Head Coach Steve Sertich
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rtich came to Bemidji State after spending 13 years as the head coach at Roseville (MN) Area High School. He coached the Roseville boys' team from 1993-2003, leading it to a 156-71-11 record and two Minnesota State tournament appearances - a third place in 2002 and second in 2003. He also guided Roseville to Suburban East Conference Championships in both 2002 and 2003 and Sertich earned four Coach of the Year honors, as he was named Section 3AA boys' Coach of the Year in 1999, Section 2AA Boys' Coach of the Year in both 2002 and 2003, and Class AA Coach of the Year in 2003.
In 2003, Sertich moved to head coach of the Roseville girls' team and in three seasons led the program to a record of 62-21-2, capturing Suburban East Conference titles in both 2004 and 2005. Sertich was named the 2004 Section 2AA Girls' Coach of the Year.
Sertich began his coaching career in 1976 as the boys' varsity coach at Northfield (MN) HS and over the next 20 years he would hold a variety of head and assistant coaching positions at the high school, college and national levels. After one year at Northfield, he moved on to Virginia (MN) HS as boys' hockey coach for one year, was an assistant with Team Midwest in the U.S. National Development Program at the 1979 Olympic Sports Festival, spent one year as an assistant coach at Colorado College in 1982-83, and served three years as an assistant coach at Palmer (CO) High School from 1983-86. He returned to Minnesota in 1987 as the assistant boys' varsity coach at Blaine HS and later served as an assistant at Richfield HS. In 1997, he was an assistant for Team Minnkota with the U.S. Development Program Select 17 program.
Sertich also has extensive camp coaching experience, starting as the director and coach of the Minnesota Hockey Satellite Training Program in Roseville from 1995-2003. In addition, he has been the director of the Roseville Summer Hockey School since 2000.
Sertich began his playing career with the Colorado College Tigers in 1970, assembling a standout four-year career during which he played 125 games and scored 75-87-162 points. Sertich was a member of the U.S. National Team from 1973-75, and played on a team which trained in Bemidji. He was also a member of the 1976 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team, which finished fifth at the Innsbruck, Austria games. He also played two years in the German Professional Leagues, spending the 1974-75 season as captain for Fussen and two seasons from 1978-80 playing for Nurnburg.
In May of 2007 Sertich became the Vice President of Board of Directors for the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Museum located in Eveleth, Minn.
Sertich is a 1974 graduate of Colorado College with a bachelor's degree in elementary education and humanities. He received his master's in elementary education from Minnesota State in 1999. Sertich's son, Marty, played for CC from 2002-06 and scored 61-121-181 points during a stellar four-year career. In 2005, Marty won the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, given to the most outstanding player in college hockey, and was the WCHA player of the year.
