Hamilton College coaching vacancy

[joecct]

Re: Hamilton College coaching vacancy

A lot more job security in D3 . . . Just ask the most recent coaches of Northeastern, UMass-Lowell, and Providence!!!! When was the last time a NESCAC coach got caned for underperforming??

You forgot Clarkson.

And NESCAC schools do not permit corporal punishment.

 

[altazo]

Re: Hamilton College coaching vacancy

Pesky little thing called NCAA rules. .

My bad. I was under the impression that if you went from a D3 school up to a D1 school you did not have to sit.

 

[d3follower]

You forgot Clarkson.

And NESCAC schools do not permit corporal punishment.

Good catch!!! Some of those d1 coaches would perhaps opt for a quiet, private caning over the very public canning.

 

[BBB]

Re: Hamilton College coaching vacancy

As a person who cares very dearly about Hamilton athletics, it's frustrating to say the least that I can’t even get an answer out of the school. Apparently, there’s just too much going on in Clinton, NY this summer for anyone to make a decision? What a joke!

Hamilton has a rich hockey tradition. Some of the other athletic teams have experienced sporadic success in recent years. Yet, we’ll always be looking up at athletic programs like Williams and Middlebury until the ADMINISTRATION decides that athletics truly matter to the school…and they put resources behind it (getting a coach on board would certainly be a good starting point). Until that happens, it’ll always be a great school that has a “great year” in a given sport from time to time.

I’d just like to hear a few names seriously under consideration for the hockey position. Based on this thread, I don’t think anyone has an inside line to information, so I guess we’ll wait until the kids are on campus in a few weeks.

 

[Kenesky]

Re: Hamilton College coaching vacancy

Well said, BBB. As a former alum and player, I share your frustration.......and as a father of a recent grad, I can assure you the adminstration never drops the ball when it comes to getting the tuition bills out promptly.

 

[norm1909]

Re: Hamilton College coaching vacancy

Did Hamilton or the NESCAC ever officially announce the end of the interlock?

 

[joecct]

Re: Hamilton College coaching vacancy

Maybe, because it is summer, the administration does not know it has a vacancy or two in the athletic department???

Second, to follow up on an earlier post, Hamilton is one of the few places where a good cane is permitted.

 

[NUProf]

Re: Hamilton College coaching vacancy

My bad. I was under the impression that if you went from a D3 school up to a D1 school you did not have to sit.

That direction requires a sit out - the other direction is good to go.

 

[Pioneerfan11]

Re: Hamilton College coaching vacancy

It has just been confirmed to me by a source within the athletic department that Rob Haberbusch has been named the new coach at Hamilton College.

Sorry to be so cryptic, but the formal announcement has not yet been made.

 

[norm1909]

Re: Hamilton College coaching vacancy

It has just been confirmed to me by a source within the athletic department that Rob Haberbusch has been named the new coach at Hamilton College.

Sorry to be so cryptic, but the formal announcement has not yet been made.

That he has!!

CLINTON, N.Y. (WKTV) - Rob Haberbusch, the associate head men's ice hockey coach at the U.S. Military Academy (Army) since 2008, has been selected the sixth head coach in Hamilton College men's ice hockey program history.

Haberbusch succeeds Norm Bazin, who was named head coach at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell for its NCAA Division I program in late April after three seasons at Hamilton. Haberbusch inherits a program that captured first place in the New England Small College Athletic Conference at the end of the 2010-11 regular season.

"I am honored to accept the position of head hockey coach at Hamilton College," Haberbusch said. "Hamilton's excellent academic reputation, coupled with its storied hockey tradition, made this an easy decision. I am eager to meet the team and get started. My family and I are extremely excited to join the Hamilton community."

Haberbusch has been the associate head coach at Division I Army since 2008, and was hired as an assistant coach at the Academy in 2003. He helped guide the team to 83 wins the past eight seasons in Atlantic Hockey Association play. This is his first head coaching job at the collegiate level.

"Rob Haberbusch brings a wealth of coaching experience to the Hamilton men's ice hockey program," Director of Athletics Jon Hind '80 said. "As a part of Army's coaching staff the past eight seasons, he played an integral role in the two best seasons in its men's hockey history. I am confident Rob will continue to build on our program's rich tradition and recent success."

In 2007-08, Army enjoyed its best season in men's ice hockey history with a program-record 19 wins, including a record of 17-8-3 in the conference. The team earned the Atlantic Hockey regular season title, and reached the semifinals of the conference championship.

The previous season, the team went 17-12-5 overall and 15-8-5 in the conference. Army advanced to the Atlantic Hockey championship game, where they fell to the Air Force Academy.

While at Army, Haberbusch worked under Rob Riley, now head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets' AHL affiliate Springfield Falcons, and Brian Riley, who was the Atlantic Hockey coach of the year in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Haberbusch was part of the Army Athletic Association's coaching staff of the year in 2008. Army claimed the Atlantic Hockey team sportsmanship award in 2009 and 2010.

Haberbusch played a major role in the recruitment of one NHL free agent signee, one All-American, one Atlantic Hockey player of the year, one Atlantic Hockey goalie of the year, one Atlantic Hockey defenseman of the year, 14 all-conference selections and three all-rookie team members at Army. The 2007, 2010 and 2011 Atlantic Hockey scholar-athletes of the year were recruited by Haberbusch.

Haberbusch was an assistant coach at Iona College for one season prior to going to Army. He served as an assistant at the University of Findlay from 1997 to 2002. He played college hockey at Fairfield University from 1989 to 1993, and was a four-year letter winner at center and left wing.

Haberbusch, who grew up in Montclair, N.J., graduated from Fairfield with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1993. He earned his master's in education from Findlay in 1999. Haberbusch and his wife Molly have a daughter, Shelby.