Linder is in his first season as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for SJU in 2011-12. Linder graduated from MSU-Mankato in 2008 after playing for the Division I Mavericks from 2004-08. He served as an alternate captain his senior year and received the team’s Leadership and Unsung Hero awards. A 2002 graduate of St. Cloud Tech, Linder played junior hockey for the Portage Terriers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) from 2002-04 and was named an MJHL All-Star. He recently played three years of professional hockey with the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Hockey League (CHL). He and his wife, Kathie, reside in Mound.
