After garnering more than 30 years of experience as a coach at many levels, and developing an incredible eye for talent, Chet Kammerer begins his 12th year with the HEAT and his fifth in the role of Vice President, Player Personnel. Kammerer’s association with the HEAT continues a solid working relationship he created with former General Manager Randy Pfund that started when Kammerer, then head coach at Westmont College in California, gave Pfund his first coaching job.

Pfund later hired Kammerer as his assistant coach while he coached the L.A. Lakers from 1992-1994 and then brought Kammerer on board with the HEAT as a scout in 1997. Kammerer has excelled in a number of roles for the HEAT before being promoted to his current position in September of 2004. After joining the organization as a scout in 1997, he has been promoted to Director of Scouting prior to the 1998-99 season, appointed Director of College Scouting before the 1999-00 season and then spent four seasons (2000-04) as the team’s Director of Player Personnel.

Prior to joining the HEAT, Kammerer served as head coach of the Division I Professional Basketball Team of Braunschweig, Germany. Before joining Pfund with the Lakers, Kammerer served as a head coach for 27 years on the collegiate level and compiled a remarkable 542-256 (.679) overall record. He coached for 10 years at Grace (Ind.) College and then for 17 seasons at Westmont College where his teams compiled a sterling 359-156 record (.697). On March 13, 2000, Kammerer was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame for his coaching achievements at the collegiate level. Kammerer lives in Redondo Beach, CA. He and his wife, Sherill, have three grown children, Chad (an assistant coach for the HEAT), Shanda and Shariss and six grandchildren, Maverick, Mason, Charlise, Cord, Ryder and Stetson.