Chris Schultz (ice hockey)
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Geneseo State |
| Conference | SUNYAC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Chili, New York, USA |
| Alma mater | State University of New York at Geneseo |
| Playing career | |
| 1993–1997 | Geneseo State |
| Position(s) | Forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2000–2003 | Geneseo State (asst.) |
| 2003–2006 | Aquinas Institute |
| 2006–Present | Geneseo State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 259–122–28 (.667) |
| Tournaments | 8–5 (.615) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2014 SUNYAC champion 2016 SUNYAC tournament champion 2018 SUNYAC tournament champion 2019 SUNYAC champion 2019 SUNYAC tournament champion 2020 SUNYAC champion 2020 SUNYAC tournament champion 2022 SUNYAC champion 2022 SUNYAC tournament champion | |
| Awards | |
| 2014 Edward Jeremiah Award 2016 Edward Jeremiah Award | |
Chris Schultz is an American ice hockey coach and former player who was twice named the NCAA Division III coach of the year.[1]
Career
Schultz began his college career in 1993 and played for year for the ice hockey team at Geneseo State. A fairly unheralded athlete, Schultz' playing days ended upon his graduation with dual degree in special education and history.[2] He returned to his alma mater three years later as an assistant coach under his former bench boss Paul Duffy. He remained with the club for three seasons before taking over at his high school alma mater, the Aquinas Institute.
In 2006, after losing Jason Lammers to Division I, Geneseo State brought Schultz in as their new head coach. He was taking over a program that had won two consecutive SUNYAC titles and appeared primed to make the next step in the NCAA tournament. Unfortunately, the team regressed early in Schultz' tenure and the club posted one of its worst records in his second season. While the team improved markedly the following year, The program was his with a postseason ban in 2010 because the university had used financial aid grants to entice Canadian players to the school. Of the 21 grants awarded to Canadian students, 19 went to members of the ice hockey team.[3]
Despite the infraction, Schultz remained with the team and the program began to slowly rise over the course of several years.[4] In 2014, Schultz led the team to their first ever regular season title and, though they failed to win their conference tournament, they earned one of the few at-large bids. The Knights won two game to reach the Frozen Four for the first time and, though they lost to eventual champion St. Norbert, Schultz was selected as the national coach of the year. Two years later he led Geneseo back to the national semifinal and was again a recipient of the Edward Jeremiah Award, though this time the honor was shared with Peter Belisle.
The two appearances in the national semifinal helped raise the profile of the program but Shultz didn't stop there. Beginning in 2018, Geneseo State won four consecutive SUNYAC Tournament titles and made the Frozen Four in consecutive tournaments (discounting the cancellations due to COVID-19). In 2022 he led the Knights to the championship game for the first time where they ultimately fell to 1-loss Adrian.
Statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1993–94 | Geneseo State | SUNYAC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Geneseo State | SUNYAC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Geneseo State | SUNYAC | 24 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Geneseo State | SUNYAC | 22 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NCAA totals | — | 26 | 29 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geneseo State Knights (SUNYAC) (2006–present) | |||||||||
| 2006–07 | Geneseo State | 16–10–0 | 10–4–0 | 2nd | SUNYAC Semifinals | ||||
| 2007–08 | Geneseo State | 8–17–0 | 6–10–0 | 7th | |||||
| 2008–09 | Geneseo State | 14–12–1 | 8–7–1 | 3rd | SUNYAC Semifinals | ||||
| 2009–10 | Geneseo State | 13–10–2 | 9–6–1 | 4th | Postseason ban | ||||
| 2010–11 | Geneseo State | 16–8–2 | 10–5–1 | 2nd | SUNYAC Semifinals | ||||
| 2011–12 | Geneseo State | 13–12–1 | 7–8–1 | T–4th | SUNYAC Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2012–13 | Geneseo State | 17–9–1 | 11–4–1 | 3rd | SUNYAC Semifinals | ||||
| 2013–14 | Geneseo State | 23–7–0 | 14–2–0 | 1st | NCAA National Semifinal | ||||
| 2014–15 | Geneseo State | 12–10–4 | 9–6–1 | 3rd | SUNYAC Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2015–16 | Geneseo State | 20–5–6 | 9–2–5 | T–2nd | NCAA National Semifinal | ||||
| 2016–17 | Geneseo State | 17–7–3 | 10–5–1 | T–2nd | SUNYAC Semifinals | ||||
| 2017–18 | Geneseo State | 20–6–3 | 10–3–3 | 2nd | NCAA National Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2018–19 | Geneseo State | 25–2–2 | 13–1–2 | 1st | NCAA National Semifinal | ||||
| 2019–20 | Geneseo State | 22–3–2 | 13–1–2 | 1st | NCAA tournament cancelled | ||||
| 2021–22 | Geneseo State | 23–4–1 | 12–2–1 | 1st | NCAA National Runner-Up | ||||
| Geneseo State: | 259–122–28 | 151–66–20 | |||||||
| Total: | 259–122–28 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ "American Hockey Coaches Association". Archived from the original on 2010-01-16. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
- ^ "Chris Schultz". Geneseo State Knights. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
- ^ "NCAA bans teams from playoffs". ESPN. February 3, 2010. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
- ^ "Geneseo Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Articles with short description
- Living people
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- American ice hockey coaches
- American men's ice hockey players
- Ice hockey people from New York (state)
- People from Chili, New York
- State University of New York at Geneseo alumni
- State University of New York at Geneseo faculty