University of North Dakota Men's Golf

UND Hall of Famer Todd Schaefer enters his seventh season as North Dakota's head men's golf coach in the 2025-26 season. He was named the head golf coach in August 2019. A Grand Forks, N.D., native, Schaefer was a Hall of Fame golfer for UND in the 1980s and has remained a fixture in the golf scene in this area ever since. It was another year, another group of records that fell under Schaefer's guidance, as he helped the Fighting Hawks match the program record for a team score at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate that was set in 2023-24 on the final day of the Summit League Men's Golf Championships -- a score that bested the previous mark by 17 strokes.  The 2024-25 squad also two medalist finishes and saw Nathan Peyerl and Grayson Wetch become the first pair of UND men's golfers to earn Summit League weekly honors.  Records have continued to fall under Schaefer, with the Fighting Hawks once again rewriting the record book in 2023-24 at the Summit League Championships. As a team, UND shot s 276 (-8) to shatter the previous school record by eight strokes and finished the event with an overall team score of 863 (-1) to demolish the school record by a whopping 17 stokes.  After a record-breaking year in 2021-22, Schaefer and the Fighting Hawks were at it again with another shattering year for the program since moving to the Division I level. Sophomore Lucas Feterl shined on the individual course with a 67 (-4) in the second round of the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate to post the third-lowest score by a UND men's player in the DI era.  UND also broke the program's Division I era record for the lowest total team score in a round on a pair of occasions, firing a 284 in the final round of play at the Zach Johnson Invitational on Sept. 27 and then matching the feat in the second round of the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate on Oct. 24.  The 2022-23 squad continued to set records on the team side, finishing with the lowest 54-hole score since the program moved to Division I with an 881 at the Stampede at the Creek in Omaha, Neb. (Apr. 10-11, 2023). As a team, the Fighting Hawks also finished with a 301.79 scoring average, the lowest since moving to the Summit League.    Schaefer led the Fighting Hawks to a record breaking year in the 2021-22 season. He coached sophomore Brandon McGarry as he recorded the second lowest individual score in the Division I era by securing a 66 in the second round of the Stampede at the Creek on Oct. 4-5, 2022 in Omaha, Neb. Along with that feat, he coached the rest of the team as they secured the lowest total team score in the Division I era by carding a 287 in the second round of Stampede at the Creak on Oct. 4-5, 2022. Not only did they achieve this feat, but the men's golf team also recorded the second lowest total team score in the Division I era (2009-2022) with a 908 in the Summit League Championships in Newton, Kan. This team score of 908 resulted in them also recording the lowest team score since the Fighting Hawks entered the Summit League. They continued to etch their names in the record books as they secured the second lowest team score average per round in the Division I era with a team average of 306.   Schaefer helped lead the Fighting Sioux to three North Central Conference (NCC) championships (1981-83). He played in three NCAA Division II national tournaments, earning honorable mention all-America honors as a sophomore and was a second teamer as a senior.   He was the NCC Medalist in 1984 and during his amateur golf career won four Grand Forks All-City Tournament, a pair of North Dakota Open Amateur titles, 11 North Dakota Sttae Championships, two Birchmont Mid-Amateur crowns and was honored to compete nationally in the U.S. Amateur, U.S. Mid-Amateur and three USGA team events.  He is an inductee of three halls of fame, going into UND's Hall of Fame in 2000, before being inducted to the North Dakota Hall of Fame in 2003 and most recently into Red River High School's Hall of Fame.     Recently, Schaefer has sat on numerous athletics boards, including a 25-year stint as a North Dakota Golf Association member to help promote golf and events in the state. He also served terms on the Grand Forks Country Club board and the UND Letterwinner board and is currently on the NDGA Hall of Fame board.

North Dakota Athletics announced on Monday, July 10, 2023 that Kris Kroetsch was named as the newest head coach for the women's golf program. The 2025-26 season will be his second on the staff.  It was another strong year for UND in 2024-25, with Kroetsch helping his squad post a trio of medalist finishes, including winning the team title at the WIU Intercollegiate in April. The Fighting Hawks also placed second at the NDSU Invitational in Oxbow, N.D. and third at the Tommie Invitational in Stillwater, Minn.  Kyle Warner shined on the individual side, capturing the individual title at the WIU Intercollegiate with a 221 and was the only competitor to fire a round in the 60's over the entire event. Fellow sophomore Gigi Lund also had a strong season, capped off by a third-place finish at the WIU Intercollegiate.  In his first year with the program, Kroetsch helped the team card a trio of top-3 finishes in team events, including capturing the team crown at the Tracy Lane Memorial in Bemidji, Minn. The Fighting Hawks also finished third at the Tommie Invitational in St. Paul, Minn. and third at the WIU Intercollegiate.  On the individual side, a pair of young players made their marks with freshman Kylie Warner and sophomore Emersyn Walker each leading the way in scoring. The duo combined for three top-10 finishes, a top-5 placement and an individual title by Walker at the Tracy Lane Memorial in Bemidji.  Kroetsch returned to his alma mater following an over decade-long career as a PGA Teaching Professional in Fargo, while also serving as a volunteer assistant coach for the North Dakota State women's golf team. During his time as a teaching professional, Kroetsch was named the 2016 Minnesota PGA Teacher and Coach of the Year as well as earning four Dakota Chapter PGA Teacher of the Year honors. The Grand Forks, N.D., native was a member of the UND men's golf team from 1998-2001, helping the Fighting Sioux capture a pair of North Central Conference (NCC) crowns before embarking on a professional career that saw him win 36 events in the Dakota Chapter and Minnesota Section of the PGA, appear in two PGA National Assistants Championships and four PGA Professional National Championships. Kroetsch is a 2001 graduate of North Dakota, earning his Bachelor of Science degree in secondary education.

University of North Dakota head hockey coach Dane Jackson announced on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 the hiring of former UND captain and defenseman Matt Smaby as the program’s associate head coach.   Smaby returns to North Dakota after a successful, four-year run with the Waterloo Blackhawks in the USHL as the organization’s head coach. As the bench boss, he guided the Blackhawks to the postseason in each of his four seasons and won over 100 games in that stretch.   In 2024-25, Smaby led Waterloo on a historic postseason run that included defeating the league’s top regular season team Lincoln before coming within an overtime goal of winning the second Clark Cup in the organization’s history with a 3-2 series loss to Muskegon.   Smaby has also enjoyed success at the international level, working on the coaching staff for Team USA at the World Junior A Challenge over the last three seasons. He won gold as an assistant in 2022 before taking over as head coach and capturing bronze in 2023 and gold once again in 2024.   He got his start in the coaching world at North Dakota, serving as a volunteer assistant coach from 2017-19 while completing his degree. After his time at UND, Smaby got his first full-time coaching position with EC Red Bull Salzburg in Austria where he coached the league’s second-best penalty kill at 85.3%.   Smaby played at UND from 2003-04 through 2005-06 and captained the 2005-06 squad to a berth in the NCAA Frozen Four. After leading the program to a pair of Frozen Four appearances and a Western Collegiate Hockey Association title in his three seasons, Smaby went on to play in 122 games over four years with the National Hockey League’s Tampa Bay Lightning before winning multiple championships in Europe.   Smaby and his wife, Jenna, reside in Grand Forks, N.D, with their two children Sloane and Jack.    THE MATT SMABY FILE Position: Associate Head Coach Hometown: Minneapolis, Minn. Education: North Dakota (2019)   CAREER IN HOCKEY AS A COACH 2021-25: Waterloo (USHL, Head Coach) 2023, 2024: Team USA (World Junior A Challenge, Head Coach) 2022: Team USA (World Junior A Challenge, Assistant Coach) 2020-21: Grand Forks Bantam AA (Head Coach) 2019-20: EC Red Bull Salzburg (DEL, Assistant Coach) 2017-19: North Dakota (NCAA, Volunteer Assistant Coach)   AS A PLAYER 2001-03: Shattuck St. Mary’s (USHS-Prep) 2003-06: North Dakota (NCAA) 2006-11: Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL)/Norfolk Admirals (AHL) 2011-13: Syracuse Crunch (AHL)/Norfolk Admirals (AHL) 2013-17: EHC Red Bull München (DEL)  

Swanson as the head coach of the mens golf program on Friday. Swanson replaces long-time UND mens golf coach , who had come out of retirement to lead the program on an interim basis for the last two seasons. A veteran of the golf industry as both an instructor and accomplished player, Swanson spent the 2012-13 academic year as the head girls golf coach at Central High School in Grand Forks. He led the Knights to the 2013 Class State Tournament. Swanson is a licensed Class A-13 professional with the PGA of America and the Minnesota Section of America. He also brings a wealth of knowledge on the game and over 20 years of successful management in the private and public golf facilities to his new post at UND. Tim brings a great passion for the game of golf along with a solid reputation as a teacher of the sport to this position, Faison said. He brings a unique set of skills to the program that will help our student-athletes prepare academically and competitively for Big Sky Conference competition in a year. Prior to his one-year stint at Central High School, Swanson was the general manager and head PGA golf professional at the Faulkwood Shores Golf Club in Howell, Mich., for 12 years. He held similar positions at the Southern Hills Country Club in Sioux City, Iowa (1994-97) and Two Rivers Golf Club in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota (1987-94). Im excited to head a Division I golf program, Swanson said. This will be a new endeavor for me and it gives me the opportunity to share with these young men my enthusiasm, knowledge and experience within a game that I have been a PGA Professional in for more than 23 years.

Former North Dakota defenseman and team captain Dillon Simpson returned to the program as the program's first full-time third assistant coach prior to the 2023-24 season. This upcoming year will be his third on staff. During the 2024-25 campaign, Simpson once again saw his defensive group shine -- highlighted by sophomore Jake Livanavage earning AHCA/CCM All-America Second Team and All-NCHC First Team honors -- with the latter accolade being the first UND underclassman defenseman to do so since 2000-01. Fellow sophomore Abram Wiebe also exploded offensively, ranking third on the team with 20 assists and fourth on the squad with 24 points while rookies EJ Emery, Andrew Strathmann and Jayden Jubenvill all took major development strides.  In his first season behind the bench in 2023-24, Simpson took over a defensive group that went through complete change, as North Dakota became the first team in college hockey history to not have a single returner on the blue line. Despite having eight new players in the fold, Simpson helped UND improve in nearly every defensive metric and saw multiple players earn conference accolades, including freshman Jake Livanavage being named to the NCHC All-Rookie Team after scoring the most points by a UND rookie defenseman this century.  Simpson returned to North Dakota following a strong professional playing career, amassing nearly 500 career games in the American Hockey League over nine seasons. After spending four years with the Edmonton Oilers organization, Simpson spent his final five seasons with the Cleveland Monsters, wearing a letter for the team in each of those years. He served as the captain for the Monsters from 2021-23, earning the organization’s man of the year award this spring for his off-ice contributions to the community. Simpson spent four seasons at North Dakota from 2010-14, helping the program reach the NCAA Tournament in each of the four years, including two NCAA Frozen Four berths in 2011 and 2014. Over his career, Simpson appeared in 156 games for the green and white, tallying 16 goals and 59 assists for 75 points. The Edmonton, Alberta, native captained the 2013-14 UND squad to the NCAA Frozen Four, knocking off top-seeded Wisconsin and Ferris State in the regionals in Cincinnati. Simpson earned his bachelor’s degree in managerial finance and accounting from North Dakota in 2014. Dillon and his wife, Haley, reside in Grand Forks, N.D, with their two daughters Stevie and Halston.

The longest-tenured member of the men’s hockey program’s full-time staff, Mark Poolman, ATC, CSCS is in his 31st season as the program’s athletic trainer and also doubles as the team’s strength and conditioning coordinator entering 2025-26. The East Grand Forks, Minn., native has been critical in the modernization and development of the program's off-ice protocol, working to build one of college hockey's largest and most intricate weight rooms and recovery areas while also re-imagining nutrition and offseason growth.  Poolman is a 1992 graduate of UND with bachelor degrees in physical education and athletic training. Poolman completed his master’s degree in exercise physiology at UND in 1997. A native of Warren, Minn., Poolman was a three-year letterwinner on the gridiron and served as UND team captain during his senior season. He was also a first-team all-North Central Conference wide receiver for the Fighting Sioux in 1988. Poolman and his wife, LeAnne, have three sons, Tucker, Colton and Mason. Tucker was a standout defenseman at UND from 2014-17 and has played over 160 NHL games with Winnipeg and Vancouver. Colton was a two-time captain for the Fighting Hawks and is entering his sixth professional season. Mason is currently a junior hockey player at St. Thomas. 

Dan Johansson was named equipment manager for the North Dakota hockey program during the summer of 2018 after having spent the previous five years at Canisius College. He has been crucial in helping North Dakota secure some of the top equipment deals in collegiate hockey, working directly with Adidas and CCM. Johansson was also at the forefront in helping design the program's "NoDak" jerseys, worn for select home games beginning in the 2021-22 season, as well as the specialty jerseys seen at the 2021 and 2022 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Games in Nashville and Las Vegas.  Following the 2024-25 season, Johansson worked with CCM to design four new uniforms for the program -- marking the first redesign to a uniform set for UND hockey in over a decade.  Johansson served as assistant equipment manager for the Golden Griffins from 2013-14 to 2015-16 before being elevated to head equipment manager in 2016-17.   Johansson’s background also includes international experience, having served as team services liaison for the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo and as the equipment manager for the 2017 and 2018 USA Hockey Under-17 and Under-16 Player Development Camps.   He also served as the head equipment manager for the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Buffalo Jr. Sabres in 2015-16.   A native of Webster, N.Y., Johansson graduated magna cum laude from Canisius in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in management and a minor in human resources. He added a master’s degree in business administration from Canisius in 2018. He resides in Grand Forks with his dog, Boone. 

Dr. John Fitzgerald joined the North Dakota hockey staff in 2022-23, serving as a sports scientist for the program. Fitzgerald received his doctorate in kinesiology from the University of Minnesota in 2013 and joined UND that same year as an Associate Professor. His research and sport science work focuses on the physiological factors influencing health and physical performance of athletes, exercise performance testing, exercise training, altitude training, athlete readiness monitoring, hydration and body composition assessment, biomarkers to detect nutritional deficiency, endocrinology and assessment of recovery modalities. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and has conducted research with NCAA athletes throughout the U.S. as well as elite hockey players across the globe. A native of Crookston, Minn., Fitzgerald and his wife, Kristy, have two children, Charlie and Audrey. 

University of North Dakota head hockey coach Dane Jackson announced that former UND goaltender Jean-Philippe Lamoureux has been named the program's director of player personnel & office operations beginning July 1, 2025.   Lamoureux has been crucial in the world of goaltending over the last decade-plus, running JPL Goaltending summer camps each season in Grand Forks since 2012. There, he has worked to develop the next wave of goaltenders through technical and mindset drills while also forging strong relationships with attendees.   On top of a lengthy playing career, Lamoureux also carved out opportunities to begin his coaching and analytical journey, working with Clear Sight Analytics beginning in 2024 while also assisting his coaching staffs while recovering from injuries in 2021 and 2024. He also had the opportunity to work as the goaltending coach during the summer for the Austrian Under-18 Team in 2022.   A veteran of over 800 professional games, Lamoureux shined in Austria's top league for the last 14 seasons, as he captured a pair of championships in 2020 and 2022 as well as being named the league's MVP after posting a league-record .946 save percentage. In those 14 campaigns, Lamoureux never posted a save percentage below .910.   A native of Grand Forks, N.D., Lamoureux played four seasons at UND from 2004-08, helping the Fighting Sioux reach four straight NCAA Frozen Fours and was named a Hobey Baker Award finalist in 2007-08. He currently ranks top-5 in program history in games played (111), wins (60), goals against average (2.14), save percentage (.920), saves (2,656) and shutouts (10).   THE JEAN-PHILIPPE LAMOUREUX FILE Position: Director of Player Personnel & Office Operations Hometown: Grand Forks, N.D. Education: North Dakota (2008)   CAREER IN HOCKEY AS A COACH 2024-25: Clear Sight Analytics 2022: Team Austria U-18 2012-Present: JPL Goaltending   AS A PLAYER 2001-04: Lincoln Stars (USHL) 2004-08: North Dakota (NCAA) 2008-09: Alaska Aces (ECHL) 2009-10: Portland Pirates (AHL) 2010-11: Abbotsford Heat (AHL)/Utah Grizzlies (ECHL) 2011-12: Olimpija Ljubljana (ICE) 2012-16: EC VSV (ICE) 2016-19: EV Vienna Capitals (ICE) 2019-22: EC Red Bull Salzburg (ICE) 2022-25: EC VSV (ICE)

University of North Dakota head hockey coach Dane Jackson announced the hiring of Bryn Chyzyk (pronounced BRIN, CHIZ-ick) as the program’s assistant coach/general manager in April 2025. The 2025-26 season will be his first season on staff.    Chyzyk becomes the first general manager to have coaching/recruiting capabilities in college hockey, as he will join the program following a successful run as the general manager of the USHL’s Waterloo Black Hawks.   Chyzyk has spent the previous five seasons with Waterloo, serving as the GM for the last four seasons. Over those years, he has helped the franchise reach the postseason in each of his years as the boss, including the only western conference team to finish among the top-3 in the last three campaigns. The Black Hawks are currently third once again in the conference standings with a record of 32-18-6-4 entering the final weekend of the regular season.   Prior to Waterloo, Chyzyk worked as a graduate assistant at North Dakota during the 2019-20 season, helping the program capture the Penrose Cup and finish as the No. 1 team in the nation with a 26-5-4 overall record prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. In his role, Chyzyk primarily assisted with hockey operations and evaluation of potential recruiting targets.   Chyzyk had a successful playing career as well, playing four seasons at North Dakota from 2012-16. While at UND, he won two Penrose Cups, advanced to three straight NCAA Frozen Fours and captured the program’s eighth national title in 2015-16 while serving as an assistant captain. He finished his career with 24 goals and 23 assists for 47 points in 128 career games.   Following his collegiate career, Chyzyk played professional hockey at the AHL and ECHL level before having his playing career cut short due to an injury. Chyzyk and his wife, Sarah, reside in Grand Forks, N.D. with their daughter, Mila, and are expecting their second child in September 2025.   THE BRYN CHYZYK FILE Position: General Manager Hometown: Virden, Manitoba Education: North Dakota (2016, 2020)   CAREER IN HOCKEY AS A COACH/FRONT OFFICE 2021-25: Waterloo (General Manager) 2020-21: Waterloo (Director of Scouting) 2019-20: North Dakota (Graduate Assistant)   AS A PLAYER 2010-11: Dauphin Kings (MJHL) 2011-12: Fargo Force (USHL) 2012-16: North Dakota (NCAA) 2016-17: Rockford Ice Hogs (AHL) 2016-17: Indy Fuel (ECHL)