With a little encouragement from his sister, Seth Helland got his start coaching gymnastics.

Thanks to that sibling push, Helland completed his second year as a Blue Devil assistant coach with the 2019-20 season.

In his first season at UW-Stout, Helland was selected as the assistant coach of the year. The 2018-19 team won the conference and regional title and finished second at the NCGA Championship. Helland was selected the UW-Stout assistant coach of the year.

A baseball player throughout high school and into his college years, Helland was encouraged by his sister, Tessa, to help out coaching and spotting with the Brainerd High School team.

"I got involved when I was 18 (years-old) just helping the high school team out as a spotter," Helland said. "I was not a gymnast. I played baseball my whole life and into college. My sister asked me to try out coaching and help with spotting and six years later I was the head coach (at Brainerd High School.)"

Helland has coached Level 9 and 10 gymnasts at TAGS Gymnastics and Legacy Gymnastics in Minnesota. He started his coaching career in Brainerd, Minn., High School, where he was an assistant coach for six seasons and the high school head coach for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.

"Seth brings a great energy and passion to the gym," said Blue Devil head coach Becky Beaulieu. "He is a phenomenal technician and spotter."

Helland was able to gain some familiarity with UW-Stout and the UW-Stout gymnastics program this summer, working the Blue Devils' summer gymnastics camp in June."I hope to build strong and long lasting relationships with all of the student-athletes on the team and hope I can give them many tools to help them succeed," Helland said.

 

Updated: April 2020