Brown University has named Tom Upton as its new men's ice hockey head coach. A native of Austin, TX, he succeeds Brendan Whittet, who resigned earlier this year for family medical reasons. Whittet coached his last game on Feb. 14, a 4-3 win over Dartmouth, as the Bears are being led by assistant coach Jason Smith for the remainder of the 2025-26 campaign.
Upton, 41, played defense at Wisconsin Stevens-Point from 2006 to 2010, notching two goals and 11 assists for 13 points to go with 183 penalty minutes in 89 career games. A three-year veteran of the North American Hockey League at the junior level, he later played briefly in the Southern Professional Hockey League before turning to coaching.
Upton coached as an assistant at his alma mater from 2010 to 2013 before spending one year with the USHL's Cedar Rapids Roughriders, also as an assistant, and two seasons as head coach of the NAHL's Minnesota Magicians. He then served three years as an assistant at Mercyhurst College, before returning to the USHL for one season where he guided the Madison Capitols to the 2022 Clark Cup Finals. He spent the past four seasons as an assistant with the University of Massachusetts.
Brown (5-21-2 overall, 4-14-2 ECAC Hockey) closes out its regular season this weekend at home against Rensselaer and Union.
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