Mike Hastings (ice hockey)

Mike Hastings (born February 3, 1966) is the current head ice hockey coach of the Minnesota State University, Mankato Mavericks. He was formerly the head coach and general manager of the Omaha Lancers in the United States Hockey League. He is also the coach for the United States World Juniors team.

Mike Hastings

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Minnesota State
Conference	WCHA
Biographical details
Born	February 3, 1966 Eugene, Oregon, U.S.
Alma mater	St. Cloud State University
Playing career
1986–1988	St. Cloud State
Position(s)	Defenceman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1992	St. Cloud State (Assistant)
1992–1993	Omaha Lancers (Assistant)
1993–1994	St. Cloud State (Assistant)
1994–2008	Omaha Lancers
2003, 2005	US World Junior Team (Assistant)
2008–2009	Minnesota (Assistant)
2009–2012	Nebraska–Omaha (Assistant)
2012–Present	Minnesota State
Head coaching record
Overall	214–85–23 (.700) [College]
Tournaments	0–5 (.000)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2014 WCHA Tournament Champion 2015 WCHA Champion 2015 WCHA Tournament Champion 2016 WCHA Champion 2018 WCHA Champion 2019 WCHA Champion 2019 WCHA Tournament Champion 2020 WCHA Champion
Awards
2013 WCHA Coach of the Year 2015 WCHA Coach of the Year 2015 Spencer Penrose Award

Career

He was the head coach of the Omaha/River City Lancers from 1994–2008 where he was twice named the USHL Coach of the Year (1996–97 and 2001–02)[1] and five times was named the USHL General Manager of the Year (1997, 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2008).[2]

After a successful 14-year run in the USHL Hastings returned to the college ranks, joining the staff at Minnesota as an assistant for a year before becoming an associate head coach at Nebraska–Omaha. After three years with the Mavericks Hastings accepted the head coaching position at Minnesota State. Then Hastings arrived in Mankato the program had only one winning season in the previous nine years and he immediately turned the program around. In his first year the team doubled their win total, going 24–14–3 and making the second NCAA tournament appearance since joining Division I in 1996.[3] The team improved in each of the next two seasons, winning the WCHA tournament both years and was the #1 seed in the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

While postseason success has eluded him, Hastings' 5 consecutive 20+ win seasons to start his career led to Minnesota State giving him a 10-year contract extension in the spring of 2017.[4]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Minnesota State Mavericks (WCHA) (2012–present)
2012–13	Minnesota State	24–14–3	16–11–1	t-4th	NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinals
2013–14	Minnesota State	26–14–1	20–7–1	2nd	NCAA Northeast Regional Semifinals
2014–15	Minnesota State	29–8–3	21–4–3	1st	NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinals
2015–16	Minnesota State	21–13–7	16–5–6	t-1st	WCHA Runner-Up
2016–17	Minnesota State	22–13–4	15–9–4–2	3rd	WCHA Semifinals
2017–18	Minnesota State	29–10–1	22–5–1–0	1st	NCAA West Regional Semifinals
2018–19	Minnesota State	32–8–2	22–5–1–1	1st	NCAA East Regional Semifinals
2019–20	Minnesota State	31–5–2	23–4–1–1	1st	Tournament Cancelled
Minnesota State:		214–85–23	166–50–18
Total:		214–85–23
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. USHL Coach of the Year :: USHL.COM Archived 2010-10-30 at the Wayback Machine
2. USHL General Manager of the Year :: USHL.COM Archived 2010-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Minnesota State Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
4. "Minnesota State Pays Up to Keep Mike Hastings". SB Nation. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-06-02.

External links

• Mike Hastings career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database