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Josh Sciba - Assistant Coach

Sciba is serving as the assistant coach for the U.S. Women's National Team during the 2023-24 season after serving in the same role for the gold medal-winning 2023 U.S. Women's National Team and silver medal-winning 2022 U.S. Women's National Team. 

He previously served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team for the 2019-20 season, helping guide the team to a gold medal at the 2020 IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia. He served in the same role for the team during the 2018-19 season, where he made his debut at the 2018 Under-18 Series vs. Canada and also helped Team USA claim its 12th consecutive medal at the 2019 IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championship in Obihiro, Japan. 

He has been a coach annually at USA Hockey Under-18 Girls Player Development Camps for the past 10 years, and recently served as a coach during the 2018 and 2017 USA Hockey Women's National Festivals in Lake Placid, New York.

Sciba is currently the head coach of the Union College women's hockey team, a position he has held since 2016. Under his guidance, the Dutchwoman hockey program has shown steady growth. Prior to joining the Union staff, Sciba served as an assistant women's hockey coach at Colgate University from 2012-2016. 

He also spent four years on the Niagara University women's hockey coaching staff, including three seasons as an assistant coach and one campaign as head coach.

Sciba is a 2007 graduate of the University of Notre Dame where he spent four seasons (2003-07) as a member of the Fighting Irish men's hockey program.