Fred Hennen is in his seventh season as a varsity assistant coach following three seasons as the Red Knights’ B-Squad coach.
He also coached the BSM Mickey Mantle team during the 2008 summer season and was an assistant coach with that team in 2010.
A junior high math teacher at BSM, Hennen also spent four seasons as the Red Knights’ girls junior varsity hockey coach.
Hennen is a 1994 graduate of Hill-Murray High School where he led the Pioneers to a runner-up finish in the 1993 Class AA state hockey tournament.
He spent one season as a goaltender in the United States Junior League before enrolling at St. Mary’s University in Winona, Minn. He played hockey for four seasons for the Cardinals before earning his bachelor’s degree in 2000.
Fred and his wife, Kirsten, recently celebrated their sixth anniversary and reside in south Minneapolis. They have adopted two sons, Jelani, 9, and Owen, 4.