Mike Leone, who is in his second season as head coach of the Green Bay Gamblers in the USHL, returns as an assistant coach for the U.S. Junior Select in 2023 team after serving in the same capacity in 2022.

No stranger to international competition, Leone was an assistant coach for the 2022 U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup; at the 2021 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament, where helped guide the U.S. to the championship; and the 2021 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship. Additionally, Leone was an assistant coach for Team USA's 2019 Under-17 Four Nations championship-winning team and for the Under-17 World Hockey Challenge, where the U.S. placed second.

Before joining the Gamblers, Leone served as an assistant coach for USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program. He also spent time as an assistant coach for the Bowling Green State University men’s ice hockey team (2018-19) and for the Quad City Mallards of the ECHL (2017-18).

Leone played three years for the Western Michigan University’s men’s ice hockey team before competing four years professionally in the ECHL for the Toledo Walleye (2014-17) and the Kalamazoo Wings (2012-13).