Kurt Kleinendorst
| Kurt Kleinendorst | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
December 31, 1960 Grand Rapids, MN, USA | ||
| 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 | ||
| NHL Draft |
77th overall, 1980 New York Rangers | ||
| Playing career | 1983–1990 | ||
| Sport(s) | Ice hockey |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2015–2016 | ERC Ingolstadt |
| 2016–present | Binghamton Senators |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3-21-1 (.140) |
Kurt Kleinendorst (born December 31, 1960, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota) is an American professional ice hockey coach. He is currently serving as head coach of the Binghamton Senators in the American Hockey League. Kleinendorst played four seasons at Providence College and was inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997.
Playing career
Kleinendorst played for Providence College for four years, from 1979–80 to 1982–83, for Lou Lamoriello.[1] 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,[2] playing only road games for final six weeks of 1983-84 season. Despite this adversity, the team went on to win the Adams Cup.[3] 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,[4] Ingolstadt (Germany) 1988-89,[5] and continued to play minor league hockey through 1990.[1]
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 to 1994, and again from 1995 to 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.[4]
Kleinendorst joined the New Jersey Devils organization in 2000–01 as an assistant coach under Larry Robinson.[4] 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.[4] 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.[4] 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."[1] Kleinendorst had previously served as Team USA's assistant coach during the 2008 IIHF World Championship.[4]
On August 6, 2010, the Ottawa Senators signed Kleinendorst to a two-year contract as head coach for their American Hockey League affiliate Binghamton Senators.[4] Kleinendorst replaced Don Nachbaur, who resigned as head coach following the 2009–10 season.[7] He led the team to the Calder Cup in 2011. He left the Senators' organization at the end of the contract in 2012.
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.
On July 22, 2013, Kleinendorst was hired as head coach by the Iowa Wild, the AHL affiliate of the NHL's Minnesota Wild.[9] He was sacked in November 2014 following a 2-10-0-0 start in the 2014-15 campaign.[10]
He was announced as the new head coach of German DEL team ERC Ingolstadt on November 26, 2015[11] and had his contract renewed in March 2016.[12]
However, he returned to the Binghamton Senators on June 8, 2016, as head coach instead of staying with ERC Ingolstadt.[13]
Family
Kleinendorst and his wife, Deon, have four children: Ryan, Kollin, Kaitlyn, and Jake.[4] Their daughter Katie played lacrosse for North Andover High School and ice hockey for North American Hockey Academy in Stowe, Vermont. As of 2013 she was playing hockey at the University of New Hampshire for the New Hampshire Wildcats under a scholarship.[1][14] He is the younger brother of former NHL player Scot Kleinendorst.
College head coaching record[15]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| All-ECAC Hockey Second Team | 1981–82 | [16] |
| All-ECAC Hockey First Team | 1982–83 | [16] |
| AHCA East All-American | 1982–83 | [17] |
References
- 1 2 3 4 pates (August 20, 2009). "Guy Gosselin, Kurt Kleinendorst". Duluth News Tribune: Blogs (MN). Retrieved May 22, 2011.
- ↑ "1983-84 Tulsa Oilers [CHL] roster and player statistics at hockeydb.com". Retrieved May 22, 2011.
- ↑ Erdman, Corey (March 20, 2008). "The Tulsa Oilers were true road warriors". The Hockey News. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rieber Jr., Donald (August 6, 2010). "Kurt Kleinendorst is named as Binghamton's sixth head coach". Binghamton Examiner (NY). Binghamton Senators Examiner. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
- ↑ "Ingolstadt: Hier kommt Kurt". donaukurier.de (in German). 24 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ↑ Rizzo, Joe (August 14, 2009). "AHL Lowell Devils and Hartford Wolf Pack (Rangers) to play twice at PruCenter". Newark Examiner (NJ). New Jersey Devils Examiner. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
- ↑ "Bulletin: Senators announce the resignation of Nachbaur as head coach of Binghamton". senators.nhl.com. June 22, 2010. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
- ↑ McCarter, Mark (2012-09-25). "Ex-NHL coach Kurt Kleinendorst named new hockey coach at UAH". The Huntsville Times. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
- ↑ "Iowa Wild Names Kleinendorst First Head Coach". Iowa Wild. 2013-07-22. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ↑ "Iowa Wild fire Kleinendorst". Minnesota Hockey Mag. 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ↑ "Kurt Kleinendorst neuer Cheftrainer des ERC Ingolstadt". Deutsche Eishockey Liga. 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ↑ "ERC Ingolstadt: Kleinendorst weiter Cheftrainer". erc-ingolstadt.de. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
- ↑ "Kleinendorst returning to Binghamton". AHL. June 8, 2016.
- ↑ "28 - Katie Kleinendorst". UNHWildcats.com. University of New Hampshire. Archived from the original on November 28, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Alabama-Huntsville Chargers Hockey Year-by-Year". Alabama-Huntsville Chargers. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
- 1 2 "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Darren Eliot |
ECAC Hockey Most Outstanding Player in Tournament 1981 |
Succeeded by Mark Davidner |