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Hiram College starting D-3 hockey
- Thread starter dhammond
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Lord_Zubin
Puck Flattsburgh!!!
It seems they're promoting their AAU team to the d3 level so they might already have a coaching staff in place. Also the primary responsibility according to the job posting seems to be more focused on recruiting.
That coach doesn't appear to have experience beyond ACHA D3...a school elevating from club to varsity typically brings in a f/t coach with some experience at the NCAA level, especially men's programs.
If this is how they're going forward this
is a major break from the norms and not in a good way.
Tom Coughlin
5x NCAA Champ/2x Super Bowl Champ
Do they have a conference home? Hopefully not the NCHA.
Looking where they are, a conference west of the Hudson and East of Cleveland works.
I'm guessing the UCHC and the eastern most teams figure something else out by 2027 or so...
bakdraft21
Well-known member
731 students. now thats small
Very small. It looks like their total enrollment has dropped over the past few years by 100-150 students, though they've said first-year enrollment for 2023-2024 was up by 15% compared to the previous year.
Makes you wonder how they can afford to invest in hockey plus two other sports (women's lacrosse is returning, women's bowling is starting). So many colleges of this size have really struggled financially over the past several years - some because of COVID, some because of wider trends. Hopefully they can make it a success.