Matt Curley

Matt Curley is an American ice hockey coach and former player who is currently in charge of the program at Alaska Anchorage.[1]

Matt Curley
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamAlaska Anchorage
ConferenceWCHA
Biographical details
Born (1983-01-17) January 17, 1983
Madrid, NY, USA
Alma materClarkson University
Playing career
2003–2007Clarkson
2007–2008Twin Cities Cyclones
2007–2008Flint Generals
2007–2008Huntsville Havoc
2008–2009Reading Royals
Position(s)Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011USA U18 (Asst.)
2012USA U17 (Asst.)
2012–13Indiana Ice (asst.)
2013USA U18 (Asst.)
2013–2015Bentley (Asst.)
2015USA U18 (Asst.)
2015–16RB Hockey Juniors
2016–2018EC Red Bull Salzburg II
2018–PresentAlaska Anchorage
Head coaching record
Overall7–53–10 (.171)

Career

Curley began attending Clarkson University, 12 miles from his hometown in the fall of 2003. Curley was a member of the first recruiting class for new head coach George Roll. While the team finished a disappointing 9th place in the conference Clarkson surprised everyone with a Runner-Up finish in the ECAC tournament. After two middling seasons, Curley's senior year saw him named as an assistant captain for the team and the Golden Knights rocketed up the standings, finishing 2nd in the regular season but ending up as conference tournament champions. Clarkson received the #3 overall seed and was top ranked team in the East Regional bracket but in the opening game they drew Massachusetts and were unable to beat future NHL star Jonathan Quick once in over 67 minutes of playing time.[2]

After graduating with a degree in history/law and business administration Curley spent the next season with three separate teams in two leagues. In 2008-09 he moved up to the AHL and spent the whole season with the Reading Royals. After recording 7 points in 64 games Curley had had his fix of professional hockey and retired.

Curley returned to the game in 2011 as an assistant coach for the US Under-18 team at the world junior championships and helped the program win its third consecutive title. The following year Curley was with the US Under-17 squad as an assistant at the 2012 World U-17 Hockey Challenge and helped the team to a Runner-Up finish.

The Indiana Ice named Curley as an associate head coach in 2012, but he continued to word with the US national junior team, acting as an assistant for the 2013 IIHF World U18 Championships that saw the US finish second behind the Connor McDavid-led Canada team. Curley's tenure in Indiana ended after one season when he accepted an assistant coaching post with Bentley and after a one-year hiatus he returned to the national program and helped team USA to its ninth tournament crown in 2015.

Curley headed overseas in 2015 to coach the RB Hockey Juniors, the junior affiliate for EC Red Bull Salzburg. After a year they promoted him to head coach for EC Red Bull Salzburg II, the team's minor affiliate in the newly created AlpsHL. After missing the playoffs the first year Curley led his team into the quarterfinals in 2018 but was on the move once more when he accepted the head coaching gig at Alaska Anchorage.[3]

College Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Alaska Anchorage Seawolves (WCHA) (2018–present)
2018–19 Alaska Anchorage 3–28–32–23–3–210th
2019–20 Alaska Anchorage 4–25–74–18–6–38thWCHA Quarterfinals
Alaska: 7–53–106–41–9
Total:7–53–10

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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References
  1. "Matt Curley named head hockey coach". Go Seawolves.com. 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  2. "Massachusetts (UMA) vs Clarkson (CLK)". College Hockey Stats. 2007-05-23. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  3. "Alaska-Anchorage Names Matt Curley Head Coach". College Hockey News. 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
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