2009-10 Coaching Staff

Chris Potter - Head Men's Ice Hockey Coach
(860) 685-2927 - cjpotter@wesleyan.edu

     Chris Potter, a 1993 graduate of the University of Connecticut, will be in his seventh year of duty as head men's ice hockey and golf coach at Wesleyan in 2009-10 after serving in that capacity on an interim basis his first season in 2003-04.  He is a full-time faculty member with the rank of adjunct associate professor.
      An assistant ice hockey coach and recruiting coordinator at Brown University from 1998 through 2003, Chris was a four-year ice hockey letterman, an All-American as a senior and a two-time all-ECAC and all-New England selection at UConn.  He began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater from 1996-1998. For three years following his graduation, Chris was a member of the Roanoke Express in the Southern Division of the East Coast Hockey League.  Roanoke was affiliated with the San Jose Sharks of the NHL during Chris' playing days.
        From 1997 to the present, Chris has been involved with USA Hockey-Team New England as an instructor, assistant coach and in 2001 and 2002, as a head coach.
        Chris earned his Master's degree in education from UConn in 2003. In his opening five years as Wesleyan's mentor, Chris has twice been named NESCAC Men's Ice Hockey Coach of the Year, receiving the honor in both 2003-04 and again in 2006-07.  Wesleyan earned its first winning conference mark in 2006-07 (9-6-4) while gaining its first-ever NESCAC tournament home game.
       
 
Jim Langlois - Assistant Coach
 
      Jim Langlois is in his 26th year as an assistant men's ice hockey coach at Wesleyan. A 1968 graduate of St. Lawrence where he lettered in ice hockey, Jim coached Wesleyan's women's ice hockey team from 1980-84 before joining the men's ranks in 1985. Jim also has coached in the Middlesex Youth Hockey program and at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Conn.
 
Rich McKenna - Assistant Coach
(860) 685-3291
 
      Rich McKenna is in his first season at Wesleyan as he joins the staff as a full-time assistant coach in 2009-10. He is a 2007 graduate of Castleton State College where he received his B.S. with a concentration in marketing. There he was a two-year member of the men's varsity ice hockey team, receiving both the Unsung Hero Award and Coaches Award while skating for the Spartans.  Prior to that Rich skated for two years with the Vikings of Hudson Valley Community College. Over the last four years, Rich has been active as a camp counselor, instructor and coach and was instrumental in developing numerous hockey camp agendas. He got his first taste of collegiate coaching in 2008-09 as an assistant coach at Castleton State College while helping to manage the Spartans home arena. In addition to his coaching duties at Wesleyan, Rich is enrolled in the college's Master of Arts in Liberal Arts program and has other responsibilities within the athletic department.