John Hamre (pronounced HAM-ree), who worked with Eaves as an assistant coach for two years at the U.S. National Team Development Program, is in his first year as Wisconsin's Director of Hockey Operations.
Hamre comes with a wealth of experience and a varied background that includes NCAA, junior, high school and Olympic hockey.
Hamre spent last yearyear on the math faculty at Benilde-St. Margarets High School in Minnesota, after spending the prior year as a substitute teacher at Benilde-St. Margarets, while serving as a coach and consultant for the Washington Junior Nationals (EHL) in Laurel, Maryland.
The holder of three degrees from the University of Minnesota, including a bachelor's degree in mathematics (1991), an MBA with a finance emphasis (1993) and a Ph.D in educational policy and administration (2007), he boasts five years as an assistant coach at the NCAA Division I level. He served Yale as an assistant coach from 1998-2000, Alaska Anchorage for the 1996-97 season and Princeton from 1994-96. He also spent the 1991-92 season as a graduate assistant coach for Minnesota, before spending two seasons (1992-94) as the team's video coordinator and administrative assistant.
In addition to his collegiate history, Hamre spent nine seasons as the boys varsity hockey coach at The Blake School in Minneapolis from 2002-11, leading the team to three Minnesota State High School League State Tournaments. Other hockey coaching stops along the way include the Coulee Region Chill (NAHL), Michigan Warriors (NAHL) and Vermont Lumberjacks (EHL), and volunteer stints with the Dayton Bombers (ECHL) and Walpole Express Junior `A' (AJHL).
Hamre also helped USA Hockey for the 1994 Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway, as a video assistant coach.
