The
latest NCAA head coaching vacancy this offseason was filled on Monday when
Michigan Tech University assistant coach Joe Shawhan was named as the 22nd
head coach overall of the Huskies. He succeeds Mel Pearson, an MTU graduate who
left Tech after six seasons to return to the University of Michigan as head
coach in place of the retired Red Berenson.
Shawhan
has been on MTU's staff the last three seasons, helping the Huskies to a WCHA
playoff title and NCAA Tournament berth this past season. He previously served
as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Lake Superior State University, and at Northern Michigan University. He also guided the U.S. Junior National Team to a
silver medal at the Viking Cup in Alberta as head coach in 2004, two years
after doing the same as an assistant.
Prior to
becoming an NCAA Division I college coach, Shawhan served as head coach and
general manager of the now-defunct Soo Kewadin Casino Indians of the North
American Hockey League from 1995 to 2005, amassing a league-record 474 junior “A”
wins to go along with three NAHL titles. He also turned out dozens of players
for the collegiate and professional ranks, most noticeably former Michigan
State University goaltender Ryan Miller, a Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner
and U.S. Olympian who now plays for the NHL's Vancouver Canucks.
A native
of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Shawhan played collegiately at LSSU. He led the Lakers
in total saves (480) in 1982-83 and in goals-against average (3.03) in 1985-86,
and finished with 1,130 career saves.
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