Colorado College has a new head coach in former NCAA goaltender and assistant coach Kris Mayotte.
A press conference was held Monday in Colorado Springs to introduce Mayotte as the 15th head coach in the long history of the Tigers, after he spent the last two years as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan.
Mayotte, 38, began his coaching career as an assistant at St. Lawrence University from 2012 to 2014. He then joined Providence College for the next five seasons, the last one as an associate coach, and was part of the Friars' 2015 NCAA title team before he headed to Michigan in 2019.
Following two years in junior hockey with Cleveland (NAHL) and Sioux City (USHL), after backstopping Central Catholic High School in his native Pittsburgh, Mayotte played four years for Union College (2002-2006). He compiled a record of 46-52-13 over 116 appearances with a 2.69 goals-against average and a .907 save percentage for the Dutchmen, and ranks second all-time in Union hockey's NCAA Division I annals in wins (46), shutouts (10) and saves (2,977). As a senior in 2005-06, he went 16-15-5 with a career-best 2.33 GAA and .918 save percentage, along with a personal-high five shutouts.
After his graduation from Union, Mayotte played professionally in the AHL, CHL and ECHL for five seasons before retiring following the 2009-10 campaign. He takes over a Colorado College club that finished 4-17-2 in the NCHC last season, and which last made the NCAA tournament in 2011.
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