Tim Tandeski

Assistant Coach-Javelin

Tim Tandeski enters his 36th season as an assistant coach for the Red River Boys team in 2021. He specializes in coaching the javelin throw, as well as overseeing the entirety of the Grand Forks Throwing Program (Red River & Central Boys and Girls). During his coaching career, he has coached 29 individual state champions in the Boys and Girls Javelin throw and 131 state place winners. Tandeski was an athlete on Red River’s 1983 State Track and Field Championship Team, where he placed 5th in the state in the javelin throw. He was also an Assistant Coach on the 1992 State Track and Field Championship team. He has been selected as a State Assistant Coach of the Year and nominated for the National Assistant Coach of the Year. In 2015, he was inducted into the North Dakota High School Track and Field Hall of Fame. He teaches mathematics at Red River.