University of Calgary Men's Ice Hockey

Howell joined the Dinos with extensive experience as both a coach and general manager at the junior and midget levels, most recently with the Westside Warriors of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). Howell played three seasons in the Western Hockey League with the Seattle Thunderbirds and Medicine Hat Tigers before moving to Red Deer College, where he played for Mike Babcock. He spent one season with the University of Alberta Golden Bears, winning the 1992 University Cup title, before injuries forced him to retire. The Red Deer native began his coaching career at the midget level while working as an officer with the Calgary Police Service, working with the Calgary Buffaloes. He spent two seasons as an assistant with the SAIT Trojans before eventually taking over as head coach of the Calgary Midget AAA Flames for the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 seasons. From there he moved to Brandon to become an assistant coach with the WHLs Wheat Kings for two seasons. In 2003 Howell moved to Drayton Valley to become head coach and general manager of the Alberta Junior Hockey Leagues Thunder, where he posted a .625 winning percentage in three seasons. In 2006 he became the first head coach of the Westside Warriors, adding GM duties in 2008. The Warriors posted a franchise-best 40-17-3 (.635) record in the 2007-08 season, reaching the BCHLs Interior Conference final. Howell also has experience at the provincial and national team levels, including a stint as head coach of Team Alberta for the 2007 Canada Winter Games, winning a bronze medal. He was an assistant/video coach with the Canadian mens national team at the 2000 IIHF World Championships, fulfilling the same role for Hockey Canada at three consecutive World Junior Championships in 2000, 2001, and 2002. Howell also traveled to Granada, Spain as an associate coach for the Team Canada at the 2015 Winter Universiade. In his first season with the Dinos, Howell led them to a 13-9-6 record and a playoff appearance. In 2010-11, the Dinos finished in second place at 17-8-3, hosted the Canada West semi-final for the first time since 1997, and made the program's first CIS University Cup appearance since 2000. Howell was named the Canada West and CIS coach of the year. Since then, Howell has led the Dinos to three more appearances in the finals, falling to Saskatchewan in 2011-12 and Alberta the following two seasons.        Al Rollins (1964-68) George Kingston (1968-74, 1975-76, 1978-83, 1984-88) Gordon Cowan (1974-75, 1976-78) Gordon Jones (1983-84) Willie Desjardins (1988-94) Tim Bothwell (1994-2001) Scott Atkinson (2001-09) Mark Howell (2009-present) Education: Photo by David Moll Mark Howell's All-Time Coaching Record *Note: Overtime losses (OTL) count as losses in the coach's record. All-Time UC Men's Hockey Coaches