SMB Coaching Staff
Chris Goodwin - Head Coach
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Chris Goodwin completed his first year as the Head Coach of the SMB Wolfpack in 2019. He had previously served 4 years as an assistant coach for the Wolfpack, both as the offensive coordinator, and also as the team’s defensive coordinator.
His coaching background includes stops at many different levels of football, including Division 3, Junior College and the Big 10 as a graduate assistant at Minnesota under Glen Mason for 4 years. Chris and his wife Laura live in Edina with their daughters, who are both students at The Blake School. Goodwin holds a Bachelors's and a Masters's degree from the University of Minnesota. SMB Wolfpack - Hopkins, Minnesota, 2015-2020.
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Dante Britten - Assistant Head Coach - Running Backs - Strength and Conditioning - Head of Equipment
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Dante Britten is entering his 6th year as an assistant coach with the SMB Wolfpack. Dante Britten has been the defensive backs coach and strength and conditioning coach for the Wolfpack the past five seasons. Before Joining the Wolfpack Dante was an assistant coach for Minnehaha Academy and Hope Academy
Dante and his Wife Kari live in NE Minneapolis with their twin daughters Josie and Robbie and their son Desmond. Dante works as a physical education teacher at Minnehaha Academy along with coaching sprints for the Minnehaha Academy track and field program. SMB Wolfpack - Hopkins, Minnesota, 2015-2020.
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Peter Zantop - Defensive Coordinator - Outside Linebackers
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Coach Peter Zantop is beginning his fourth year as Wolfpack Defensive Coordinator and has been with SMB since the creation of the co-op. During his three seasons as Defensive Coordinator, Coach Zantop’s Wolfpack defenses have finished in the top two in the state of Minnesota in Tackles for Loss and have led the state in total defensive touchdowns.
Peter and his wife Ashley live in Minneapolis with their daughter who is a student at Blake, Alex (2028). “Mr. Z” has taught mathematics in the Blake middle school for the past four years after serving as the Blake Lower School Coordinator from 2011 to 2017. SMB Wolfpack - Hopkins, Minnesota, 2015 - 2020 2017 - 20 : Defensive Coordinator 2015 - 16 : Linebackers The Blake School - Hopkins, Minnesota, 2012-2013. Assistant Coach – Offensive Line/Linebackers The Whitby School - Greenwich, Connecticut, 2008 - 2011 Assistant Coach - Softball, Basketball, Soccer New Canaan Country School - New Canaan, Connecticut, 2007 Assistant Coach - Football, Basketball, Baseball |
Hugh Brown - Special Teams Coordinator - Associate Head Coach - Defensive Line
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Coach Hugh Brown is starting his 5th year as an assistant coach with the Wolfpack. Hugh was the offensive coordinator for 3 seasons for the Wolfpack before switching over to bolster the defensive staff as the Defensive Line Coach, while also co-coordinating special teams in 2018. Prior to the Wolfpack he coached with Minnehaha Academy, Hope Academy and Minneapolis Washburn. Hugh works as a PE/health teacher at Hope Academy in Minneapolis. He and his wife Mary live in north Minneapolis with their 4 children Ruby, Frances, Steel, and Jasper. He is a graduate and former football player for Bethel College of MN. SMB Wolfpack - Hopkins, Minnesota, 2015 - 2020 2018 - 20 : Associate Head Coach, Special Teams Coordinator, Defensive Line 2015 - 17 : Offensive Coordinator, Associate Head Coach |
Steve Lydon - Offensive Coordinator
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Coach Steve Lydon is in his 2nd season with the Wolfpack. Coach Lydon was Offensive Line Coach with the Concordia St. Paul Golden Bears for four years in the program's infancy at the Division II and NSIC levels from 2000-03, culminating with the team’s first NSIC Championship in 2003. He again coached at CSP as the Receivers Coach in 2017.
Coach Lydon has made multiple coaching stops in the Twin Cities metro at various levels, heading to the MIAC with St. Olaf in 2004-05 as the offensive line coach. He also coached the wide receivers at Hamline (2006), he coached the wide receivers and was the special teams coordinator at Augsburg (2008-09) and returned to Hamline to work with the wide receivers in 2011. Additionally, Lydon has coached in the prep ranks with Edina High School and St. Bernard's High School. Steve and his wife Jane reside in Edina and have three children: Timothy (25), a teacher in the Twin Cities; Tess (21), a student at Beloit College and Joseph (20), a student at Saint John's University. Lydon holds both Bachelor and Masters degrees from the University of Minnesota. Coaching Highlights:
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Tyler Mundt - Offensive Line - Running Game Coordinator
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Coach Tyler Mundt enters his 5th year with Wolfpack. He has worked with the Offensive Line for the past 3 seasons and will continue the same role this season. Coach Mundt works for Esch Construction Supply as a sales representative. He is a Winona State Graduate with a degree in Marketing and Business Administration.
SMB Wolfpack - Hopkins, Minnesota, 2015-2019.
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Scott Scholl - Wide Receivers
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Coach Scott Scholl has been with the Wolfpack since they started and has over 20 years of experience coaching football for Minnehaha Academy before that. Coach Scholl has coached on the offensive side of the ball with the Wolfpack and has experience coaching quarterbacks, wide receivers and running backs. He has also been involved coaching special teams for several years.
Coach Scholl is married to his wife Julia (who is an alumnus of Minnehaha) and has three grown children Jacob, Sarah, and Anna who all also graduated from Minnehaha. Coach Scholl is also a part of the Faculty at Minnehaha teaching in the Math department, and also coaches Girls Basketball and Middle School Track there. |
Jacob Scholl - Asst Wide Receivers and Special Teams
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Coach Scholl played Football and graduated from Minnehaha Academy. He started coaching as a volunteer assistant at Minnehaha Academy after graduating from Bethel University. He has been coaching wide receivers since day 1 of the Wolfpack. He currently works at API National Service Group in New Brighton, MN.
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John Zambrano - Junior Varsity Line Coach
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Coach John Zambrano begins his first year with the Wolfpack. He will be working with the 9th-10th grade offensive and defensive lines.
He is a long time veteran of coaching youth, both in the city and St Paul Park and at Harding High School. He coached Offensive and Defensive line at Harding High School for 25 years. Coach Z has dedicated his life to working with the youth of St Paul for the past 25 years in the St Paul correctional system. Working with young men and women who were struggling their way through the correctional system. Harding High School - St Paul, MN, Minnesota, 1991-2016.
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Joe Protzmann - Junior Varsity Offensive Coordinator - JV Assistant Head Coach
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Coach Protzmann returns for his 5th year with the Wolfpack, this year serving as the Junior Varsity Offensive Coordinator and JV Assistant Head Coach.
Coach Protzmann coaches to encourage and empower growth in character, community, and competition. I have been blessed with the opportunity to coach high school football for over a dozen years in the following roles: 2017 - 2018 SMB Wolfpack Offensive Assistant and Minnehaha Academy head middle school 2015 - 2016 SMB Wolfpack JV offense 2012 - 2014 Minnehaha Academy JV and middle school offense, varsity scouting coordinator 2011 - Hope Academy offensive coordinator, offensive backfield, and secondary 2011 - Minneapolis Roosevelt offensive coordinator, offensive backfield, and linebackers 2009 - 2010 Minneapolis Roosevelt head JV 2008 - Minneapolis Roosevelt offensive coordinator and defensive line 2007 - Minneapolis Roosevelt head JV 2006 - Minneapolis Roosevelt C assistant |
David Kruger - Football Operations
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This will be Coach David Kruger’s first year with the Wolfpack. He has been coaching high school football for four seasons at Minnetonka and Minneapolis-Washburn. He has coached both offense and defense and will be integrating his knowledge with the analysis/breakdown of game film, organizing our technology and film and other operations projects.
David played running back/wide receiver at Macalester College and led the team in both receiving and rushing yardage his senior year. He still holds the all time Macalester record for receptions in a game with 13. David and his wife Elizabeth live in Southwest Minneapolis have two kids, Greta (4) and Ethan (1). |
Nate Davis - Inside Linebackers
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Coach Davis returns for his 6th season as an assistant coach for the Wolfpack. He is a teacher at the Blake School. Coach Davis will transition to defense this season, coaching inside linebackers and spearheading the Wolfpack Hawk tackling program. He played his college football at North Dakota State University.
SMB Wolfpack - Hopkins, Minnesota, 2015 - 2020 2020 : Assistant Coach - Linebackers 2015 - 19 : Assistant Coach - Running Backs |
Sam Hinh - Junior Varsity Defensive Coordinator - Asst. Strength Coach
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Coach Hinh starts his first season as a coach for the Wolfpack and as a computer science teacher at St Paul Academy. He previously coached at St. Joseph's Prep in Philadelphia in 2018 and played his college football at Carleton College in Northfield through 2016
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Trey Muraoka - Defensive Backs - Hawk Tackling Coordinator
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Coach Trey Muraoka is in his 2nd year as an assistant with the SMB Wolfpack. After a season working with the safeties, Trey is transitioning to defensive backs for 2020. He will spearhead our Hawk Tackling program in addition to his DB duties.
Prior to SMB, Coach Muraoka was a defensive backs coach at Macalester College for three seasons (2016-2018), where he also played. Coach Muraoka will begin teaching Latin at the Blake Upper School in the fall of 2020. |
John Lehman- Video and Technology
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John Lehman returns to generously volunteer his time to assist with digital video and sideline technology. His son, Mathew, played for the Wolfpack for 3 seasons as a strong safety.
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Joe Druskin - Digital Video
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Coach Druskin returns to oversee our digital video and camera work for the Wolfpack.
Coach Druskin is teacher and the Engineering & Programming Specialist for the Blake School. |