Andy Weidenbach just completed his 37th year as a head coach and his 23rd season as head coach at Cranbrook-Kingswood High School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He has been active in the Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association, the Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League, and the Michigan High School Athletic Association, doing his best to promote high school hockey in Michigan. Andy's overall high school hockey record thru the 2015-2016 season is 459 wins, 159 losses, 38 ties. His teams won the MHSAA Division III State Championship in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2015.
In addition to his coaching duties at Cranbrook, Andy was the skating coach for the Detroit Red Wings and worked the Detroit Red Wings Player Development Rookie Camp from 2008-2012. A 2009 inductee into the Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Andy has also coached for the Detroit Junior Red Wings/Plymouth Whalers in the Ontario Hockey League and the Detroit Compuware in the North American Junior Hockey League.
"Destination Unstoppable: The Journey Of No Teammate Left Behind" chronicles the 2015 season when Andy worked with leadership expert Maureen Monte to help coach Cranbook to a state championship victory. More information about this book can be found at
MaureenMonte.com.
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Tuesday, October 04, 2016
Sometimes the biggest challenges sports coaches face have nothing whatsoever to do with physical side of the game. Team chemistry and player dynamics, on and off the ice, can make or break even the most talented team. Most coaches overcome these problems with tried and true team-building efforts, but once in a while we run into a team that stymies even the most experienced leader.
