Missouri Southern State University Athletics

Rebekah (Becky) Wendland enters her first season as Assistant Coach of the Missouri Southern Women's Basketball team in 2025-26. 

Most recently, Wendland spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota. 

The Vikings posted an overall record of 11-15 in 2024-25 and went on to a 10-4 mark in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC). Bethany advanced to the UMAC Tournament for the first time in three seasons. Wendland coached three UMAC All-Conference award recipients that season including UMAC Rookie of the Year Arinn McGee.

In 2023-24, Bethany notched a 7-18 overall record and 7-7 mark in the UMAC with a trio of UMAC All-Conference performers.

Wendland also has coaching experience with the grassroots AAU program, Minnesota Rise. 

Prior to Bethany, Wendland served as the head coach at Sherwood Cass R-VIII, leading the Lady Marksmen to their first 19-win season since 2010. She was previously on staff as an assistant coach at Derby High School and helped the team to a Class 6A State Runner-Up finish in 2022. 

A 2019 graduate of Emporia State University, Wendland earned a degree in Secondary Social Science education and completed her MS of Educational Administration from ESU in 2021. 

Wendland is a native of Yates Center, Kansas.