Tom Wender
Defensive Backs/Special Teams Coordinator

     Tom Wender begins his first season as special teams coordinator/outside linebacker coach for the upcoming 2005 season.

Coach Awrey and Wender have established a relationship that goes back many years, including working together at various summer camps. This will be the first time Wender as joined Awrey on a collegiate staff.

The two coaches have always wanted to work together and the opportunity arose at the right time with Wender’s recent announcement of his retirement from Iron Mountain High School. Wender spent 21 seasons as head varsity football coach at Iron Mountain High School (1984-2004) and compiled an overall record of 170-55. Wender’s teams made 15 playoff appearances, won 11 Mid Peninsula Conference championships, played in three state finals and were twice state champions in 1993 and 2000.

Wender is a 1968 graduate of Kingsford High School and earned his bachelor’s degree in industrial arts from Northern Michigan University in 1972.