Mark Dennehy is serving as an assistant coach for the 2019 U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team at the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. He served as head coach of the U.S. Under-17 Men’s Select Team that placed third in the 2018 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament. He also served in an assistant coaching role with the 2017 U.S entry that claimed gold at the 2017 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament. Dennehy recently finished his first season as the head coach of the Binghamton Devils, the AHL affiliate of the New Jersey Devils organization.

Prior to joining the Devils, Dennehy served a brief stint as head coach and director of operations for the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL and spent 13 seasons as head coach at Merrimack College. With the Warriors, Dennehy was named the All-New England Coach of the Year during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons.

Dennehy’s college coaching career also included stops at Fairfield University as a head coach, and at Princeton University and UMass-Amherst as an assistant coach.

As a right-shooting defenseman, he played four seasons at Boston College, 1987-1991, scoring eight goals and 46 assists for 54 points and 66 penalty minutes in 133 games. He played one professional season with Ayr of the British Hockey League.