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Men's Hockey
- Title:
- Assistant Men's Hockey Coach
- Email:
- mpgibbons@stcloudstate.edu
- Phone:
- 320-308-3102
- Office:
- HBNHC 23
Mike Gibbons will begin his 13th season as an assistant coach at SCSU in 2019-20.
Gibbons previously served as the head boys’ hockey coach at Eastview High School in Apple Valley, Minn. from 1997 to 2007. In his coaching career that spans more than 25 years, Gibbons has had the opportunity to coach at all levels of the game including high school, juniors, college and professional.
Gibbons is a graduate of Bemidji State University, where he was a standout collegiate player for the Beavers from 1975 to 1979. He gained All-America notice in 1978 and 1979 and helped BSU win a national title in 1979. He went on to receive his Master’s degree from Bemidji State in 1989. He started his coaching career at Bemidji State as an assistant in 1981. Gibbons then served as the BSU head coach during the 1982-83 season, during which time he was named the NHCA Conference Coach of the Year and the College Division National Coach of the Year.
Gibbons moved to Northern Michigan University in 1983, and served as an assistant coach with the Wildcats’ hockey program until 1988. He went on to serve as an assistant coach at WCHA powers Colorado College (1988 to 1990) and the University of Denver (1990 to 1994). After leaving Denver, Gibbons worked for one year as the head coach for the Langley Thunder in the BCJHL.
From 1995 to 1997, Gibbons moved into the professional ranks as an assistant coach with the Baltimore Bandits – the Anaheim Ducks’ top affiliate in the AHL. Gibbons returned to Minnesota to take over as head coach at Eastview High School, when that school started up its boys’ hockey program in 1997. Since that time, Gibbons has gone on to earn Minnesota State High School League Section 5 Coach of the Year honors in 2001, 2003 and 2004.
In 2006, Gibbons served as an assistant coach for the USA Junior National Team, which placed fourth at the World Junior Tournament in Vancouver, B.C. In 1993, he was a co-coach with Scott Owens for the USA Select Team and he has coached numerous USA Hockey Select 17 teams during his career.
Gibbons and his wife Nancy have three children, Sean, Kelly and Shannon.
