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Ron Rolston - Assistant Coach

Ron Rolston is an assistant coach for the 2018 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team, marking the first time he has served on the coaching staff for an Olympic team.

Rolston previously served seven seasons as the head coach of the U.S. National Development Team (2004-2011), where he led the team to three gold medals and one silver medal at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Under-18 Championship. He is considered to be the most decorated tenured head coach in U.S. National Team Development Program history, as a team led by him has never missed a championship game both in the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and the IIHF World Under-18 Championship.

Rolston began his coaching career as an assistant coach at four different NCAA Division 1 hockey programs, Lake Superior State University (1990-1995), Clarkson University (1996-1999), Harvard (1999-2002) and Boston College (2002-2004). Rolston was promoted to associate head coach to Lake Superior University in 1994 and guided them to two national titles (1992,1994).

Rolston took his coaching to the professional level when he served as head coach of the Rochester Americans (AHL) and led the team in back-to-back runs to the Calder Cup playoffs (2011-2013). He was elevated to head coach of their NHL affiliate, the Buffalo Sabres, for 51 games during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons.

Most recently, Rolston has spent two seasons with the Arizona Coyotes organization, one year as a professional scout (2014-15) and one year as head coach to their former AHL affiliate, the Springfield Falcons (2015-16).

Rolston played 3 years with Michigan Tech University, scoring 32 goals and 68 points in 110 games. He is currently an advisor to Rolston Hockey Academy, a private hockey school in Oak Park, Mich. He and his wife, Shannon, have two children- Ronan and Maeve.