Mark Mazzoleni

Mark Mazzoleni

Sport(s)	Ice hockey
Current position
Title	Goaltending Coach
Team	St. Norbert College
Biographical details
Born	January 25, 1956 Green Bay, Wisconsin
Playing career
1976–1980	Michigan State
Position(s)	Goaltender
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1991	Wisconsin–Stevens Point
1991–1994	Minnesota (assistant)
1994–1999	Miami
1999–2004	Harvard
2004–2008	Green Bay Gamblers
2009–Present	St. Norbert (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	302–207–43
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCHA Regular Season Championship (1989, 1990) NCHA Tournament Championship (1989, 1990, 1991) ECAC Tournament Championship (2002, 2004) NCAA Division III Championship (1989, 1990, 1991)
Awards
1997 CCHA CCHA Coach of the Year

Mark Mazzoleni is an American ice hockey coach. He was the head coach of the Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers from 1985 thru the end of the 1991, winning 3 consecutive Division III National Titles.^[1] After 1991 he took a position as an assistant coach at the University of Minnesota for three seasons before he got the opportunity to be the head coach of a Division I school.^[2] Mazzoleni stepped into the Miami job after George Gwozdecky left and while he had success with the team (3 winning seasons in 5 years), he could not sustain the high level of success his predecessor had achieved.^[3] He was able to parlay his experience at Miami into a second head coaching job, this time at Harvard, replacing the embattled Ronn Tomassoni^[4] who had not led the Crimson to a winning season in 5 years.^[5] After a one-season hangover Mazzoleni returned Harvard to ECAC prominence, winning the conference tournament in both 2002 and 2004 while finishing as the runner-up in 2003.

Similar to what he had done with Wisconsin–Stevens Point, after three successful seasons Mazzoleni left Cambridge, Massachusetts to take over as head coach of the Green Bay Gamblers, a USHL team based in his hometown, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Mazzoleni seemed to be working the same magic he had at Harvard and Wisconsin–Stevens Point when the Gamblers made the playoffs in his second season, their first appearance in 4 years, but after another moderately successful campaign Green Bay took a sharp dip in the standings, finishing the 2007–08 season dead last with a 13–41–6 record and his tenure as coach was terminated.^[6][7] Mazzoleni did not remain idle for long, however, as he was announced as an assistant coach for St. Norbert College in October 2009, joining the staff of Tim Coghlin who had been part of Mazzoleni's first recruiting class as a head coach.^[8] As of 2014 he still holds that position.

College Head Coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Cornell (NCHA) (1985–86–present)
1985–86	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	12–12–0
1986–87	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	16–12–0
1987–88	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	18–10–2
1988–89	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	34–5–2			NCAA Division III National Champion
1989–90	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	28–4–6			NCAA Division III National Champion
1990–91	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	27–9–0			NCAA Division III National Champion
Wisconsin–Stevens Point:		135–52–10
Miami (CCHA) (1994–95–1998–99)
1994–95	Miami	18–5–6	13–8–6	5th	CCHA Final Five
1995–96	Miami	10–22–4	9–17–4	7th	CCHA Quarterfinals
1996–97	Miami	27–12–1	19–7–1	2nd	NCAA West Regional Quarterfinals
1997–98	Miami	9–20–4	8–12–2	5th	CCHA Quarterfinals
1998–99	Miami	11–20–5	9–17–4	9th	None
Miami:		85–83–20	58–61–17
Harvard (ECAC Hockey) (1999-00–2003–04)
1999-00	Harvard	11–17–2	9–10–2	7th	ECAC First Round
2000–01	Harvard	16–15–2	12–8–2	3rd	ECAC Third Place
2001–02	Harvard	15–15–4	10–9–3	3rd	NCAA East Regional Quarterfinals
2002–03	Harvard	22–10–2	17–4–1	2nd	NCAA Northeast Regional Semifinals
2003–04	Harvard	18–15–3	10–10–2	6th	NCAA East Regional Semifinals
Harvard:		82–72–13	58–41–10
Total:		302–207–43
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "Mark Mazzoleni Year-By-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
2. "Mazzoleni Joins St. Norbert as Assistant Coach". USCHO.com. 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
3. "Miami Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
4. "Harvard Tabs Mazzoleni". USCHO.com. 1999-07-18. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
5. "Harvard Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
6. "2007–08 United States Hockey League Standings". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
7. "College hockey: Mazzoleni rebounds as key member of St. Norbert coaching staff". Green Bay Gazette. 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
8. "Mazzoleni Joins St. Norbert as Assistant Coach". USCHO.com. 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2014-04-29.

External links

• Mark Mazzoleni's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Mark Mazzoleni's career statistics at EliteProspects.com