Instructors

Bob Fink

Bob Fink worked for over 30 years as an elementary teacher in Springfield.  He was named the Regional WEM Outstanding Educator Award winner for Teacher Achievement in 2014. In 2016, he was named the Springfield Public School Teacher of the Year.  Bob was the head baseball coach at Springfield for 16 seasons. During that time, Fink’s teams accumulated 262 wins, won 7 conference titles, made 4 state tournament appearances, and won the State championship in 2016. He was named the Minnesota State Class A Baseball Coach of the Year in 2016. After retiring from baseball coaching, Bob was named the head football coach at Springfield in 2018. He guided his teams to two straight section titles and state tournament appearances in his first two seasons as the head football coach. Fink was named the Vikings Gatorade Coach of the Week, the 2019 Southwest District Football Coach of the Year and named the Section Coach of the Year for two consecutive seasons.

Bob takes pride in designing courses that are up to date, practical and “real life.” Courses are designed to give professionals the knowledge and skills needed to make a real difference in helping students/athletes reach their fullest potential. These courses will help educators, administrators and coaches at all levels to inspire, guide and teach today’s youth to be the best they can be!

Jeremy Best

Jeremy Best has served in the education and coaching professions for 20 years. His undergraduate work was completed in 1996 at Bluffton College, with a degree in Elementary Education/Special Education. In 2002 he earned his Masters Degree in Educational Administration from Bowling Green State University. He has taught at various levels ranging from fifth grade to seniors in high school. Best has taught 14 of his 19 years in special education classrooms. He currently is an Intervention Specialists at the middle school level and is completing his Administrative Licensure through Wright State University.

Jeremy has coached various sports including track (2yrs), football (2yrs), baseball (2yrs), and golf (13yrs) over the span of his nineteen years. He has been a head basketball coach for 17 years, 13 of those years at Convoy Crestview High School. His 2002-03 team played in the OHSAA Division IV State Championship Game. In the 20013-14 hoops season, Coach Best and his team captured the Division IV State Championship, with a 29-0 record.

He is a 4-Time Northwest Conference Coach of the Year. Best was also a recipient of the 2013 and 2014 District 8 Coach of the Year honor. In 2014 he was named the AP Division IV State Coach of the Year as well as the State Coaches’ Association Coach of the Year. He is a member of the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association and District 8 Coaches Association. Jeremy is married to Jennifer and they have two children, Ethan (12) and Lillie (8). In his spare time he enjoys his family, exercise and following Cincinnati Reds baseball.

Lee Day

Lee Day has been instructing summer leadership courses for Educational Resources since 2003. The 2021-22 school year is his 43^rd year in education. Lee graduated from Ohio Northern University with a Mathematics degree in education in 1979 and then earned his Masters in counseling from Xavier University in 1983. After teaching high school math, he became head of the guidance department at Lebanon High School in 1990 and served in that capacity until he retired after 35 years in June of 2014. Only retired 1 month, he now is in his 8^th year as the District Head Counselor at Middletown HS. Lee has coached sophomore basketball (1 year), varsity football (9 years of which 3 as head coach), reserve golf (14 years), head golf (13 years) and reserve baseball (2 years) all at Lebanon. At the completion of the 2010 baseball season, Lee retired as Lebanon’s Head Varsity coach after 29 years. He served on the state baseball coaches’ association executive board for 14 years and was President in 2013. Lee also has officiated high school and college basketball for 37 years, retiring in 2017. He has been fortunate to have worked 8 OHSAA state championship basketball tournaments, and was named Ohio Boys Basketball Official of the Year in 2017. He is a member of the Miami Valley Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2000), a member of the Middletown Basketball Officials Association Hall of Fame (2006), a member of the Lebanon City Schools Hall of Fame (2015) and a member of the Lebanon High School Athletic Hall of Fame (2021).

In his spare time, Day enjoys playing golf. He and his wife Jodi were married in 1980 and have two sons, Trevor and Clint. Both boys played golf and baseball at Lebanon High School and earned many academic and athletic awards. Trevor lives and works in the restaurant business in Georgetown, SC while Clint is a Vice-President in the Lending Department at LCNB National Bank in Lebanon. Clint and his wife, Breann, have given Lee & Jodi their first grandson (Griffith) who was born in 2021.

Tom Held

Tom Held has been instructing summer leadership courses with Educational Resources since 2004. With the conclusion of the 2021-22 school year, he will have completed 36 years in education. Tom Held is the current Head Baseball Coach (1999 – present) at the Defiance High School in Northwest Ohio. In 1984, he earned his teaching degree in Comprehensive Business Education from Defiance College. In 1995, he earned his Masters of Education in Administration from the University of Toledo. He coached basketball for 13 years at Elmwood and Bryan High School. With the upcoming 2022 season, Tom has coached baseball for 32 years and 32 as a head coach at Elmwood, Bryan and Defiance. He was the Ohio Coach of the Year in 1999, 2008, 2012 2013, and 2016. Tom is also a member of the Acme Baseball Board of Directors. He has had the fortune to have over 100 former players go on to play college baseball and 11 have played professionally. Currently two former Bulldogs are playing professionally. He was inducted into the Ohio HS Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame 2012 and the Defiance College Hall of Fame in the fall of 2012. Tom resides in Defiance with his wife, Deanne, and has three children, Chayse, 38, Cassidy, 26, and Cal, 21.

Kathi Wieskamp

Kathi Wieskamp has been in education for 33 years. A graduate and athlete at the University of Nebraska, Kathi started her career as a physical education teacher and head volleyball coach at Lincoln Southeast High School in 1989. After 17 years of teaching and coaching, Kathi pursued her Administrative Degree in Educational Leadership from Doane College and moved into Athletic Administration at Lincoln North Star as the Assistant Athletic Director. In 2010 Kathi returned to Lincoln Southeast as the Athletic Director and held that position for three years prior to 2013 when she moved to district level leadership becoming the Lincoln Public Schools District Director of Athletics & Activities. Kathi guided and led the athletic and activities programs of the 6 high schools and 12 middle schools within the district for 9 years prior to retirement in June 2022. 

Kathi was also a leader in the states of Nebraska as a Board of Directors for the Nebraska Schools Activities Association. Kathi has been an adjunct instructor at the University of Nebraska and with Educational Resources and sat on many community boards, panels and committees.  Kathi is also a TV broadcast analyst for local and national networks, Nebraska Public Media, BTN, ESPN, calling both high school and college contests.

Kathi has been recognized as a teacher, coach and administrator including, NSIAAA District Athletics Director of the Year, NSIAAA Award of High Distinction, Nebraska Schools Activities Association Distinguished Service Award, Sportscasters Club Vince Aldrich Sports Person of the Year, Lincoln Southeast Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee, National Association for Girls and Women in Sport Pathfinder Award, Girls and Women in Sports and Fitness Mentor Award, Sportscasters Club Coach of the Year. 

Kathi is married to Scott and they have two sons and daughters-in-law. 

Matt Lundeen

Matt Lundeen is a graduate of Becker High School and Bethel College. He has been a teacher and a coach at Redwood Valley for over 20 years. He teaches 6th grade Language Arts and Social Studies, coaches middle school basketball and is the head football coach. He loves using the platform as a teacher and a coach to work with a wide range of students and athletes.

Matt was recently chosen as a recipient of a 2019 WEM Outstanding Educator Award as an Athletic Coach. Lundeen is one of six educators being honored by the WEM Foundation and Synergy & Leadership Exchange for outstanding accomplishments and contributions to student learning. His recognition comes in the Athletic Coach Award, which recognizes teachers who are exemplary coaches of athletic teams.

He and his wife have three children who all attend Redwood Valley.