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BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott Athletic Department will welcome Andrew McPhee as the next head coach of the women's ice hockey program that, following the 2014-15 academic year, will become a NCAA varsity program with a new ice arena on campus in the fall of 2015. McPhee comes to Endicott with 14 years of experience including nine years as head coach of a top-10 NCAA Division III program at Trinity (Conn.) and most recently three years at NCAA Division I Brown University as first assistant.
"We are thrilled that Coach McPhee is joining the Endicott team and will be leading the transition of our women's ice hockey program," said Endicott Director of Athletics Brian Wylie. "Coach McPhee is a proven winner, coupled with his hockey background and experience make him a perfect fit with the current stage of the women's hockey program. His emphasis on academic success, leadership, character, and community involvement are some of the key attributes that I anticipate seeing within his program."
McPhee inherited a Bantams program at Trinity that was in transition from club to varsity status and built it into one of the premier teams in NCAA Division III. McPhee was named NESCAC Coach of the Year three times (2005, 2008, 2010), 13 All-NESCAC players, two NESCAC Players of the Year, three All-Americans, and one NCAA Division III National Player of the Year. In 2009-10, McPhee led the Bantams to a program-best 21-win season, a .786 win-percentage, and Trinity's first-ever bid into the NCAA Tournament.
The 2009-10 season also saw two of McPhee's players earn a spot on the All-American team including goalie Isabel Iwachiw who was the Laura Hurd Award winner, given to the top player in all of NCAA Division III women's ice hockey.
During his three seasons as an assistant coach at Brown, McPhee aided in all aspects of running a highly competitive Division I hockey program including making line-up decisions, game strategy, prospect evaluation, and player development. In his first season with the Bears, Brown qualified for postseason play for the first time in six years with an ECAC Tournament bid.
In addition to his expertise behind the bench, McPhee is a proven teacher of the values in excelling as a student and as a member of a highly-competitive athletic program. Twenty-five of his scholar-athletes were awarded NESCAC All-Academic honors during his tenure at Trinity.
McPhee was a member of the NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Championship Committee from 2008-11 and is an active member of both the American Hockey Coaches Association and the American Women's Hockey Coaches Association. McPhee has also spent time as the head coach and evaluator at numerous women's hockey camps across the country.
McPhee earned his bachelor's of arts degree in history from Middlebury in 1999 where he was a dual-sport athlete in both football and baseball. He started his coaching career with the Panthers, serving as an assistant coach with the women's ice hockey, football, and baseball programs. In 2000, the women's ice hockey program won their first NCAA Championship with a 27-2-1 season.
