PIERRE - Basketball has always been an important part of Brianna Kusler's life, but the Aberdeen native had no idea the journey the sport would take her on this early in her life. Kusler was named the head boys' basketball coach at Pierre on Wednesday, becoming the first female in South Dakota history to be a boys' basketball head coach at the Class AA level. "I had no intentions of being a high school coach, but sometimes there’s people that see something you. That was the case here. They really encouraged me to take on this challenge," Kusler said. "It ended up working out far greater than anything I could have ever imagined. I think that just goes to show that a lot times God’s plan is far greater than whatever you thought you had planned." Kusler was planning on running her own clinics and doing summer camps. Now, after just one year of coaching, she finds herself in the best of both worlds. "I’m extremely thankful that this door was opened, because I have the abi