Staff Directory

OFFICIAL HOME OF UTICA COLLEGE ATHLETICS

William Clausen

Women's Ice Hockey

Head Coach Dave Clausen

Phone: 315-792-3729
Email: dclausen@utica.edu

Dave Clausen returns for his eigth season as head coach at UC after leading the Lady Pioneers to an ECAC West playoff berth in each of his first seven seasons.

In 2007-08 Clausen earned ECAC Women's West Coach of the Year honor after guiding the Pioneers to their third consecutive 18 win season. He was also named a finalist for the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) College Division (NCAA Division II/III) Women’s Ice Hockey Coach of the Year Award. The award is given annually to the top coach in Division II/III women’s hockey.

Clausen led the team to a progam best 18-5-3 record overall in 06-07. The Pioneers entered the ECAC West Conference Tournament Semi-finals ranked No. 7 in the nation but fell to Elmira 1-0. He has coached a school-best three All-American women's hockey players: Jill Nolan (2005-2006), Deana Wiegand and Stephanie Price (2006-2007).

In his 2005-2006 campaign, Clausen led the Lady Pioneers to an appearance in the ECAC championship game. The Pioneers ended the season ranked No. 9 nationally by USCHO.com, marking the first time ever that the team finished the year ranked in the top 10 nationally.

Clausen came to Utica from Brunswick, Maine, where he was the assistant coach with the Bowdoin College Polar Bears. As assistant coach, Clausen helped lead that program to its fifth consecutive post-season appearance, and a Division III women's hockey Top 10 national ranking. He was also an assistant coach at Hamilton College and for the Maine Maritime Academy.

During the three years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, he played a major role in the teams' transition from a small club to a nationally competitive varsity program. Additionally, Clausen has spent the off-season as a director and coach at various women's and girls' summer hockey camps and clinics in the northeast, including the Inside-Edge Clinic, The Bowdoin Hockey Clinic, the Hamilton Hockey School, and the New York State Amateur Hockey Association's Girls' Festival at SUNY Morrisville. Clausen is also currently member of the Division III Women's Ice Hockey NCAA Championship Commitee.

Clausen, along with head men's ice hockey coach Gary Heenan, was appointed head coach of the Utica College golf program in 2004.

Clausen earned a bachelor of arts degree in English in May 1998 at Hamilton College and resides in Clinton with his wife Amy and son Noah.