Nate VandeGuchte

Freshman Football Head Coach

Boys Freshman West Football

Coach Vande Guchte is in his tenth year of coaching at Zeeland West where he serves as the head varsity track coach and the head freshman football coach.

In addition to his coaching responsibilities, Coach Vande Guchte is also the leader of Zeeland West’s summer Excel Sport’s Training Program that works to improve the overall skill sets of athletes in grades six through twelve. Last year this program worked with six coaches, two athletic trainers, and the athletic director to work with approximately 150 student-athletes from both Creekside Middle School and Zeeland West High School. He has also served as an assistant-varsity basketball coach for eight years.

Coach Vande Guchte is a teacher in the district where he is responsible for providing special education services to students from both Zeeland East and West High Schools. His preps include Geometry, Guided Studies, and zLINKS; which links general education and special education students together to create partnerships throughout the day at lunches and in classes.

Coach Vande Guchte is a 2008 graduate of Hope College where he lettered in track all four years, and was a co-captain both his junior and senior seasons. Coach Vande Guchte has been married to his wife Kristen for nine years, and they have three children; Ty, Addilyn, and Bennett.