February 21, 2010

A Teachable Moment for Marsh

The following article featuring St. Lawrence head ocach Joe Marsh appeared in the February 21 issue of the Watertown Daily Times.

 

By DANIEL J. CASSAVAUGH
TIMES SPORTSWRITER

A generation ago, St. Lawrence University men's hockey coach Joe Marsh stood at the front of a classroom.

The subject was not hockey, but math. It was 1976 and Marsh found himself coaching and teaching at the New Hampton prep school in New Hampton, N.H. From there, he went to the Choate School in Connecticut in 1980. He still taught and still coached.

When a coaching position opened at St. Lawrence in 1983, Marsh left the school and the classroom for his future career as a head men's hockey coach. His teaching took on a less traditional form.

Complete article can be accessed via the Daily Times Web site by clicking here.