHoops fan club at today’s game! All existing members and new member signups will get a free gift at today’s game! We will have a table at both entrances, look for the DSMHoops banner after you enter the Arena today, stop by to pick up your gift and say hi.

Sign up now using the links below

Stop by either table between 3pm and 3:55pm and pick up your free gift! If you are not a member, sign up at the table and you can walk away with your free gift right then! If you are signing up at the game, please bring cash or a check as we are not able to process credit cards.

We are in the process of scheduling future events including:

• Private party with players, coaches and staff
• Road trip to Sioux Falls for the 4/6/12 game
• Minnesota Timberwolves – special game package
• many more events in the works

You will not want to miss out on any of the upcoming events so sign up now for your membership!

Breaking about 12:30 today…

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The Iowa Energy lost the only head coach in franchise history this offseason when Nick Nurse decided to take the same position with rival D-League franchise Rio Grande Valley. The team’s head coach in waiting, Nate Bjorkgren, was hired by the Dakota Wizards right before that happened, however, leading to the team needing to go on a coaching search.

That coaching search ended on Tuesday, though, when the team’s front office decided that former Utah Flash head coach Kevin Young was the right man for the job. Young was effectively a free agent due to the Flash ceasing operations at the end of the 2010-11 season after finishing with a 28-22 record and eventually losing in the first round of the NBA Development League playoffs to his new employers.

Young has had a rather interesting ascension to his current position.

Prior to being named the head coach of the Flash last season, the recently-married Young (congratulations, Coach!) served as the second assistant on the Utah Flash bench under current Austin Toros head coach Brad Jones. Prior to being added to the coaching staff, Young held the title of Director of Basketball Operations during the team’s inaugural season after previously serving as an assistant coach at NJCAA school Oxford College of Emory in Georgia and Utah Valley State, where he worked at developing players’ skills as well as contributing with video breakdowns and scouting.

Young was one of the candidates I mentioned originally for the job and heard through the grapevine that he had an in-person meeting with the Energy during the interview process. It apparently went better than his in-season meeting at center-court with Eric Musselman this past season.

Oh, and it might be worth mentioning that longtime NBA assistant/scout Gordon Chiesa worked closely with the Flash over the past few seasons considering Energy general manager apparently picked his brain. Oh, and once again, Marty Tirrell was wrong.