Kevin Reiter is serving as an assistant coach on a U.S. National Junior Team for the first time.

Entering his third season as the goaltending coach for USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program in 2015-16, Reiter has served on the coaching staff of two gold medal-winning U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Teams (2014, 2015) as well as the U.S. squad that won the 2013 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge.

Prior to joining USA Hockey’s NTDP, Reiter spent two seasons in Sterzing, Italy, serving as assistant and goaltending coach for the WSV Sterzing-SSI Vipiteno Broncos. While in Sterzing, Reiter also served as head coach for the club’s junior team, specializing in goaltender development. In April 2012, Reiter served as goaltending consultant for the Italian Men’s National Ice Hockey Team during the International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s World Championship in Helsinki, Finland, and Stockholm, Sweden.

Since 2001, Reiter has served as the head goaltending instructor at the Shane Clifford Goalie School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He helped establish a European branch of the school in 2010, aiding in the development of top-end goaltending prospects that have gone on to compete in IIHF World Championships, NCAA championships, and appear in numerous professional leagues. Reiter has also worked as an instructor at various goaltending camps in Alaska, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, as well as camps in Europe.

Prior to his coaching career, Reiter played seven years (2004-2011) in the professional ranks with the Central Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League, International Hockey League, and United Hockey League. In 2007-08, Reiter earned IHL Goalie of the Year honors as he helped the Fort Wayne Komets win the Turner Cup championship. He then played in the Elite Ice Hockey League for two seasons while earning his masters of business administration at the University of Winchester in Winchester, England. He completed his professional career in 2010-11 with the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Komets.

Reiter was a member of the North American Hockey League’s Springfield Jr. Blues (1998-2000) before moving on to college, where he skated for the University of Alaska Anchorage from 2000-04 and earned degrees in management and economics.