Mike Janda enters his Second season as an assistant in 2025-26 for the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire men's ice hockey team.
Janda joins the Blugolds coaching staff after spending three seasons at UW-Stout where he helped the Blue Devils reach their first winning season since 2019 in 2023. While at Stout, Janda coached the 2024 WIAC Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete and multiple All-WIAC recipients.
Before UW-Stout, Mike spent eight years with the San Jose Jr. Sharks program in San Jose, Calif. With the Jr. Sharks, Janda served as the Director of Coaches and was also in charge of Player Development and advancing players on to junior and college hockey. He coached players of all ages with the Jr. Sharks program but primarily focused on 16U and 18U boys teams.
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Janda served as the Director of Coaches with the California Amateur Hockey Association and Northern California Hockey. He has also spent five summers working the USA Hockey National Development Camp. Janda has also spent time coaching in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) with the Springfield Jr. Blues and the Chippewa Steel.
Prior to coaching, Janda played one year in the NAHL and two years in the USHL with the Chicago Steel. Janda then moved on to play college hockey at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, NY. At RIT, Mike received his bachelor's in Business Marketing. He also enjoyed success on the ice which included two regular season conference championships, one post season conference championship and a trip to the NCAA Frozen Four in 2010.
Janda is a native of Glen Ellyn, Ill. He and his wife, Kelli, have two sons, Trevor and Ryan.
