Greg Brown (Boston School), Steve Miller (Minnesota), and Garrett Raboin (Augustana) have been named assistant coaches for the 2026 U.S. Nationwide Junior Group.
As well as, David Lassonde (USA Hockey) was tabbed goaltending coach and Jacob LeRoy (Minnesota) and Travis Winter (Bemidji State) have been named video coaches.
The group will work with Bob Motzko (Minnesota) who has beforehand been named head coach of the 2026 U.S. Nationwide Junior Group.
The U.S. enters the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship – which can be performed in Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minn., from Dec. 26, 2025 – Jan. 5, 2026 — having gained gold within the earlier two World Juniors.
ABOUT BROWNGreg Brown, a two-time Olympian as a participant and the present head males’s hockey coach at Boston School, will function an assistant coach for the U.S. Nationwide Junior Group for the fourth time.
Brown has helped information two U.S. Nationwide Junior Groups to medals, together with gold in 2017 and bronze in 2018. He was additionally a part of the workers of the 2014 squad that completed in fifth place.
A local of Scituate, Mass., Brown has served as head coach at BC the previous three seasons, guiding the Eagle to 2 NCAA match appearances, together with a spot within the 2024 nationwide title recreation. The 2024 Spencer Penrose Award recipient as the highest coach in NCAA Division I males’s ice hockey led Boston School to each the 2024 Hockey East regular-season and match championships.
Brown spent 14 seasons behind the bench for the Eagles from 2004-18 as a part of former head coach Jerry York’s workers, serving to BC earn nationwide championships in 2008, 2010, and 2012. After eight seasons as an assistant coach, he was elevated to affiliate head coach following the 2012 NCAA title.
Brown’s teaching profession has additionally included one season (2021-22) as bench boss of the USHL’s Dubuque Combating Saints and three campaigns (2018-21) as an assistant coach of the NHL’s New York Rangers.
Brown performed collegiately at Boston School and went on to compete professionally for 13 seasons, together with 4 campaigns within the NHL. He represented the US at each the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Winter Video games and likewise performed on two U.S. Nationwide Junior Groups and thrice was part of the U.S. Males’s Nationwide Group on the world championship.
ABOUT MILLERSteve Miller, affiliate head coach of the Minnesota males’s hockey group, has influenced important success each on the collegiate stage and on the world stage throughout his time behind the bench over elements of the final 5 a long time.
Miller has served as an assistant coach for eight earlier U.S. Nationwide Junior Groups, with six medals to his credit score, together with gold 4 occasions (2025, 2024, 2021, 2017), silver in 2019 and bronze in 2018.
Over his greater than 35-year teaching profession, which started at Saint Mary’s in 1988-89, and has included stops at Miami, Denver, Windfall, Air Pressure, Ohio State and Minnesota, Miller has three NCAA nationwide titles to his credit score, together with quite a few convention regular-season and post-season championships, and NCAA match appearances.
The Solar Prairie, Wis., native – who was honored with the AHCA Terry Flanagan Award in 2009 recognizing an assistant coach’s profession physique of labor — has coached or recruited greater than 25 gamers who’re at present enjoying within the NHL.
ABOUT RABOINGarrett Raboin will enter his third season as the top males’s hockey coach at Augustana in 2025-26. He’ll function an assistant coach of the U.S. Nationwide Junior Group for the third straight yr.
Previous to arriving at Augustana, Raboin spent 4 seasons as an assistant males’s hockey coach at Minnesota, highlighted by serving to the Gophers to the NCAA Frozen 4 in 2023. Throughout his time with at Minnesota, the Gophers gained the Large Ten championship in 2022, and made three NCAA match appearances (2021, 2022, 2023).
Previous to becoming a member of the Gophers, Raboin spent six seasons as an assistant males’s hockey coach at his alma mater, St. Cloud State, and helped information the Huskies to 5 journeys to the NCAA match, together with a spot within the 2013 Frozen 4, together with three NCHC regular-season championships.
As a participant, Raboin was a two-time All-WCHA choice and led St. Cloud State to a few NCAA match berths. He went on to play professionally in Europe for 2 seasons.
ABOUT LASSONDEDavid Lassonde, the nationwide goaltending coach for USA Hockey, has greater than 35 years of teaching expertise over elements of 5 a long time, together with time behind the bench for 16 worldwide occasions.
Most just lately, Lassonde was a part of the teaching workers that helped the U.S. to a bronze medal within the 2025 IIHF Below-18 Males’s World Championship. As well as, he was a part of the workers of the gold medal-winning U.S. Nationwide Junior Group at each the 2025 and 2024 IIHF World Junior Championships.
He served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Below-18 Males’s Nationwide Group on the 2023 IIHF Below-18 Males’s World Championship the place Group USA gained gold and was additionally on the teaching workers for the silver medal-winning U18 squad in 2022 in addition to the 2024 group.
The Durham, N.H., native additionally served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic Males’s Hockey Group on the 2022 Olympic Winter Video games; 4 different U.S. Nationwide Junior Groups, together with the silver medal-winning 2019 squad and gold medal-winning 2013 group; the 2015 championship-winning U.S. Below-17 Choose Group; and the U.S. Below-18 Choose Group that completed second on the 2016 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup.
Lassonde boasts a 32-year NCAA Division I males’s hockey teaching profession that features stops at Dartmouth, Denver, New Hampshire, Miami and Wisconsin with 20 NCAA match berths, together with 5 appearances within the males’s Frozen 4. He was honored with the AHCA Terry Flanagan Award in 2007 recognizing an assistant coach’s profession physique of labor.
ABOUT LEROYJacob LeRoy, director of hockey operations for the Minnesota’s males’s hockey group, is serving on the workers of the U.S. Nationwide Junior Group for the primary time.
The Dublin, Ohio, native joined the Golden Gophers workers forward of the 2021-22 season, aiding Minnesota to back-to-back Large Ten regular-season championships in his first two seasons with this system. In his 4 seasons with the Gophers, Minnesota has made 4 NCAA match appearances, together with two journeys to the NCAA Frozen 4 and a spot within the 2023 nationwide championship recreation.
LeRoy spent 4 years as a scholar assistant of hockey operations at Ohio State previous to becoming a member of Minnesota. The Buckeyes earned two NCAA match berths throughout his time with the group, together with a run to the 2018 Frozen 4.
ABOUT WINTERTravis Winter, affiliate head coach of the Bemidji State males’s hockey group, is serving on the workers of the U.S. Nationwide Junior Group for the primary time.
The St. Cloud, Minn., native has been a part of the Beavers teaching workers for the final 11 campaigns, together with the primary eight as assistant coach and the final three as affiliate head coach.
Earlier to his time at BSU, he was the top coach and director of hockey operations for the NAHL’s Aberdeen Wings for one season (2013-14). Previous to that, he spent elements of 4 seasons (2009-10 to 2012-13) serving as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the USHL’s Cedar Rapids RoughRiders.
Winter was additionally a volunteer coach for the Saint John’s males’s hockey group in 2009 and served on the teaching workers of the USA Hockey Choose 15 Nationwide Camp in 2010.
As participant, Winter was a four-year letter-winner (2005-09) for Bemidji State the place as a senior, he served as captain and helped the Beavers to this system’s first-ever Frozen 4 look in 2009.
