Tim Mellstrom plans to become the next head coach for the Windom Area’s boys hockey program and also fill a vacant high school social studies teaching position there.
Mellstrom, a social studies/history teacher at Falls High School, confirmed an online report posted this week by windomnews.com that he has given a verbal agreement to coach at Windom, which is located in southwest Minnesota in Section 3A, starting next season.
He declined to elaborate on his plans to leave International Falls to head to Windom, noting he had yet to resign his position with the Falls school district.
Mellstrom’s previous hockey coaching experience includes being the Bronco girls hockey team’s first varsity head coach in program history, compiling a 46-102-5 record in seven seasons.
He also has coached baseball, such as having been the Falls VFW head coach last summer, and was recommended by a hiring committee to become the Broncos’ new varsity head baseball coach this past spring to replace Vic Heinlen, who retired.
However, the Falls School Board ended up hiring Eric Walls for the head baseball coaching position after receiving a petition from players in support of Walls, who led the Broncos to the Section 7AA title game in 2013.
