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D1 Coaching Changes

Vermont posted an assistant coach job last week. Alex Gettens no longer listed on UVM website. Rumor has it he’s headed to Colgate.
 
joecct said:
Potsdam NY bound??
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I don't see her being selected at Clarkson. Her profile as a player and coach doesn't fit their level in my opinion. Former D3 and Club hockey player, and D3 coach who hasn't really accomplished anything special anywhere she's coached just doesn't fit with where Clarkson is at as a program. She doesn't bring any D1 experience or anything else of note to the equation. It will be interesting to see where she ends up. If I'm wrong, I have no problem eating my words. Lol
 
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UVM has named Lawrence University (NCAA DIII) Head Coach Kevin Dessart as their new Associate Head Coach. Prior to Lawrence, Dessart coached the University of Colorado club team. Dessart had an 11 year media relations career in the NHL (Islanders, Panthers and Devils).
 
Scott_TG said:
UVM has named Lawrence University (NCAA DIII) Head Coach Kevin Dessart as their new Associate Head Coach. Prior to Lawrence, Dessart coached the University of Colorado club team. Dessart had an 11 year media relations career in the NHL (Islanders, Panthers and Devils).
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Today, 01:11 PM Originally posted by Ditra View Post

I believe Lawrence had 7 wins during his 3 years as HC. A quick look at who those were against isn't to impressive. All good for moving up but it's hard to see how the work done at Lawrence warrants a promotion to D I. Just my opinion.


I couldn't agree more. This is easily the worst/weakest D1 hiring decision I've seen in a very long time, possibly ever. He played college club hockey. He coached women's college club hockey. Then he coached at Lawrence, so no D1 background whatsoever and not even a decent D3 coaching background. I have to wonder what in the world the Vermont coach saw in him honestly. He also brought his daughter to tag along for the coaching ride at Lawrence and made her his full-time assistant and she was a college club player with zero coaching experience, but Lawrence was ok with that?! And now she'll probably inherit the head coaching job, again with zero experience as a head coach. I guess that explains why Lawrence is where they're at in the college hockey world. I have to shake my head at some of these hiring decisions in our game. Would similar decisions with inexperienced coaches happen on the men's side???! It proves to me that most athletic directors have no clue about women's hockey or they just don't care. Either way our game suffers from it.
 
shelfit said:
Today, 01:11 PM Originally posted by Ditra View Post

I believe Lawrence had 7 wins during his 3 years as HC. A quick look at who those were against isn't to impressive. All good for moving up but it's hard to see how the work done at Lawrence warrants a promotion to D I. Just my opinion.


I couldn't agree more. This is easily the worst/weakest D1 hiring decision I've seen in a very long time, possibly ever. He played college club hockey. He coached women's college club hockey. Then he coached at Lawrence, so no D1 background whatsoever and not even a decent D3 coaching background. I have to wonder what in the world the Vermont coach saw in him honestly. He also brought his daughter to tag along for the coaching ride at Lawrence and made her his full-time assistant and she was a college club player with zero coaching experience, but Lawrence was ok with that?! And now she'll probably inherit the head coaching job, again with zero experience as a head coach. I guess that explains why Lawrence is where they're at in the college hockey world. I have to shake my head at some of these hiring decisions in our game. Would similar decisions with inexperienced coaches happen on the men's side???! It proves to me that most athletic directors have no clue about women's hockey or they just don't care. Either way our game suffers from it.
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Lawrence is located in Appleton, WI, where I grew up. I haven't lived there for forty years, but my sister still does, and I visit a couple times a year. Admittedly, I pay little attention to DIII hockey, but I'm aware of St Norbert's (in De Pere, 25 miles away) and UW-Stevens Point (maybe 50 miles?) winning men's championships recently. If I had ever thought about it, I'd have not even been sure Lawrence has a men's team, and would have doubted they'd even have a women's team at all. I had to look up where they would play their games; it's a new facility nowhere near campus (and technically not even in Appleton) which opened less than five years ago.
 
Princeton lands a very good hire that I did not expect in Boston Fleet coach Courtney Kessel. A former assistant, but this is the first PWHL-to-college lateral move we've seen.
 
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