By Matt Browning

Sam Pahls is an assistant coach of the boys and girls golf programs, as well as an assistant coach for the girls basketball program.

Buhler’s girls golf program is one of the best in not only Class 4A, but the entire state, while the boys program is a perennial state qualifier.

The girls basketball program went 14-9 last season and made it to the 4A tournament.

“I have always had a passion for sports and being part of a team,” Pahls said. “I also watched my dad coach my entire youth, so that was influential on my decision (to get into coaching).”

Pahls played basketball and golf at Beloit High School and was a part of the 3A runner-up basketball team in 2014. Pahls started getting into coaching while he was getting his education degree at Fort Hays State. He was on the staff at Thomas More Prep in Hays.

Someday, Pahls would like to be a head coach and is gaining valuable knowledge in his current position that he can use in the future.

“I am currently an assistant for golf and basketball,” Pahls said. “And I am under two coaches who have mentored me on how to run a successful program.”