Wisconsin-Eau Claire has introduced the hiring of Jarrad Vroman as the brand new head coach for the ladies’s hockey staff.
Vroman, a UW-Eau Claire alum, takes over the Blugold bench following two seasons as an assistant coach for the lads’s hockey staff at Augsburg. With Vroman on the teaching workers, the Auggies gained a MIAC regular-season championship in 2024.
“We’re proud to welcome Jarrad Vroman again to UW-Eau Claire as the pinnacle coach of our girls’s hockey program,” mentioned UWEC director of athletics Jason Verdugo in an announcement. “Jarrad’s deep roots in Blugold hockey, mixed together with his championship expertise and powerful management qualities, make him an distinctive match for this position. His ardour for mentoring student-athletes and his dedication to recruiting the following wave of proficient gamers might be instrumental in shaping the way forward for our program.”
Previous to his teaching profession, Vroman performed for the UW-Eau Claire males’s hockey staff earlier than getting into the skilled ranks. He helped the Blugolds win a regular-season WIAC title in 2020 and a WIAC Commissioner’s Cup in 2022. A defenseman, Vroman tallied 25 factors throughout his profession.
“My household and I couldn’t be extra excited to come back again to Eau Claire to steer the ladies’s hockey program,” Vroman mentioned. “I’m grateful Jason Verdugo and the whole athletics administration who’re entrusting me with a program that has had a lot success and potential. It’s an honor to be given the chance to the work with Blugold student-athletes and provides again to Blugold hockey, UW Eau Claire, and the good group.”
After his Blugold profession, Vroman performed one season {of professional} hockey within the SPHL with the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs, profitable the President’s Cup in 2023.
The Lincoln Park, Mich., native additionally has intensive expertise as a hockey teacher with the likes of Bowman Hockey and FHIT Hockey. He additionally volunteered with the Detroit Ice Goals nonprofit for a number of years.
Vroman at present resides in Eau Claire together with his spouse, Bree, and their daughter, Sophie. Bree a UW-Eau Claire girls’s hockey alum, holds the document for many profession video games performed (121).
