UND’s search for associate head men’s hockey coach begins

GRAND FORKS– UND is starting its look for Dane Jackson’s top assistant coach.The school

posted its associate head males’s hockey coach position Monday. The task posting closes in a week at 11:55 p.m. April 21.

It is the last open position on Jackson’s staff.Jackson was hired late last month as UND’s 17th men’s hockey coach.The projected salary is listed at$ 185,100 to $222,100.

Last week, Jackson worked with Bryn Chyzyk to function as the team’s general manager and lead UND’s recruiting, transfer portal management and lineup management.Jackson also confirmed he

will keep Dillon Simpson as an assistant. Simpson was employed by previous coach Brad Berry two years ago.College hockey teams are enabled to have four full-time coaches.Chyzyk is designated as one, so he’s enabled to hire off campus.

The task posting needs prospects to have a mix

of 7 years of experience coaching college or junior hockey and/or playing at the pro level. The posting unlocks for a wide array of candidates.UND’s personnel department will screen the candidates after the due date, then provide the applicants to athletic director Bill Chaves and Jackson.Then, interviews will begin.Jackson said in an interview with the Herald previously this month that he wished to speed up the general supervisor position, but he ‘d take more time on the associate head coach.Several prospects still could be training their groups. Junior hockey playoffs are going on in the U.S. and Canada.College hockey concluded Saturday night with Western Michigan beating Boston

University to win the NCAA championship game. By Brad Elliott Schlossman has actually covered college hockey for the Grand Forks Herald given that 2005. He has actually been acknowledged by the Associated Press Sports Editors as the leading beat writer for the Herald’s circulation department 4 times and the North Dakota sportswriter of the year two times. He resides in Grand Forks

. Reach him at bschlossman@gfherald.com.