Brad Holt

 Holt has built the UNE ice hockey program from the ground up, from a two-year pre-varsity team to its first season in the highly-competitive ECAC East.

A 1979 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Holt was a three-year letter winner and played on two NCAA Final Four squads. After graduation he played for the Dayton Gems in the Washington Capitals organization.

From 1980 until 1982, he was a player and coach for the Ishockey Klub of Aalborg, Denmark. While there, he won a First Division National Championship, earning him Coach of the Year honors.

His other experiences include being the head coach at New Hampton Prep (1996-2001), assistant coach at Colby College (1980), coach and arena manager for the Oyster River Youth Hockey Association (1985-1995), and head coach for the Green Mountain Glades of the Eastern Junior Hockey League (2001-2006). Two years ago, Holt served as a game official and referee evaluator for Hockey East. He was also on-ice director of The Clinic hosted by Bowdoin College and worked for that organization in different capacities for 30 years.

Holt has helped UNE bring back an ice hockey program that enjoyed a great deal of success in the late 1970's, winning three consecutive NAIA District 5 championships when the University was known as St. Francis College. In his first three seasons, he has already brought a great deal of excitement to the program and has cultivated key recruiting contacts that should enable him to establish the Nor'easters' hockey program as a power in upcoming years.

Brad Holt can be contacted at 2076022663 (UNE), 207283-0270 (rink), or  bholt@une.edu