{"id":24686,"date":"2002-07-03T22:13:19","date_gmt":"2002-07-04T03:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2002\/07\/03\/st-cloud-names-lesteberg-as-womens-coach\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:54:28","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:54:28","slug":"st-cloud-names-lesteberg-as-womens-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2002\/07\/03\/st-cloud-names-lesteberg-as-womens-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Cloud Names Lesteberg As Women&#8217;s Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St. Cloud named Bemidji State coach Jason Lesteberg as its new women&#8217;s coach, according to the St. Cloud Times.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper said Lesteberg, 30, signed a four-year contract Tuesday morning, replacing Kerry Brodt Wethington, who said she would resign during the middle of last season.<\/p>\n<p>The school picked Lesteberg over Canadian Olympic assistant Melody Davidson, South St. Paul High School coach Dave Palmquist and America West Hockey League commissioner Steve Nelson.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Professionally, I really like this campus,&#8221; Lesteberg told the Times. &#8220;The facilities are phenomenal. All the key elements to success are here. That&#8217;s where I want to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were immediately impressed with Jason&#8217;s knowledge, energy and work ethic, said St. Cloud athletic director Dr. Morris Kurtz. &#8220;It was obvious to everyone involved in the search that this individual could build on the foundation set by Coach Brodt Wethington and catapult the Huskies&#8217; women&#8217;s hockey program into national prominence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Huskies finished 6-17-1 in the WCHA last season and 7-26-1 overall.<\/p>\n<p>Bemidji was 12-13-8 overall, 7-11-6 in the league. The Beavers were 9-24-1 the year before he arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Before becoming the head coach at Bemidji State, Lesteberg served as women&#8217;s hockey coach at Wisconsin-Stevens Point from 2000 to 2001. He led the Pointers to a 13-13-1 record in their first season of varsity women&#8217;s ice hockey competition.<\/p>\n<p>Lesteberg is a 1996 graduate of Gustavus Adolphus.<\/p>\n<p>St. Cloud posted its only winning overall record (17-16-2) in 2000-2001. But the Times said more than a dozen players have since quit, transferred, been declared academically ineligible, or been released from the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Cloud named Bemidji State coach Jason Lesteberg as its new women&#8217;s coach, according to the St. Cloud Times. The newspaper said Lesteberg, 30, signed a four-year contract Tuesday morning, replacing Kerry Brodt Wethington, who said she would resign during the middle of last season. 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