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2020 DIII Coaching Changes

shelfit said:
It says the new guy at Plymouth played at Gustavus Adolphus College except he's not listed on any roster ever except their baseball team for his first 3 years as a pitcher. Awesome! He played high school hockey in Minnesota and that's the State of Hockey so I guess that's good enough. Lol :D
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He also taught in the exercise science field so I would t be surprised if that played into the decision. It would certainly help offset at least part of his salary.
If that’s the case it’s really too bad. Beautiful facilities and no real commitment to the program.
 
shelfit said:
It says the new guy at Plymouth played at Gustavus Adolphus College except he's not listed on any roster ever except their baseball team for his first 3 years as a pitcher. Awesome! He played high school hockey in Minnesota and that's the State of Hockey so I guess that's good enough. Lol :D
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Admittedly I am new to this forum, however it would appear to me that playing career doesn't have much leverage when talking about a coach years out of college. Looks like he graduated 8 years ago..... Looks like his coaching background is strong. You seem to have missed out on that info...
 
GTOWN said:
He also taught in the exercise science field so I would t be surprised if that played into the decision. It would certainly help offset at least part of his salary.
If that’s the case it’s really too bad. Beautiful facilities and no real commitment to the program.
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Wouldn't that be a good hire by the school then if they can limit costs? If he will be teaching....but he could also not be and they hired him for his coaching experience.

Again, I am new to this so maybe I am out to lunch.
 
HckyFanFreak said:
Wouldn't that be a good hire by the school then if they can limit costs? If he will be teaching....but he could also not be and they hired him for his coaching experience.

Again, I am new to this so maybe I am out to lunch.
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Coaches at many D3 schools, especially state schools, are technically listed as instructors, not coaches (and sometimes even have to teach classes). And their salaries are set by the pay scale of instructors. The SUNY schools operate that way.
 
Russell Jaslow said:
Coaches at many D3 schools, especially state schools, are technically listed as instructors, not coaches (and sometimes even have to teach classes). And their salaries are set by the pay scale of instructors. The SUNY schools operate that way.
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is that a way of providing a higher salary? I know other schools assign "secondary" tasks like managing the transportation for all varsity teams....or game day ops for a handful of teams during the hockey off-season. not sure if each approve drives a different pay grade?
 
GTOWN said:
is that a way of providing a higher salary? I know other schools assign "secondary" tasks like managing the transportation for all varsity teams....or game day ops for a handful of teams during the hockey off-season. not sure if each approve drives a different pay grade?
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Or lower salaries, depending on how high of a profile coach you are trying to get... :p

There are some of the exceptions you talk about. For the longest time Buffalo State men's hockey was a part time coaching job, so it also including being a rink manager.

Some coaching positions might include also being an assistant SID (Potsdam's softball coach -- and former hockey player -- Jordan Ott had that dual role).
 
Adrian is posting for a F/T assistant coach. I would take that as an indication that Kaylyn Schroka is moving on
 
GTOWN said:
I’m hearing Diane is stepping down/retiring at the end of this season and Mark has been tabbed to take over.
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And this turns out to be true. Today, Oswego announced Mark Digby as the Interim Head Coach, replacing Coach Dillon after her 14th season at the helm.

My speculation is that he has an interim tag because they cannot execute SUNY's requirements for a permanent hire in the pandemic.
 
WNEU announced that Kristen Molina (Amherst '18) and Marykate Drinkwater (UNE '20) will join Katie Zimmerman's coaching staff as grad assistants and that Lauren Slebodnick (Cornell '14) will be the goaltending coach for the inaugural season.
 
Northland has hired Jason Carter, who had spent the last three seasons as the assistant coach at St. Mary's, to be their new head coach. Carter replaces Kelly Rider, who left Northland to be the inaugural head coach at Curry.
 
Manhattanville's HC David Turco is taking over as the HC of Manhattanville's men's team. No word yet on who will lead the women but with the season delayed until at least January there's time for a search.

EDIT: Some other notes:

- Potsdam still lists Jay Green as the coach despite his stated intention to retire effective 8/31. They haven't announced a replacement that I've seen.

- Rumors about Jennifer Wilson being out at Lake Forest appear unfounded, as the school has posted a returning players roster and both she and Amanda DiNella remain listed as coaches.

- Adrian has hired Kalie Grant, who was a captain on last year's D1 St. Lawrence team to replace Kaylyn Schroka as assistant coach.
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
Will be fifth different coach in the last six seasons this upcoming year.
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Good thing is that Venezia really thought he was staying so he recruited very well. From that perspective they've made up some serious ground (team was in rough shape for a few years).

Their incoming freshmen class from last year and this year are ranked really well. Saw their freshmen last year - they have some good additions, time will tell on this year's class.
 
GTOWN said:
I know that wasn’t the reason for this move.
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Ok, so that's good to know, but that doesn't really answer my question. Is their athletic department toxic or messed up as someone here once posted, or is it not? Also, which D-I assistant position did he fill?
 
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