Women's hockey coach calls it quits

Brodt-Wethington will resign after the season

Kerry Brodt-Wethington

Following a season filled with ups and downs, SCSU women's hockey coach Kerry Brodt-Wethington announced her resignation from the team, which will take place following this season.

"At this stage of my life, I want to focus on my family," she said in a press release.

Brodt-Wethington was the first and only coach in SCSU women's hockey history. She arrived in 1998 and was a major factor in the team's transformation from a club squad into a Division I program in the WCHA.

She will finish out the last six games of her tenure, beginning with this weekend's series against Bemidji. Her career record is 38-47-7 through her first three complete seasons and she led the Huskies to fourth place WCHA finishes in 2000 and 2001. She was also last season's WCHA co-coach of the year.

Brodt-Wethington graduated from SCSU in 1995 with a degree in physical education and a minor in coaching. She was an All-American member of the golf team and was captain for three seasons.

Sophomore forward Roxy Stang had little to say concerning the resignation, only that the team was trying to stay focused.

"We just want to finish strong," she said.

"It has been my pleasure to work with Kerry over the past four years," said SCSU Athletic Director Morris Kurtz. "She has been a capable leader, a diligent worker and a highly professional person. Kerry has played an invaluable role in the development of women's hockey here at St. Cloud State."

Kurtz said that the search for a new coach will begin following the completion of the hockey season.

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