Jim Wendling

Jim Wendling is in his second season as an assistant coach with the Ohio Wesleyan University women's soccer team. Wendling came to Ohio Wesleyan after serving as athletics director at the Lake campus of Wright State University.

He has a wealth of coaching experience at the collegiate and professional levels. Most recently, he was with the Dayton Dutch Lions of the Women's Professional Soccer League, serving as head coach in 2019 and associate head coach in 2017.

Prior to coaching in the professional ranks, he was director of soccer operations and assistant women's coach at Wright State University, helping the Raiders advance to the Horizon League tournament final in 2015 and the tournament quarterfinal in 2016.

Wending was head coach at Canisius College from 2008-14. In his first season at the helm of the Golden Griffins, he guided a team that had not had a winning season in 14 years to an 11-5-3 record, winning Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors. His teams received regional top-10 rankings in each of his first 3 seasons, with the 2010 team winning the MAAC regular-season championship.

From 1998-2008, Wendling was head coach at Urbana University, founding both the men's and women's soccer teams. He posted 83 wins in both men's and women's soccer, recording 5 seasons of double-digit victories during his 9 years as men's coach and 5 seasons of double-digit wins during his 8 seasons as women's coach. He also was head women's coach at Wittenberg University in 1995-96, guiding the Tigers to a 15-3 record and a No. 7 national ranking in 1995. Wendling began his coaching career as boys head coach at Miami Valley High School in 1990.

He holds a USSF "D" license.

Wendling is a 1983 graduate of the University of Dayton, majoring in physical education. He served in the United States Marine Corps for 4 years before beginning his coaching career.

He is a native of Waynesville, Ohio.