| Becker/Big Lake |
Marc Canton |
Jon Samuelson |
Samuelson played high school hockey at Pine City and club hockey at South Dakota State and Minnesota State-Mankato. This is his first head coaching position. |
| Bloomington Kennedy |
Todd Kennedy |
Dave Dillon |
Dillon was a four-year letterwinner at Bloomington Kennedy before playing for the University of Minnesota. |
| Champlin Park |
Paul Bailey |
Pat Janostin |
Janostin played at UM-Duluth and was a fourth-round pick by the New York Rangers in 1985. |
| East Ridge |
No program |
Doug Long |
Long previously coached both the boys and girls hockey programs at Stillwater. |
| Fairmont |
Mike Hitchcock |
Bryan Wilken |
Wilken is a 1989 Fairmont High graduate who most recently coached at the bantam level in Fairmont. This is his first high school coaching position. |
| Greenway |
Jeff Antonovich |
Jim Lawson |
Lawson is a 1979 graduate of Greenway High who played professionally in the East Coast Hockey League. He has coached in the Greenway youth hockey system and also has served as a high school assistant. |
| Kittson Central |
Scott Younggren |
Scott Klein |
Klein was a standout defenseman for what was then known as Hallock High in the mid-1980s. He played and coached as an assistant to Scott Oliver at UM-Crookston, and has been heavily involved in the Hallock youth program for several years. |
| La Crescent |
Andy Klingsporn |
Denny Hartman |
Hartman has been involved in youth hockey organizations in Wausau, Wis., and St. Cloud. |
| Mankato West |
Ken Essay |
Curtis Doell |
Essay stepped down after 10 seasons to become West's athletic director. Doell, a West assistant coach since 2000, played at UM-Duluth and in the American Hockey League. |
| Monticello |
Josh Solem |
Ben Monahan |
Monahan is a 1996 Robbinsdale Armstrong graduate who was a Monticello assistant for the last two seasons. He is completing his education degree at St. Cloud State. |
| North Branch |
Darrell Schulte |
Randy Gendreau |
Gendreau is a former varsity and junior varsity assistant coach at Chisago Lakes. |
| Prior Lake |
Dan Germundson |
Joe Pankratz |
Pankratz, a former Bloomington Jefferson and Omaha Lancers star, had been coaching in the Prior Lake youth system. |
| Richfield |
Mike Harris |
John Christ |
Christ is a former Spartans assistant coach. |
| River Lakes |
Jeff Boonstra |
Jeff Melby |
Melby was the head coach at Winadu High in Pittsfield, Mass., for six years. He also was a River Lakes assistant for two seasons. |
| Rochester Lourdes |
Aaron Gill |
Josh Spaniol |
Spaniol, a Rochester Mayo graduate, was an assistant in the Lourdes' program for the previous three seasons. |
| Roseau |
Scott Oliver |
Andy Lundbohm |
Lundbohm, a former Roseau player, was a Rams assistant coach for the previous five seasons. His staff includes former NHL players and Roseau natives Aaron Broten and Bryan "Butsy" Erickson. Oliver, who guided the Rams to a state title in 2007, will coach the junior varsity. |
| St. Cloud Apollo |
Kris Dougherty |
Pete Matanich |
Dougherty took the head girls hockey coaching position at Fargo North. Matanich, a 1997 Apollo graduate, had been a St. Cloud Tech assistant for nine seasons. |
| St. Cloud Tech |
Chad Hommerding |
Neil Andruschak |
Andruschak played at UM-Crookston and was both an assistant and head coach at St. Benedict. |
| St. Paul Academy |
Craig Norwich |
Joe Dziedzic |
Former Mr. Hockey took over the program in mid season after Norwich's resignation. Dziedzic played for Minneapolis Edison, the University of Minnesota and in the NHL for the Pittsburgh Penguins. |
| Shakopee |
Ed Loiselle |
Jeff Vizenor |
Vizenor was the head women's hockey coach at Minnesota State-Mankato for seven-plus seasons. |
