Head Coach – Women’s Hockey

The Head Coach, Women’s Ice Hockey, provides strategic leadership and oversight for all aspects of a nationally competitive NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey program. Responsibilities include coaching, recruiting and roster management, student-athlete development, staff leadership, program administration, alumni and donor engagement, and external representation of the University of Minnesota.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Significant coaching experience in women’s or men’s ice hockey at the NCAA, professional, national program, junior, or other elite level.
• Demonstrated commitment to mentoring women.
• Demonstrated success in recruiting, player development, staff leadership, and program management.
• Knowledge of NCAA Division I and WCHA rules and regulations.
• Strong leadership, organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with students, families, alumni, donors, campus partners, and external constituents.
• Demonstrated commitment to academic success, student-athlete well-being, and building an inclusive team culture.
• Demonstrated understanding of the evolving Division I athletics landscape, including NIL, transfer processes, roster/scholarship management, and related student-athlete benefit rules and institutional processes, with the ability to communicate those processes accurately and compliantly.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead and direct all aspects of the program, including philosophy, culture, standards, team operations, and competitive strategy.
• Plan, organize, and conduct practices, competition preparation, video review, individual development plans, and off-ice training in collaboration with appropriate athletics health and performance staff.
• Develop student-athletes athletically, academically, personally, and as leaders; foster accountability, sportsmanship, and a positive team culture.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive recruiting and roster-management strategy for domestic and international prospects and, as applicable, transfer candidates, consistent with NCAA, WCHA, admissions, financial aid, and institutional requirements.
• Identify, evaluate, recruit, enroll, retain, and re-recruit student-athletes who can succeed academically and athletically and represent the University positively.
• Oversee official and unofficial visits and build and maintain relationships with club, prep, junior, high school, national team, and other hockey stakeholders.
• In collaboration with compliance and athletics administration, maintain accurate and timely recruiting documentation and educate prospective and current student-athletes on applicable institutional and NCAA processes related to the evolving Division I environment, including NIL, transfer processes, roster management, and other permissible student-athlete benefits.