Clarkson Completes Coaching Staff

The new coaching staff for Clarkson is complete with the announcement today by Head Coach Casey Jones that Andy Jones will join the Golden Knights program. 

Jones, who just completed his fifth season as the assistant coach for the Sioux Falls Stampede in the United States Hockey League (USHL), joins Phil Roy as an assistant coach for the Green and Gold.

“I am very excited to add Andy to our staff,” stated Casey Jones. “He has all the qualities I wanted in an individual for this position. Andy possesses great communication skills and is a very good teacher of the game, which will translate well with our players in our development model. He brings a network of knowledge in an area that is vital in today’s college hockey recruiting world. Andy will complement our staff perfectly.”

Jones, who was with Sioux Falls since the start of the 2006-07 campaign, helped guide the Stampede to their first Clark Cup Championship that season while leading the defensive unit.  In addition to his on-ice responsibilities, Jones performed extensive video analysis for the team and each player. In 2009, Jones was selected and served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Junior Select Team that captured a gold medal at the World Junior A Challenge in Canada. 

"I am thrilled to be joining the Clarkson hockey family and Potsdam community," said Andy Jones.  "It is an exciting time to be a part of a program with such a rich tradition.  I am looking forward to contributing to the next chapter of the Clarkson hockey legacy."

Prior to joining the Stampede, Jones served as an assistant coach at his alma mater Amherst College in Massachusetts from 2000 to 2005, leading the team’s defense and penalty kill unit.  He also served as the recruiting coordinator for the Midwest Region, scouting the USHL, the North American Hockey League (NAHL), and the Upper Midwest High School Elite League.

A graduate of Minnetonka High School in Minnesota, Jones was recruited by Amherst College for hockey and baseball, playing both during his collegiate career.  As a player, Jones guided the Jeffs to their first NCAA tournament appearance in 1999.  During his senior year, he captained the team to an 18-5-3 record.  Jones received a BA from Amherst in psychology in 2000 and an MBA in 2004 from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Clarkson officially opens its 90th season of hockey with its first ever trip to America’s 49th state when the Knights play at the University of Alaska-Anchorage in the Kendall Classic on October 7-8.