WU19 Staff Bios

Helene Chandler Rosencrantz

Helene is a seasoned marketing professional with a deep interest in Floorball.

Kate Nemeckova

Kate has actively supported both the Women’s National Team and the Under 19 Women’s National Team at numerous World Floorball Championships going back to 2016. She is a solid cornerstone for Women’s floorball in the USA.

Patrick Jesue

Patrick is all about ice hockey and Floorball.   He is currently the Coaching Education Program Coordinator for USA Hockey in the Michigan District, where he trains ice hockey coaches on a daily basis while concurrently spreading his passion for Floorball.  He is very well known and respected in the Detroit ice hockey community as well as in the greater Michigan.  He is also the Founder of the Detroit Floorball Club, which has in its possession one of the very few competition level Floorball rinks available in the USA.

Daniel Persson

Daniel has been a Floorball coach in Sweden for over 10 years, he has also been coaching abroad in the Danish and Norwegian top division for both men and women. During his time as a coach he has been the Head Coach for three national teams. He began in Jamaica as their Men’s coach, and after that he coached the Austrian Women and U-19 team.

Cody Renfro

Cody has been playing floorball for a little over five years. He comes from a baseball catcher and ice hockey goalie background.   Furthermore, he is a Midwest Floorball Tournament champion, a Texas Open silver medalist, and a US National bronze medalist. His home club is Tomah Floorball Club of Wisconsin. Competitively, he plays floorball for the Chicago Dogs out of Chicago, Illinois, one of the strongest teams in the USA.

Josh DeBerard

Josh has been coaching 19-U Women’s ice hockey in Laramie, Wyoming over the last 10 seasons.  He was introduced to Floorball a few years ago and have been building a program in Wyoming.  Both of his children were involved with the National U19 floorball teams in the past few seasons.  Furthermore, Josh is the USA Floorball Regional Director for the Rockies.  He is a lifelong learner and very excited to join the team in Uppsala in September and help build the future of the sport in the United States.

Anders Buvarp

Anders have been involved with floorball on three continents since the 1970s and is an organizer of several very successful international floorball events.