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- Title:
- Head Coach
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- Email:
- brandon.richards@cuw.edu
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- Previous College:
- West Virginia '15
Bio
Brandon Richards will be in his fourth season leading the ACHA Division II Men's Hockey program for the 2021-22 season.
The Falcons made the ACHA Division II National Tournament for the first time in program history in the 2020-21 season. Richards also coached the first All-American in program history in Trenton Sherman.
Richards and the Falcons soared to new heights in the 2019-20 season, where they won 25 games and advanced to the NCHL Hap Cup finals. CUW finished the year with a 25-5-1 record and a 9-4-1 mark in the NCHL.
In his first season as head coach in 2018-19, the Falcons went 14-17-1 with an 8-10 conference record.
Richards was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. After playing at the AAA level in Canada, he moved to West Virginia when he was 12 years old and continued playing AAA hockey in Pittsburgh.
Richards made the Northern Cyclones junior hockey team in the AJHL after High School, but after tearing his ACL, Richards attended West Virginia University and played for its ACHA D1 team. While at West Virginia, he was an Academic All-American all 3 years and led the division in face-off percentage during his senior year.
Richards started his coaching career soon after graduating and has coached at the U14, U18, high school, and college levels. He hopes to help build a bright future for Concordia University Wisconsin.