Dan Grisanti - Head Coach / GM

Dan is returning to the Retriever Coaching Staff as Head Coach and General Manager for 2007-08, his fifth full season. Dan hails from Buffalo, NY where he played for Saint Joseph's Collegiate Institute prep school and the Niagara Falls Cataracts Junior B team. He moved to Maryland in 1998 where he obtained his advanced coaching certificate and has been coaching DeMatha Catholic high school and Bantam A for the Chesapeake Chiefs organization of the Capital Beltway (CBHL) as a head coach. He has worked as an instructor in summer camps and has expanded his knowledge of the game by attending various clinics and assisting with other teams throughout the Maryland area, and recently received his Masters Level Certification from USA Hockey.

Dan is also a Product Support Specialist of BioHorizons Implant Systems, specializing in dental implants and oral reconstruction products. He currently resides in Crofton, MD.

Contact Coach: headcoach@umbcicehockey.com

 

Roy Backman - Assistant Coach

Backman, in his fourth season for 2007-2008 with UMBC, holds a Level 5 Masters Coaching credential with USA Hockey. Coach Backman brings years of experience both off the ice and behind the bench, and is an avid team builder/recruiter seeking quality players on and off the ice. Backman is always looking to promote the quality in a player from within.

Roy is a native Long Islander (Bethpage), New York, and a graduate of SUNY Stony Brook, BS, and Adelphi University, MS Geology. Backman resides in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Contact Coach: coachbackman@umbcicehockey.com, AIM: umbcicehockey