The Walter Johnson High School Athletic Department has announced that Chase Rieder will serve as the new head coach of the boys varsity basketball team.
Per the WJHS Athletic Department: Rieder served as assistant coach for the boys varsity basketball team last season and possesses more than 11 years of total coaching experience in Montgomery County. He also served as the head coach for the JV boys basketball team and the assistant coach for the boys varsity basketball team while working as a paraeducator at WJ from 2015 to 2020.
“My roots are deeply embedded in the WJ community and I am humbled at the opportunity to lead the basketball team to success,” said Rieder. “This is truly a full circle moment for me as the former boys JV basketball head coach and assistant boys varsity basketball coach, as well as a former student and varsity basketball player at WJ. “Combining all of those elements together provides me with a unique vantage point and solid foundation to lead the team into the future.”
Outside of coaching at WJ, Rieder previously served as the head coach for the boys varsity basketball team at Northwest High School in Germantown from 2021 to 2024, where he led the school to its first ever 4A West Regional Championship in the 2021-2022 season.
Coach Rieder also draws his understanding and teaching of the game from the professional level. He has worked for the Washington Wizards as a team attendant since 2007 where he has had the opportunity to learn from professional basketball players, coaches, and staff at the highest level. He is also passionate about giving back to youth in the community, as the co-founder of the WJ Basketball Camp, an annual summer basketball camp for students from first through ninth grade to learn and grow their basketball skills.
This past fall, Rieder also served as the assistant coach and defensive coordinator of the WJ varsity girls flag football team under Head Coach Butch Worden. He also currently serves as the head coach for the WJ boys varsity tennis program.