Coach Terry Watkins
UW-Stout hockey and coach Terry Watkins fit together like a well-worn hockey glove.
Watkins begins his 12th year as a varsity coach, but his 20th at the helm of the Blue Devils and his involvement stretches back to almost the beginning of Stout hockey.
Watkins, a native of St. Paul, Minn., has spent the last 30-plus years in Menomonie where he coached the Blue Devil hockey club for eight years before returning the Blue Devils to the varsity level.
A two-time Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) coach of the year, Watkins has taken the Blue Devils well into the mix of both the WIAC and the eight-team Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA). The 2006-07 Blue Devils put together Stout's best ever hockey season, finishing with a school record 21 wins and were ranked nationally from Thanksgiving on. Watkins was also named NCHA Coach of the Year and was a national runner up for coach of the year as well.
Watkins' goal is to mold the Blue Devils into a team that will consistently stay in the fight for the upper echelon of the league.
Contact Information:
- watkinst@uwstout.edu
- 715-232-1258
- 226 Sports & Fitness Center
A UW-Stout Hall of Fame inductee, Watkins ranks fourth on the all-time Blue Devil varsity scoring list, tallying 95 points with 41 goals and 54 assists from 1969-73. He ranks second in assists and 11th in goals scored. Watkins holds the single season record for most goals scored by a defenseman, 22 during the 1972-73 season. Watkins has also coached at the youth hockey and high school levels, as well as officiated.
Watkins is also the head coach of the men's varsity golf team.
Watkins and his wife, Doreen, who is an administrative assistant in the Stout athletic office, have three adult children, Jeff, Todd and Kelly, and four grandchildren. Todd played under his father for four years and is the all-time leading club scorer with 205 points. Jeff has been the Blue Devils' official scorekeeper for more than a decade and is also the Blue Devils' public address announcer.
Assistant Coach Ed Roethke
Ed Roethke brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Blue Devil program. Roethke, who begins his seventh year as a Blue Devil assistant, was the head hockey coach at Menomonie High School and his team won the Wisconsin state championship title in 1990. Roethke will work primarily with the goalies. A UW-Stout graduate, Roethke retired recently from the Menomonie School District, where, in addition to serving two stints as the head hockey coach, he taught Technology Education .
Assistant Coach Bryan Cummings
Bryan Cummings makes his return to Stout this year, but now he will be behind the bench. Cummings who skated for the Blue Devils from 2001-2004, hails from Austin, Minn. Bryan saw action in 66 games and recorded 29 points during his career at Stout and was a captain his senior year. Following his graduation, Cummings spent three seasons in the UHL and played in 177 games, recorded 24 points and had 254 penalty mintues. Bryan will run the Blue Devils defense this season.
Assistant Coach Greg Slupe
Greg Slupe begins his fifth year as an assistant for the Blue Devils. A Menomonie native, Slupe will coordinate the weight and strength program. Slupe played high school hockey for current Blue Devil assistant coach Ed Roethke and was a member of Stout's club team. Slupe's father, Tom, was the Blue Devil head hockey coach in the 1970s and early 1980s.