Post #133 – April 10, 2024 – Recruiting Break For D-I Coaches Coming Soon
The NCAA ‘Quiet Period’ provides a nice break for D-I coaches to reset and recharge
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Errors & Omissions…
In Monday’s post I mentioned the location of the Girls USA Hockey Tier II National Championship Location was in Green Bay, WI. That was incorrect. The championships were held in East Lansing, Michigan.
D-I Coaches ‘Quiet Period’ Coming Soon…
D-I coaches have a few weeks left to evaluate players LIVE and in-person before the NCAA D-I women’s hockey quiet period begins. The quiet period does not allow D-I coaches to evaluate players who are in grade 9-12/PG live in-person off-campus or have face-to-face off-campus contact with recruits or family members.
The quiet period runs from the Monday (April 29, 2024) prior to the American Hockey Coaches Association Convention through May 31. So – D-I coaches will be back in the rinks June 1.
The quiet period however, does allow for D-I coaches to work camps/clinics with individuals who are in grade 8 or below.
With a few major events left on the recruiting calendar, you can bet coaches will be busy leading into the last weekend of April. Of note, some of the events D-I coaches could be attending over the next few weeks are:
-IIHF Worlds, Utica, NY
-IIHF Worlds Div. I Group A, Austria
-Ontario Provincial Championships, Toronto, Ontario
-Esso Cup – Canadian Women’s U18 National Club Championship, Vernon, BC
-USA Hockey National Development Camp Tryouts by District — Minnesota, Central, Michigan, Mid-AM, and Massachusetts
One of the nice things about the ‘quiet period’ is the chance to take a step back from the day-to-day duties a college coach has while while getting in some professional development at the AHCA National Convention in Naples, FL. Getting some much needed downtime to re-charge the battery during the month of May not not a bad thing either!
Coaching Changes Tracker Is Back…
Over the past few years I’ve kept track of every coaching and professional staff change across D-I and D-III.
With 4 D-I head coaching departures already, this off-season is shaping up to be an active one — yet again.
Click on the links below to see the D-I and D-III coaching and professional staff changes over the last three seasons.
I will try and keep up with the changes as they happen every few weeks.
Until Next Time Everyone… Be Well and Take Care,
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NCAA Coaching Changes… Keep up with all the coaching changes across D-I and D-III HERE.
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Hello There! Grant Kimball here… founder and contributing writer to my blog & website: Women’s College Hockey.org. I’m very glad you found my site. My goal is simple – to help those play women’s NCAA college hockey. I am beginning my 6th season as an Assistant Coach with the Yale University women’s hockey program. I have developed an experienced perspective in the world of women’s ice hockey having coached and recruited literally hundreds of players from across the globe and talked with thousands of parents during my close to 30 years of amateur and NCAA coaching. I have coached at 6 NCAA DI and DIII programs in the NCHA (D3), the CHA, WCHA, Hockey East, ECAC, and the Ivy League (DI). Beyond coaching, I have served in a variety of leadership capacities. I currently serves as an Officer with the American Hockey Coaches Association as Vice President of Women’s Hockey where I lead our D-I and D-III coaching body and sit on the AHCA’s Women’s Hockey Executive Committee.
