Josh wastvedt

Josh Wastvedt will begin his 21st season coaching, his 7th season as Head Girls Volleyball Coach at BHS. Wastvedt also served as the Head Boys Volleyball Coach of the Burnsville Blaze for 4 years (2021-2024). 

Coach Wastvedt has led the Blaze the past six seasons and is looking forward to an exciting 2025 season. The Blaze enter the 2025 season picked in the top 2 in Section 6AAAA as a contender for the Section Championship. In 2022, the Blaze returned to the MSHSL State Volleyball Tournament for the first time since 2009, winning the Section 6AAAA Championship on their home floor in front of a packed crowd. With Coach Wastvedt at the helm, the Blaze have improved tremendously over the past 6 seasons including 20 South Suburban Conference All-Conference Honorees, a 2-time MNVBCA All-State Award Recipient, an MNVBCA Ms. Baden Finalist, a Minnesota Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year Finalist, three straight MNVBCA Team Academic Award Honors, three straight years receiving the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award, and not only earned Burnsville's first plus .500 season in ten years but also did that in consecutive seasons. From this, Wastvedt was named the Section 6AAAA Coach of the Year in 2024, 2022, and 2021. Coach Wastvedt enters the 2025 season with 190 High School Girls Volleyball Head Coaching Wins!

Coach Wastvedt also coaches club volleyball at Mizuno Northern Lights in Burnsville, MN, and served as the 15-Red Head Coach this past club season. Wastvedt's team continuously performed at a high level placing deep in every tournament they participated in and producing 45 wins heading into the AAU Girls National Tournament in the end of June.

Before coming to Minnesota, Coach Wastvedt coached two seasons as the Head Girls Volleyball Coach at Garrison-Max High Schools in Central North Dakota. Wastvedt turned their program around in just two short seasons. The Troopers took home their first Region 5 Tournament trophy in his first season (2017) placing 4th and beginning a new tradition at Garrison-Max. His team took home their first Varsity Regular Season Tournament Championship that year as well. Wastvedt was the Region 5 Coach of the Year Runner-Up as well as a North Dakota Class "B" Girls Volleyball Coach of the Year Finalist. The following season (2018) the Troopers placed 3rd in the Region 5 Tournament, which is the highest program finish in history, as well as earned a #3 seed into the Region 5 Tournament, another program best. Through his time at Garrison-Max, Wastvedt's team and individual players broke every single-season and career record previously held. 

Wastvedt also has been involved as a camp coach at various volleyball programs such as the University of Texas, North Dakota State University, and the University of Jamestown.

Prior to Garrison-Max, Wastvedt was the Assistant Women's Volleyball Coach at NJCAA Division 2 Bismarck State College. Wastvedt worked alongside head coach, Jeni Walsh, to lead the Mystics to back-to-back West Region Championships and two Region XIII Runner-Up finishes. The Mystics consistently ranked in the top 20 defensively and was one of the best blocking teams as well.

Wastvedt was the Head Girls Volleyball Coach at Williston High School in Western North Dakota from 2012 to 2015, where his teams competed in the North Dakota Class "A" State Qualifier Match in the West Region Tournament his last two seasons, coming up short both years.

Wastvedt coached for 5 seasons at Central Valley High School in Eastern North Dakota from 2007 to 2011 and was the Head Girls Volleyball Coach the final three seasons. Wastvedt took his young program from one of the lower ranked seeds into post-season play to one of the toughest programs in the state. Through his time at CV, Wastvedt's team and individual players broke every single-season and career record previously held. In Wastvedt's final season with the Valiants, his team played for the District 3 Championship and qualified for the Region 2 Tournament. Wastvedt was an AVCA National High School Coach of the Year nominee for the 2011 season.

Wastvedt began his coaching straight out of high school and coached for two years at Hatton-Northwood High Schools in Eastern North Dakota. Wastvedt was the Assistant Varsity Girls Volleyball Coach both seasons, and served as the 8th Grade Coach in 2005 and C-Squad Coach in 2006. In 2005, the Thunder played for the District 3 and Region 2 Championship.

On top of coaching, Wastvedt competes in adult tournaments, loves being around friends and family, and works as a Project Manager for a Consulting Firm.

He is very excited for what the 2025 Blaze Volleyball Season has in store!

GO BLAZE!!