Nate Leaman

Nate Leaman

Sport(s)	Ice hockey
Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	Providence
Conference	Hockey East
Record	79–58–19
Biographical details
Born	November 27, 1972 Centerville, Ohio
Alma mater	SUNY Cortland
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–1999	Maine (asst.)
1999–2003	Harvard (asst.)
2003–2011	Union
2011–	Providence
Head coaching record
Overall	217–185–54
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1999 NCAA Championship (as assistant coach) 2015 NCAA Championship (as head coach)
Awards
Spencer Penrose Award (2010–11) Tim Taylor Award (2009–10, 2010–11)

Nate Leaman (born November 27, 1972) is an American ice hockey coach. He is currently the head coach for Providence. He was previously head coach at Union.

Leaman grew up in Kettering, Ohio, not playing hockey until he was a teenager.^[1] He attended SUNY Cortland, where he played on the hockey team, and graduated in 1997.^[2] He was inducted into the Cortland C-Club Hall of Fame in September 2014.^[2]

After Mark Mazzoleni resigned as Harvard head coach in June 2004, Leaman was reported to be considered for the position.^[3] However, he announced that he would not pursue the Harvard job and remain at Union.^[4]

Leaman was named ECAC Coach of the Year for the 2009–10 season^[5] and the 2010–11 season.^[6] He also won the Spencer Penrose Award for the 2010–11 season.^[7]

In April 2011, Leaman was hired to coach the Providence Friars.^[8] In September 2013, Leaman signed a contract extension with Providence through the 2020–21 season.^[9][10]

In 2014–15, after leading Providence to winning the national championship, Leaman was named USCHO Coach of the Year.^[11]

College head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Union Dutchmen (ECAC Hockey) (2003–2011)
2003–04	Union	14–17–5	8–11–3	8th
2004–05	Union	13–22–2	8–13–1	8th
2005–06	Union	16–16–6	9–9–4	T–6th
2006–07	Union	14–19–3	7–14–1	12th
2007–08	Union	15–14–6	10–7–5	T–4th
2008–09	Union	19–17–3	9–11–2	T–8th
2009–10	Union	21–12–6	12–6–4	3rd
2010–11	Union	26–10–4	17–3–2	1st	NCAA First Round
Union:		138–127–35 (.518)
Providence Friars (Hockey East) (2011–present)
2011–12	Providence	14–20–4	10–14–3	7th
2012–13	Providence	17–14–7	13–8–6	T–3rd
2013–14	Providence	22–11–6	11–7–2	3rd	NCAA Second Round
2014–15	Providence	26–13–2	13–8–1	2nd	NCAA Champions
2015–16	Providence
Providence:		79–58–19 (.567)
Total:		217–185–54 (.535)
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. "Providence’s Leaman takes unconventional road, with a primary assist from Shawn Walsh". USCHO.com Blogs :: Frozen Four Blog.
2. "Leaman going into Cortland C-Club Hall". USCHO.com.
3. "Harvard Zeroes In on Donato". USCHO.com.
4. "Leaman Confirms He’ll Remain At Union". USCHO.com.
5. "Union’s Leaman is ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year". USCHO.com.
6. "Union dominates ECAC awards". USCHO.com.
7. "Union coach Leaman wins Spencer Penrose Award". USCHO.com.
8. "Spencer Penrose Award winner Leaman moves to Providence". USCHO.com.
9. Mark Divver. "PC signs Leaman to four-year contract extension". providencejournal.com.
10. "Leaman inks contract extension at Providence". USCHO.com.
11. "USCHO coach of the year Leaman builds another championship-level program". USCHO.com.

External links

• Providence bio
• USCHO bio