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COACHES & SUPPORT STAFF

TOM KLEIN JUNIOR VARSITY CO-HEAD COACH GRANT HOLLER GOALIE COACH
Grant Holler joins the BSM staff this season as its
Tom Klein enters his 16th season on the Red
Knight coaching staff, serving as the co-head junior goalie coach.
varsity coach. He has also served as the team’s Holler grew up in Mattawan, Mich., and played
goaltending coach and as a junior varsity assistant. hockey for Culver Military Academy in Culver, Ind.,
Klein rejoined the BSM varsity staff in 2007-08, where he graduated in 2011.
following his departure after the 2003-04 season After his high school career, Holler spent two
to serve as an assistant coach with the Robbinsdale Cooper girls’ seasons in the NA3HL for the Granite City Lumberjacks and Breezy
program. Point North Stars of the NA3HL.
Klein has nearly 40 years of coaching experience at the youth, high In his rookie season with the Lumberjacks, Holler saw action in 14
school and collegiate levels and, as a goalie coach. In all, 10 of his games, posted a 3.06 goals against average and helped his team
goalies have moved onto play Division I hockey and three have to the NA3HL title.
been NHL draft picks. After two seasons of junior hockey, Holler attended the University
After graduating from Wayzata High School in 1974, he spent of St. Thomas, where he double majored in Business Law and
three years coaching in the Wayzata Youth Hockey Association Spanish Linguistics.
before moving to River Falls, Wis., where he served as the head Holler brings diverse coaching experience from past internships
high school coach for four years, leading the team to its first-ever with Bandits Goalie School in Michigan and Crossfit Fast Factory in
winning season in 1983-84. St. Cloud, Minnesota.
He returned to Minnesota and spent the next five seasons as an In addition to coaching and developing athletes, Grant coaches
assistant coach, including one season at Hamline University. In goalies for Fortis Academy and works in compliance in the financial
1989, he took over as the head coach at his alma mater, Wayzata, services industry.
for one season before embarking on an eight-year stint as
Minnetonka’s head coach, where he led his charges to the 1994 CRAIG ROBERTS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
state tournament. His teams won two Classic Lake Conference
titles and he was honored as a section coach of the year and twice In his 15th season with the Red Knight program is
as the Classic Lake Conference coach of the year. Craig Roberts, who serves as the team’s Director of
Communications/Statistics and Analytics.
Klein was the head coach at Hopkins for three seasons (1999-
2002) before joining Ken Pauly’s staff at BSM in 2002. In his role, Roberts handles media requests,
While coaching at River Falls High School, Klein completed his compiles statistics and analytical data, works with
event management and provides administrative
undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls support from his home in Marshall, Wis.
in 1985, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in social studies. He
also earned a master’s degree in history from the school in 1992. He has worked on the sports information staffs at the University
of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Minnesota State and the University
He is a social studies teacher at Benilde-St. Margaret’s. He and his of Minnesota as well as serving as the assistant commissioner for
wife reside in Victoria. public relations with College Hockey America for three years and as
the sports information director at Macalester College.
DAVE LIEBRENZ JUNIOR VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH Roberts has been involved in the planning and management of
three NCAA Frozen Fours, an NCAA Final Four, the 1998 World
Dave Liebrenz came to BSM for his second stint as Figure Skating Championships and the 2001 IIHF Women’s World
a Red Knight coach in 2007 after serving on Ken Hockey Championship.
Pauly’s staff at Minnetonka.
He has also staffed numerous Minnesota State High School
He helped found and coached BSM’s bantam League state tournaments, regional and national youth events as
program before joining Pauly’s staff in 1992. He well as providing statistics and media relations support for many
has over 20 years of coaching experience and also NCAA universities and conferences.
coached in the Osseo-Maple Grove Youth Hockey Association.
In addition, Roberts worked with BSM’s football, volleyball and
A 1978 graduate of Wayzata High School, Liebrenz played hockey, baseball teams previously as well as the volleyball programs at
soccer and baseball for the Trojans and went onto play hockey both Coon Rapids and Lakeville North.
collegiately at Gustavus Adolphus, where he graduated from in After spending 22 years residing in the Twin Cities area, he
1982 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in both psychology accepted a position with Production Enterprises, Inc., in July, 2019,
and business. in Marshall, Wis.
A member of both the American Production and Inventory Control A native of Ashland, Wis., where he was a 1985 graduate of
Society and the Institute for Supply Management, Liebrenz holds Ashland High School, Roberts attended UW-Stevens Point before
several professional certifications. He resides in Maple Grove. completing his bachelor’s degree in mass communication at
Minnesota State in 1997.

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