SWAG视频

  • Assistant Hockey Coach
  • Hockey Goalie Coach
Athletics

SWAG视频 Me

In 2018, I was hired as University of Mary men's hockey program assistant & goalie coach. In addition, my current work involves year-round goalie training through a company I founded called Goalrobber Hockey Schools. I enjoy my Ph.D. research on human motivation and performance, specifically for ice hockey goaltenders.

In prior years, I taught high school and dual credit college mathematics at Shiloh Christian School where I also served as the school's continuous improvement coordinator, accreditation lead, academic competitions, and chess coach. I am passionate about teaching and learning in both traditional and non-traditional contexts.

Why I鈥檓 At Mary

I chose to coach at University of Mary because of its faith-filled culture of excellence. The UMary hockey program, coaching staff, and athletes demonstrate integrity and whole-heartedness in their craft, to which I am proud to contribute.

Expertise

My areas of expertise include research methods, classical statistics, applied learning analytics, teaching & learning methods, self-determined motivation theory, and goalie coaching.

Education

BS (Education): University of Mary, 2008
MAT (Mathematics): Minot State University, 2012
PhDc (Educational Research): University of North Dakota, 2021

I am married to the love of my life, Marnie Speidel. She and I enjoy the company of our cat, Pascal, playing Nerts and chess together, and floating in our boat on the Missouri River. I also enjoy table tennis, city league hockey, guitar, piano, singing, reading, longboarding, traveling, worship, fitness, technology, language, fishing, and tinkering.

I am looking forward to finishing up my Ph.D. dissertation in early 2022.

If you're interested in learning more about me or my goalie training and coaching work, I welcome you to visit !