Coaches and Staff

Travel Coordinator, 16U & 18U Teams - Jordan McTaggart
 

18U Wild - Academy (Billet) Team

Head Coach - Kyle Sharkey

Co-Coach - Jordan McTaggart

Assistant Coach - Pat Norlin

Strength Coach - Keith Baier

Strength Coach, Nutritionist - Tammi Flynn

Equipment Manager - Pepe Sandoval

Yoga Instructor - Dean Marney

Team Chaplain - Mike Malmin

16U Wild - Academy (Billet) Team

Head Coach: Pat Norlin

Assistant Coach: Josh Chamberlain

Strength Coach - Keith Baier

Strength Coach, Nutritionist - Tammi Flynn

Equipment Manager - Pepe Sandoval

Yoga Instructor - Dean Marney

Team Chaplain - Mike Malmin

14U Wild - Weekend Program

Head Coach - Spencer White

Coach Sharkey begins his first season with Wenatchee in 2026-27, and brings both junior and professional coaching and playing experience to the Wenatchee Valley. The Moore, Oklahoma native spent his last three seasons with the SPHL’s Fayetteville Marksmen, including the last two as the club’s head coach. He began his coaching career with a one-year stop in the North American Hockey League with the Minot Minotauros during the 2022-23 season.

As a player, Sharkey logged 150 professional games and notched 130 points with the SPHL’s Huntsville Havoc, helping to lead them to back-to-back President’s Cup championships in 2018 and 2019. He spent a four-year NCAA Division III playing career with the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point program, serving as an alternate captain on the Pointers’ 2016 national championship squad, before captaining the 2016-17 team as a senior. His three-year junior playing career with the Topeka Roadrunners included a North American Hockey League Robertson Cup tournament berth in 2011, and a team-best 69 points as an alternate captain in 2013-14.

Coach McTaggart joined the Wild organization in 2018 from the Yellowstone Quake of the NA3HL. McTaggart, a Seattle native, played his junior hockey with the Quake before seeing an opportunity to be an assistant coach of the team he once suited up for. Following two seasons coaching in Wyoming, he came back to Washington to help coach with the Team Seattle AAA program. After two years there, McTaggart crossed the border north into Canada, taking a role as head coach of the Banff Hockey Academy midget varsity team in Alberta. That, along with being an assistant coach on the midget prep team, consumed McTaggart’s time for the next four years. Deciding to come back to the United States, McTaggart went back to Yellowstone for his second stint with the Quake, being an assistant coach there once again. With deep hockey roots, McTaggart’s father, Jim, played in the NHL for the Washington Capitals, and coached in the WHL with the Seattle Thunderbirds after retiring. 

Coach McTaggart's primary function with the program is to serve as the Co-Head Coach of the Academy's 18U team. In addition to these responsibilities, Coach McTaggart coordinates the teams' travel, manages the equipment and apparel orders, and serves as a development coach with the weekend teams. Coach McTaggart looks to help prepare players for the next level of hockey, using the wisdom and experience he’s gathered from the junior hockey ranks.

The Wenatchee Wild Hockey Academy is excited to welcome Pat Norlin back to the Wenatchee Wild organization for the 2026-27 season as its 16U head coach and 18U assistant coach.

After playing through the Wenatchee Amateur Hockey Association, Pat played junior hockey for the Kootenai Colts and the Puget Sound Tomahawks of the Northern Pacific Hockey League before into coaching. Pat has coached at the Tier 2 level from Mites to Midgets.

Pat was involved with the Wenatchee Wild from its inception through the first five years in many capacities including scouting, skill development and coaching its Tier 1 development teams.

Pat has coached 14U Tier 1 and 16U Tier 1 hockey at the highest levels in Western Canada and the United States, including the North American Prospects Hockey League and the Canadian Sport School Hockey League. Pat has also been an assistant coach for the Wenatchee Wolves, a 18U Tier 1 team that played in the Tier 3 Jr. A NPHL. Pat also spent a year coaching in Montana for the Helena Bighorns, where they went a franchise best 46-1-1, won the American West Hockey League and went to the national tournament. Across all these teams he has coached many players who moved on to higher levels including Tier 2 Jr. A, ACHA, NCAA and the NHL.

After spending several years working in tourism and finance, Pat finally returned to the Wild family ahead of the 2024-25 season.

Pat and his wife Rachel live in Wenatchee with their daughter Quinn, their son Cohen and their dog Jax.

The Wenatchee Wild Hockey Academy is excited to welcome Josh Chamberlain back to the Wenatchee Valley to serve as its 16U assistant coach for the 2026-27 season. A native of Spokane, Washington, Chamberlain has worn a Wenatchee jersey both as a member of the 18U Wenatchee Wolves club and the Wenatchee Wild organization during its Junior A era.

Chamberlain spent much of his junior playing career in Montana and Washington, starting with the Western States Hockey League's Missoula Maulers in 2013-14. He racked up 53 points for the Wenatchee Wolves in NorPac Hockey League play the following season, and earned a pair of appearances for the Wild in the NAHL. In 2015-16, he split time between Wenatchee and Missoula, including five BCHL appearances for the Wild, before closing out his career over the next two years with the NA3HL's Missoula Jr. Bruins and the WSHL's Oklahoma City Jr. Blazers.

His five-year collegiate career included three seasons of NCAA Division III hockey with New England College, and two years of ACHA play at the University of Montana.

He returns to the Valley alongside his fiance and their mutt, Millie.

The Wenatchee Wild Hockey Academy is excited to welcome back Spencer White as its Tier I 14U head coach for the 2026-27 season, after serving as the assistant coach for its Tier I 15O and 14U weekend teams in 2024-25, and taking over as its 15O head coach in 2025-26.

The East Wenatchee native returns to the same organization for which he played five seasons from 2015 to 2020, working his way up from the 14U team to a two-year stretch on the 18U roster. He served regularly as an alternate captain during his time with the Wild AAA program, and led his Wenatchee teams to multiple state championships. He graduated to a two-year junior career in the Eastern Hockey League, helping the New Jersey 87s to an EHL regular-season title in 2020-21, followed by a South Division championship and an EHL playoff championship the following year.

Dr. Seguin earned a BS in Microbiology from UCLA and a Doctor of Medicine from Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine. She completed post-doctorate residency training in Internal Medicine at Madigan Army Medical Center and in Dermatology at Walter Reed AMC and earned Board Certification in both specialties. She served in the US Army for 11 years. Sharon and her husband Matt moved to Wenatchee in 2000 where they have raised three sons. Dr. Seguin is a physician at Confluence Health and has been a team doctor for the Wild organization for 12 years. The Seguins have served as a billet family for the Wild for 10 years.

Since he first came to the Wild in 2008, Pepe has contributed countless hours of his time serving in multiple capacities. Over those 16 years, you can usually find Pepe at the rink doing everything from sharpening skates to coaching and most jobs in between. He spends his time with the Academy programs as their equipment manager and everything else under the sun.

Tammi is a registered dietitian and fitness professional who has been in the industry since the 1980’s.  Her more recent certifications are in CrossFit, sports nutrition, and as a strength and conditioning specialist.  Her current interests are focused on programming and diet for young athletes to maximize their performance.  She has worked with local soccer, lacrosse, track, cross-country skiing, wrestling, and hockey teams.

Coach Baier has over seventeen years’ experience as a strength coach and performance specialist.  Keith is new to Wenatchee and spent the last thirteen years in Seattle where he ran his own sports performance facility.  During this time, he was the strength and conditioning coach at Seattle University and has worked with athletes from many different sports.  Keith has a degree in Sports Science from the University of Idaho where he played football for the Vandals.  Keith holds certifications from the NSCA as a strength and conditioning specialist and USA Weightlifting as a club coach.

A certified yogi instructor through YogaFit, Dean has been teaching yoga for over ten years. Whether utilizing a gentle form or Power Yoga in a heated room, the end product is a supple body and focused, calm mind both on and off the ice.  Also, certified as a personal trainer, Dean has taught at Wenatchee Valley College and is now on staff at the Wenatchee Racquet & Athletic Club. He is psyched to be part of hockey in our valley.

Mike has been the Wolves team chaplain for 4 years now, hosting bi weekly services that our players can attend. Completely optional to the players, they can meet with Mike in a group setting and discuss life in Wenatchee at and away from the rink, as well as stress that comes with school, living away from home, etc. Mike also provides counseling and spiritual guidance to help players through the difficulties of the hockey lifestyle.