Coaches

Meet Our Coaching staff

Varsity / Junior Varsity Coaches

Aaron Moberg

Varsity Head Coach

Aaron Moberg - Head Varsity JV Defensive Line Coach

Purpose for coaching: My purpose is to build men of character and empathy who will live lives built on loving and serving others.

Favorite memory as a coach: Two that stand out; Going to state in 2019 with a special group of guys and getting to the girls State Hockey Tournament in 2014 as head coach of the Mustangs.

Coaching experience: Hockey, Baseball, Golf

Sports played: Football & Hockey

Favorite memory as an athlete: Making it to the D3 Final Four at Bethel, beat Central (Iowa) in a snowstorm in the regional final

Profession: Phy Ed Teacher at Mounds View High School

Family: Married to Abby; McGuire (6), Charlie (4), Walker (1)

Vicent Calistro

Defensive Coordinator

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Vincent Calistro – Varsity Inside Linebackers/Defensive Coordinator

Purpose for coaching: Help players improve to a place that they couldn’t get to on their own

Favorite memory as a coach: Winning Section Titles in 2019 and 2024

Coaching experience: Basketball

Sports played: Football & Basketball

Favorite memory as an athlete: Playing under the lights on Friday nights

Profession: Sporting Events and Media Manager

Family: Married to Molly; Rocky (3), Mia (1)

Brian Woodley

Offensive Coordinator

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Bryan Woodley – Offensive Coordinator

Purpose for coaching: To teach life lessons through sports, and help create people of strong character who are ready for the challenges that life will bring them on and off the field

Favorite memory as a coach: Dinner with my offensive line group after qualifying for the State Tournament in 2019. Winning Conference title with Maple Lake, 1st time in school history

Sports played: Football, Hockey, Baseball & Track

Favorite memory as an athlete: Scoring the game winning goal versus North St. Paul after being down 5 goals in the 3rd period

Profession: Social Studies Teacher at Champlin High School

Family: Married to Lisa; Paige (33), Zach (31), Josh (28), Johannah (25); grandkids Caden (4) Callum (2)

Brett Michel

Varsity RB

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Brett Michel – Running Backs

Purpose for coaching: To help young people grow into hard working adults with high character while enjoying the chance to compete

Favorite memory as a coach: Making deep playoff runs.

Coaching experience: Baseball & Wrestling

Sports played: Football, Baseball & Wrestling

Favorite memory as an athlete: Winning section titles in wrestling and baseball my senior year of high school

Profession: ELA Teacher at Chippewa Middle School

Family: Married to Anne; Cameron (5), Calloway (2)

Tom Davis

Varsity O Line

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Tom Davis – Offensive Line

Purpose for coaching: I enjoy seeing young men work hard and grow as athletes and people during their years in high school

Favorite memory as a coach: Winning section games to go to state and winning state playoff games

Coaching experience: Track

Sports played: Football & Track

Favorite memory as an athlete: Making deep playoff runs as a football team in high school and college

Profession: 6th Grade Math Teacher at Chippewa Middle School

Family: Married to Katrina; Addie (12), Gabby (8)

Aaron Redman

Varsity Quarterbacks

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Aaron Redman – Quarterbacks

Purpose for coaching: To develop meaningful relationships with athletes and challenge them as individuals that will impact and empower them for years to come

Favorite memory as a coach: Coaching with high quality people who challenge me

Coaching experience: Track & Basketball

Sports played: Football, Basketball, Track & Baseball

Favorite memory as an athlete: The thrills and challenges of preparing & competing with my teammates

Profession: Social Studies Teacher at Mounds View High School

Family: Married to Maria; Jacob (10), Elijah (8), Noah (5)

Michael Odom

Varsity D Backs

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Purpose for coaching: To build relationships that allow me to be a positive influence on young people, while also teaching them skills to be successful on and off the field

Favorite memory as a coach: Making it to the State Tournament in 2019

Coaching experience: Baseball & Girls Flag Football

Sports played: Football & Baseball

Favorite memory as an athlete: Making it to the State Tournament in Football my senior year for Mounds View for the 2nd time in school history

Profession: Special Education Teacher at Mounds View High School

Family: Married to Jetta; Madden (3), MJ (10 months)

Jim Wilcek

Varsity OLB

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Jim Wilcek – Varsity Outside Linebackers

Purpose for coaching: To help kids learn discipline, a good work ethic and enjoy being part of something

Favorite memory as a coach: Coaching my kids

Coaching experience: Baseball, Softball & Basketball

Sports played: Football, Wrestling, Basketball & Baseball

Favorite memory as an athlete: Hanging with my teammates

Profession: Insurance

Family: Married to Jayne; Beth (26), Andrew (25)

Kyle Jamison

Varsity Fullbacks / TE

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Kyle Jamison – Fullbacks/Tight Ends

Purpose for coaching: To help the players reach their football goals and develop skills for life

Favorite memory as a coach: Seeing players that you coached move on to the next level of football

Sports played: Football

Favorite memory as an athlete: Catching a touchdown and getting an interception in the only HS game that my grandpa was able to make it to

Profession: Medical device sales and consulting

Family: Married to Emily; North (11), Cora (9), Elias (9), Celia (7)

Bryce Marquardt

Varsity WR

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Bryce Marquardt – Wide Receivers

Purpose for coaching: To build relationships with my athletes that guide them to becoming better people while enhancing their physical abilities through sport, and to make football fun so they have an outlet that they look forward to each day

Favorite memory as a coach: Winning the Gopher Classic American Legion baseball tournament in 2023. The biggest legion tournament in the country!

Coaching experience: Baseball & Track

Sports played: Football & Baseball

Favorite memory as an athlete: All of the bus rides and overnight trips with my teammates

Profession: Phy Ed Teacher at Anoka High School

Family: Married to Rachel

Aaron Mehan

Varsity Safeties

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Aaron Mehan – Safeties

Purpose for coaching: To instill valuable life lessons that will impact these young men on and off the field. As well as to guide, encourage and to inspire them to be the best they can be

Favorite memory as a coach: Making it to the state tournament in 2024, my first time as a player or coach.

Sports played: Football & Baseball

Favorite memory as an athlete: My junior year of high school, our football team flew out to California to play a non-conference game against Palm Desert, and we won 42-22!

Profession: Biologist at Solventum

Family: Married to Elise; Mack (6 months)

Josh Woodley

Offensive Assistant

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Josh Woodley – Offensive Assistant

Purpose for coaching: My purpose in coaching is to help student-athletes reach their full potential. I hope that the lessons they learn through sport help them become better people so they can positively interact with their community as lifelong learners.

Favorite memory as a coach: When the 9th grade softball team I was helping coach had a walk-off win in extra innings against Prior Lake in our end of the season tournament

Coaching experience: Hockey, softball, baseball

Sports played: Football & Hockey

Favorite memory as an athlete: Scoring a short-handed goal in my JV game against Bloomington-Kennedy. The rest of my teammates were going for a line change and I had to stick handle through four opposing players.

Profession: Social studies and business teacher

Family: Married to Amie, Callum (2)

Dan Nystrom

Kickers

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Dan Nystrom – Kickers

Purpose for coaching: To teach discipline, life lessons, fun and friendship that can be learned through competition and sports

Favorite memory as a coach: Being on the field when my son played his 1st varsity game and caught a TD

Sports played: Football, Lacrosse & Wrestling

Favorite memory as an athlete: Kicking the game winning field goal for the Gophers to beat Penn State who was rated #2 in the country

Profession: Sales Rep for Health Joy

Family: Married to Summer; Tyler (19), Ivey (18), Molly (16), Cali (15)

Brad Marlowe

Assistant

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Brad Marlowe

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Paul Cicmil

Technology

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Paul Cicmil – Technology

Purpose for Coaching: To support our coaching staff, our school and student athletes

Favorite memory as a Coach: I’m looking forward to making some with the MV Football program

Sports Played: Basketball, Beach Volleyball & Softball

Favorite memory as an athlete: Sharing the court with professional players and competing and winning against more athletically/physically gifted players

Profession: Supervisory Paraeducator at Mounds View High School

Family: Partner Denise; Christian (33), Sara Jo (27)

Sophomore Coaches

Chad Utley

Head Coach
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Chad Utley – Sophomore Head Coach

Purpose for coaching: Build young men for the greater good of society

Favorite memory as a coach: Coaching the freshman team years ago – beating Cretin 24-0 in the conference title game to give them their only loss of the season

Coaching experience: Wrestling

Sports played: Football, Wrestling, Baseball & Track

Favorite memory as an athlete: Winning the State Team Wrestling title my senior year in Iowa. We came back from 12 pts down in the final round to win by 1 point!

Profession: Phy Ed Teacher at Chippewa Middle School

Family: Married to Tina; Natalia (22) Owen (18)

Jeff Crosby

Assistant

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Jeff Crosby – Freshman Offensive and Defensive Line

Purpose for coaching: To challenge athletes to push themselves farther than they think they can go

Favorite memory as a coach: Winning the 2018 Basketball Section Final to advance to the State Tournament.

Coaching experience: Basketball & Golf

Sports played: Football, Basketball & Baseball

Favorite memory as an athlete: Winning the Class 4A - 2000 Boys State Basketball State Tournament!

Profession: Health & PE Teacher at Roseville Area High School

Family: Married to Natalie; Lola (passed in 2006), Connor (16), Colton (13), Cullen (10)

Jesse Ostertag

Defensive Coordinator

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Jesse Ostertag – Soph Defense

Purpose for coaching: To aid in the physical, mental, social and emotional development of young people. Helping to develop great habits and skills that translates well beyond the field

Favorite memory as a coach: Watching the growth and development of young athletes on and off the field is the most rewarding part of the job

Coaching experience: Baseball & Softball

Sports played: Football & Baseball

Favorite memory as an athlete: The competition and camaraderie within my teams.

Profession: Health & Phy Ed Teacher at Chippewa Middle School

Family: Married to Krista; Kendal (7), Brody (4)

Ryan Kaczynski

Wide Receivers

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Ryan Kaczynski

Purpose for coaching: To use sports as a way to inspire and develop kids to be the best version of themselves, on and off the field

Favorite memory as a coach: Seeing the growth of kids from the start of their seasons/careers to the end, both as players and as young adults

Coaching experience: Basketball

Sports played: Football, Baseball & Track

Favorite memory as an athlete: Playing in the state tournament for football and all the time spent hanging out with friends

Profession: Event Operations Team member at Prep Network

A.J. Brown

Offensive Line

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A.J. Brown

Purpose for coaching: To teach the game and help improve their skills

Favorite memory as a coach: Beating Champlin Park in the 2022 playoffs

Sports played: Football & Track

Favorite memory as an athlete: Going to the State Tournament my senior year in Football

Profession: Target

Jake Young

Assistant

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Jake Young

Purpose for coaching: Making meaningful connections with athletes and helping turn athletes into leaders and upstanding young men

Favorite memory as a coach: Going 8-0 last season with the Chaska 9A Team

Sports played: Football, Basketball, Baseball, Volleyball

Favorite memory as an athlete: Blocking the game winning field goal to go to State in the section final against Andover in 2013

Profession: HS Social Studies Teacher

Freshman Coaches

Zach Champion

Head Coach

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Zach Champion – Freshman Head Coach

Purpose for coaching: To help build confidence in young people and teach life lessons through sports

Favorite memory as a coach: Being a part of the State Tournament team in 2014

Coaching experience: Girls Flag Football

Sports played: Football & Baseball

Favorite memory as an athlete: Making All-Conference as a senior on my high school football team

Profession: Asst Director in Admissions Office at U of M

Joel Brown

Assistant

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Joel Brown – Freshman Defense

Coached at MVHS: 2 years

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High School Attended: Falcon High School in CO

College Attended: University of MN

Day Job: Counselor at MVHS

High School Sports Played: Football, Track and Field

College Sports Played: Football

Favorite memory as an athlete: Enjoying the little successes in both sports. Going to State in Track in High Hurdles and scoring my first touchdown.

Favorite memory as a coach: Seeing the positive development in each student athlete.

Purpose in coaching: To help students with their basic fundamentals of football and to help students reach their personal goals. I enjoy all the different things football offers: Teamwork, discipline, determination, and camaraderie.

Tom Yang

Assistant

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Tom Yang

Purpose for coaching: Provide students with opportunities to learn leadership skills on the field of competition and apply them to different areas of their lives

Favorite memory as a coach: Seeing students return from college teams and hear them talk about the memories they had with each other and the success they are having on higher levels of competition.

Coaching Experience: Weightlifting, Basketball

Sports Played: Football, Basketball, Wrestling

Favorite memory as an athlete: Being named captain of high school football team

Profession: PE Teacher at Valentine Hills Elementary

Family: Married to Lindsey; Levi (14), Owen (10), Weston (8)