Kevin Patrick is an American ice hockey coach from

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. In 2020 Patrick was named boys' hockey program manager at

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. Prior to becoming the program manager at Culver, Patrick served the past eight seasons as an assistant coach at the

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Playing career

Patrick played for four years at Notre Dame, and also played lacrosse for two seasons. After college, Patrick played professional hockey with

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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

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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

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winner

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Muskegon Lumberjacks

In 2010 the

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an expansion franchise in the

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, 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 Kyle Wallack is an American ice hockey coach from West Hartford, Connecticut. He is currently the head coach for Albertus Magnus Falcons men's ice hockey team. Prior to becoming head coach at Albertus Magnus, Wallack served as the associate head ...

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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