{"id":36187,"date":"2026-01-16T08:25:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/minot-honeybees\/?p=36187"},"modified":"2026-01-16T08:25:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:25:55","slug":"minot-hot-tots-honeybees-announce-head-coach-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/minot-honeybees\/2026\/01\/16\/minot-hot-tots-honeybees-announce-head-coach-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"MINOT HONEYBEES ANNOUNCE NEW HEAD COACH FOR 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>MINOT, ND<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 The Minot Honeybees have announced Kendall Winn as the team\u2019s new head coach ahead of the upcoming Northwoods League Softball season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Winn returns to the Honeybees after serving as assistant coach during the 2025 season, where her leadership played a key role in the team\u2019s historic playoff run. The Honeybees reached the postseason for the first time in franchise history last summer, hosting the first-ever NWL Softball playoff game in Minot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cKendall was a tremendous asset to our coaching staff last season,\u201d said Honeybees General Manager Monica Hocking. \u201cShe connects well with players, understands the competitive demands of this league, and brings both experience and energy that will help us continue building on last year\u2019s success.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Fairborn, Ohio native, Winn brings an impressive playing and academic resume to the head coach role. She was a standout collegiate athlete at Adelphi University, earning NE10 All-Conference honors at multiple positions, including utility, catcher, and third base. Winn was also named to the NE10 All-Championship Team in 2024 and recognized as an NFCA Scholar-Athlete, along with multiple academic honors throughout her collegiate career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m incredibly grateful to Monica and the entire Honeybees organization for the trust and opportunity to lead this team. The support in Minot is special, and last season proved this team is ready to compete. I\u2019m excited to lead this program, represent the community, and give our athletes and fans a summer of softball they\u2019ll be proud to be part of,\u201d said Winn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Winn takes over the head coaching role as former Honeybees head coach Craig Montvidas continues his coaching career overseas. Montvidas, who helped lay the foundation for the program in its first two seasons, is currently working with the Italian Women\u2019s National Softball Team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019re incredibly grateful for everything Craig brought to the Honeybees organization,\u201d Hocking added. \u201cWe wish him nothing but continued success as he represents the game internationally.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With Winn at the helm, the Honeybees look to build on last season\u2019s momentum and continue developing the next generation of softball talent while competing at a high level in the Northwoods League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MINOT, ND \u2014 The Minot Honeybees have announced Kendall Winn as the team\u2019s new head coach ahead of the upcoming  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":36185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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