Kurt Kleinendorst
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| Kurt Kleinendorst | |||
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| Born | December 31, 1960 Grand Rapids, MN, USA |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Played for | Tulsa Oilers Salt Lake Golden Eagles Toledo Goaldiggers New Haven Nighthawks Indianapolis Checkers ECD Iserlohn Utica Devils Rotterdam Panda's |
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| NHL Draft | 77th overall, 1980 New York Rangers |
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| Playing career | 1983–1990 | ||
| Sport(s) | Ice hockey |
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| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–1994 | Raleigh IceCaps |
| 1994–1995 | San Diego Gulls (assistant) |
| 1995–1997 | Raleigh IceCaps |
| 1997–2000 | Manchester Storm |
| 2000–2002 | New Jersey Devils (assistant) |
| 2002–2006 | New Jersey Devils (scout) |
| 2006–2009 | Lowell Devils |
| 2009–2010 | US NTDP |
| 2010 | US Under-18 Team |
| 2010–2012 | Binghamton Senators |
| 2012–2013 | Alabama-Huntsville |
| 2013–2014 | Iowa Wild |
| 2015- | ERC Ingolstadt |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3-21-1 (.140) |
Kurt Kleinendorst (born December 31, 1960, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota) was the head coach of the Iowa Wild of the AHL. He previously coached the UAH Chargers NCAA Division I men's ice hockey program, the AHL's Binghamton Senators,[1] winning the Calder Cup in doing so, and has also coached the Under-18 team of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program and the Lowell Devils, the AHL affiliate of the New Jersey Devils. He also served as an assistant coach and later a scout for the Devils. He coached the UK Superleague team Manchester Storm for three seasons from 1997–1998 to 1999–2000. Kleinendorst played four seasons at Providence College and was inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997. He is the younger brother of former NHL player Scot Kleinendorst.
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Playing career
Kleinendorst played for Providence College for four years, from 1979–80 to 1982–83, for Lou Lamoriello.[2] He was selected in the fourth round (77th overall) of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers, but never played in the NHL. He was a member of the Tulsa Oilers (CHL) team that suspended operations on February 16, 1984,[3] playing only road games for final six weeks of 1983-84 season. Despite this adversity, the team went on to win the Adams Cup.[4] In 1986-87 he played with Iserlohn (Germany) and Peliitat Heinola (Finland) teams, and then with the Rotterdam Pandas in the Netherlands during the 1987-88 season,[1] Ingolstadt (Germany) 1988-89,[5] and continued to play minor league hockey through 1990.[2]
Coaching career
After his playing career, Kleinendorst was director of hockey operations and head coach for the Raleigh IceCaps of the East Coast Hockey League from 1991–1994, and again from 1995–1997. During the 1994–95 season he was the assistant coach and assistant general manager of the International Hockey League's San Diego Gulls. He was both general manager and head coach of the Manchester Storm of the UK Ice Hockey Superleague from 1997–98 to 1999–2000, where he was named Coach of the Year following the 1998–99 season.[1]
Kleinendorst joined the New Jersey Devils organization in 2000–01 as an assistant coach under Larry Robinson.[1] He was a scout for five years prior to assuming the head coaching position at organization's Lowell Devils AHL affiliate from 2006–07 to 2008–09.[1] On July 13, 2009, it was announced that former Devils star John MacLean would replace Kleinendorst as the head coach of Lowell.[6]
Kleinendorst was named head coach of USA Hockey National Team Development Program's Under-18 team for the 2010 season, leading the team to a Gold Medal at the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] When interviewed about taking the position with USA Hockey, Kleinendorst stated "I could’ve stayed with New Jersey as a scout, but I had already done that. And when Jim Johannson called and asked me to think about this job, it was good timing [...] These are high-school age players and I remember what my high school coaches [at Grand Rapids] meant to me. I know that the Development Program is one of the best programs anywhere and I’m intrigued by working with this age group."[2] Kleinendorst had previously served as Team USA's assistant coach during the 2008 IIHF World Championship.[1]
On August 6, 2010, the Ottawa Senators signed Kleinendorst to a two-year contract as head coach for their AHL affiliate Binghamton Senators.[1] Kleinendorst replaced Don Nachbaur, who resigned as head coach following the 2009–10 season.[7]
On September 25, 2012, Kleinendorst was named head coach at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.[8] On May 29, 2013, Kleinendorst resigned as coach and was succeeded by Mike Corbett.
He is currently the head coach of the Iowa Wild, the AHL affiliate of the NHL's Minnesota Wild. He is the first head coach in Iowa Wild franchise history.
Family
Kleinendorst and his wife, Deon, have four children: Ryan, Kollin, Kaitlyn, and Jake.[1] Their daughter Katie played lacrosse for North Andover High School and ice hockey for North American Hockey Academy in Stowe, Vermont. As of 2013[update] she is playing hockey at the University of New Hampshire for the New Hampshire Wildcats under a scholarship.[2][9]
College Head Coaching record[10]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Alabama-Huntsville Chargers (Division I Independent) (2012-13–2012-13) | |||||||||
| 2012-13 | Alabama-Huntsville | 3-21-1 | |||||||
| Alabama-Huntsville: | 3-21-1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 3-21-1 | ||||||||
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National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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Awards and honors
| Award | Year |
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| All-ECAC Hockey Second Team | 1981–82 |
| All-ECAC Hockey First Team | 1982–83 |
| AHCA East All-American | 1982–83 |
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External links
- Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
- Interview with Kleinendorst while Head Coach of Manchester Storm
- Kurt Kleinendorst's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by | ECAC Hockey Most Outstanding Player in Tournament 1981 |
Succeeded by Mark Davidner |
- Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2013
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Alabama–Huntsville Chargers ice hockey coaches
- American ice hockey coaches
- American ice hockey forwards
- Binghamton Senators coaches
- ECD Iserlohn players
- Ice hockey people from Minnesota
- Indianapolis Checkers players
- Lowell Devils coaches
- New Haven Nighthawks players
- New Jersey Devils coaches
- New Jersey Devils scouts
- New York Rangers draft picks
- People from Grand Rapids, Minnesota
- Providence Friars men's ice hockey players
- Rotterdam Panda's players
- Salt Lake Golden Eagles (IHL) players
- Toledo Goaldiggers players
- Tulsa Oilers (1964–84) players
