Kevin Patrick is an American ice hockey coach from
Schenectady, New York
Schenectady ( ) is a City (New York), city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the United States Census 2020, 2020 census, the city's population of 67,047 made it the state's ninth-most populo ...
. In 2020 Patrick was named boys' hockey program manager at
Culver Academies
Culver Academies is a college preparatory boarding school in Culver, Indiana, which is composed of three entities: Culver Military Academy (CMA) for boys, Culver Girls Academy (CGA), and the Culver Summer Schools and Camps (CSSC). Culver Militar ...
. Prior to becoming the program manager at Culver, Patrick served the past eight seasons as an assistant coach at the
University of Vermont
The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, commonly referred to as the University of Vermont (UVM), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Foun ...
.
Playing career
Patrick played for four years at Notre Dame, and also played lacrosse for two seasons. After college, Patrick played professional hockey with
New Haven Senators
The New Haven Senators were a professional ice hockey team that played in the American Hockey League during the 1992–93 AHL season. The team played their home games at the New Haven Coliseum. The Senators were known as the New Haven Nighthawks. ...
of the AHL, the St. Thomas Wildcats of the CoHL and the Green Bay Ice of the AHA.
Coaching career
Patrick entered college coaching as an assistant at Union working under head coach
Kevin Sneddon where he stayed until 2002.
Bowling Green
Patrick joined
Scott Paluch's coaching staff as an assistant at Bowling Green for three seasons.
Wisconsin
In 2005 Patrick was hired by Wisconsin head coach
Mike Eaves to be an assistant coach where he stayed until 2010. Patrick was part of Wisconsin's 2006 National Championship, and in 2010 coached Wisconsin's first
Hobey Baker Award
The Hobey Baker Award is an annual award given to the top National Collegiate Athletic Association men's ice hockey player. It has been awarded 44 times. It is named for Hall of Famer Hobey Baker, who played college hockey at Princeton Universit ...
winner
Blake Geoffrion.
Muskegon Lumberjacks
In 2010 the
Muskegon Lumberjacks
The Muskegon Lumberjacks are a Tier I junior ice hockey team in the Eastern Conference of the United States Hockey League. They play in Muskegon, Michigan, at Trinity Health Arena. The Lumberjacks replaced the International Hockey League fr ...
an expansion franchise in the
USHL
The United States Hockey League (USHL) is the top junior ice hockey league sanctioned by USA Hockey. The league consists of 16 active teams located in the Midwestern United States and Great Plains, for players between the ages of 16 and 21. Th ...
, hired Patrick to be teams head coach. Pattrick was let go from Muskegon on January 13, 2012 after starting the season with a 9–14–2 record.
Vermont
In August 2012 Patrick was hired at Vermont by former Union head coach Kevin Sneddon. In the summer of 2015 Patrick and assistant coach
Kyle Wallack were both promoted to the position of associate head coach. After the 2020 season Patrick was hired at Culver Academies in Culver, Indiana, as Boys hockey program manager.
References
External links
Culver Academy bio
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Living people
American ice hockey coaches
Ice hockey people from New York (state)
Sportspeople from Schenectady, New York
Deerfield Academy alumni
United States Hockey League coaches
University of Notre Dame alumni
University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni
New Haven Senators players
Bowling Green Falcons ice hockey coaches
Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey coaches
Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey coaches
Union Garnet Chargers men's ice hockey coaches
Year of birth missing (living people)
Ice hockey coaches from New York (state)