Wesleyan University

Chris Potter, who served as interim men's ice hockey and golf coach since being hired at Wesleyan in mid-October, has been named an adjunct faculty member and head men's ice hockey and golf coach at the college, athletics director John Biddiscombe announced.

Potter directed the 2003-04 Wesleyan men's ice hockey team to an overall record of 9-10-4 and a league record of 7-8-3, good enough for seventh place in the 10-team New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) standings. As a member of the ECAC, Wesleyan played an 18-game league schedule that included single games against each of the NESCAC colleges as well one game each vs. teams in the ECAC Division III East.

Serving as an assistant ice hockey coach and recruiting coordinator at Brown University from1998 -2003 before coming to Wesleyan, Potter stepped into a vacancy left by Buddy Powers, who was hired at Wesleyan in May, 2003 to replace long-time head coach Dave Snyder upon his retirement. Powers then announced his decision to leave Wesleyan for personal reasons during the fall.

Potter, a 1993 graduate of the University of Connecticut where he was a four-year ice hockey letterman, an All-American as a senior and a two-time all-ECAC and all-New England selection, began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater from 1996-1998. For three years following his graduation, Potter was a member of the Roanoke Express in the Southern Division of the East Coast Hockey League. Then an affiliate of the San Jose Sharks, Roanoke is currently affiliated with the Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL.

From 1997 through 2003, Potter had been involved with USA Hockey-Team New England as an instructor, assistant coach and in 2001 and 2002, as a head coach.

Potter earned his Master's degree in education from UConn in 2003.

"Chris came to Wesleyan with a reputation as one of the top Ivy League assistants," said Biddiscombe. "In only one season at Wesleyan he has established himself as an outstanding head coach."

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