Recruited by coach Terry Watkins to play bantams for the area youth hockey program, Kelly Wendlandt was recruited again by Watkins, this time as a Blue Devils assistant beginning with the 2012-13 season.

Wendlandt has 15 years of coaching experience, working with youth programs and high school programs in the Hudson, Wis., and Edina, Minn., areas.

Wendlandt played his college hockey at UW-Stevens Point in the mid-1980s, where he received his bachelor's degree. He received a juris doctorate from Hamline University.

Wendlandt is a partner Logisolve Technology Consulting in St. Paul, Minn. He and his wife, Jenny a UW-Stout graduate, reside in Hudson with their two children, Sean and Ashland.