Vesterdahl is in his seventh season back as the men's basketball coach at Madison College, after coaching the Madison College men's basketball team from 1997-99. Vesterdahl is in his 10th season overall at Madison College and has posted a 222-116 record for a .656 winning percentage. During the 2009-10 season, Madison Colllege's first in the Northern Community College Conference (N4C), the team finished with an overall record of 17-13, and 7-7 in N4C conference play. The team finished in third place in the highly competitive conference in their inaugural season of play.
In the previous two seasons, the WolfPack finished in first place in the WJCAA and in the WTCC conference for consecutive seasons. During the 2005-06 season, Vesterdahl earned WJCAA Coach-of-the-Year honors as he directed the WolfPack to a 22-14 overall record and the first state title since the 1998-99 season. Before returning to Madison College in the 2004-05 season, he coached at Stoughton High School for three seasons. Prior to Stoughton, Vesterdahl was a two-time WJCAA Coach-of-the-Year at Madison College. From 1997-99, his teams combined for a 60-29 overall record and won two consecutive state and conference championships.
Coach Vesterdahl was a four-sport athlete (basketball, football, baseball, track & field) while playing for Stoughton High School. After graduating from high school in 1977 he attended college at UW-Stevens Point and Luther College where he earned letters for baseball and basketball. In 1982, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree with an Exercise Physiology emphasis from UW-Madison. Vesterdahl currently lives in Stoughton with his wife Linda and has two sons, Matt and Kyle. In addition to coaching, he serves as Fitness & Intramural Director at Madison College.
