Brett Larson

Brett Larson
Brett Larson
Born	August 20, 1972 (age 52); Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Defenseman
Shot	Right
Played for	Minnesota–Duluth ; Madison Monsters ; Louisville Riverfrogs ; San Diego Gulls ; Utah Grizzlies ; Long Beach Ice Dogs ; Las Vegas Thunder ; Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim ; Odense Bulldogs ; Basingstoke Bison ; Florida Seals ; Minnesota Arctic Blast ; Orlando Jackals ; Minnesota Blue Ox
National team	United States
NHL draft	213th overall, 1990 ; Detroit Red Wings
Playing career	1991–2007
	Coaching career
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	St. Cloud State
Conference	NCHC
Biographical details
Alma mater	University of Minnesota Duluth
Playing career
1991–1995	Minnesota–Duluth
Position(s)	Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2001	San Diego Gulls
2006–2007	Florida Seals (assistant)
2008–2011	Minnesota–Duluth (assistant)
2011–2013	Sioux City Musketeers
2013–2015	Ohio State (assistant)
2015–2018	Minnesota–Duluth (assistant)
2018–present	St. Cloud State
Head coaching record
Overall	123–76–21 (.607)
Tournaments	4–4 (.500)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
	Herb Brooks Coach of the Year (2019)

Last updated November 23, 2024

Brett Larson is an American ice hockey coach and former player. He is the current head coach of St. Cloud State, having been named to the position in April 2018.^[1]

Playing career

After being drafted out of high school, Larson waited a year before beginning his college career at Minnesota–Duluth. In his freshman season he scored only three points in 26 games for a middling team. The following year the Bulldogs rocketed up the standings, winning the WCHA and making the NCAA tournament. In his junior season Larson was given a great role with the team and responded by posting more than quintuple his previous season's total. Despite this Duluth dropped to 7th in the WCHA and stayed there for the rest of Larson's college career. After graduating Larson embarked on a long career that was spent mostly in the minor leagues in North America. During the later half of the 1990s he also played roller hockey in the RHI, stopping only due to the league ceasing operations.^[2]

In 2001, After winning the Taylor Cup with San Diego Larson signed with Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim of the German second league playing one season for the Red Devils before joining the Odense Bulldogs. In his first season with the Bulldogs he helped the team win the regular season title but fell in the championship match. The team had diminishing returns each of the following two years and after splitting the 2005–06 season between Bad Nauheim and Basingstoke Larson returned to the states for one more season before retiring as a player.

Coaching career

During his playing career Larson had twice served as a player/coach; for two years with the San Diego Gulls and in his brief stint with Florida Seals. After his playing days were over Larson took a year off before returning as a full-time coach, joining the staff at his alma mater as an assistant. After only three years behind the bench he was hired as the head coach/GM for the Sioux City Musketeers, but after two poor seasons he headed back to the college ranks. After a two-year stop at Ohio State he began a third stint with Minnesota–Duluth, staying for another three seasons before he received his first opportunity to lead a college program with St. Cloud State.^[3]

Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991–92	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA	26	2	1	3	20	–	–	–	–	–
1992–93	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA	33	2	3	5	8	–	–	–	–	–
1993–94	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA	38	14	14	28	40	–	–	–	–	–
1994–95	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA	37	6	25	31	50	–	–	–	–	–
1995–96	Madison Monsters	CHL	70	12	31	43	37	6	2	1	3	18
1996–97	Louisville Riverfrogs	ECHL	27	4	13	17	4	–	–	–	–	–
1997–98	San Diego Gulls	WCHL	52	8	19	27	26	–	–	–	–	–
1997–98	Utah Grizzlies	IHL	9	0	0	0	6	–	–	–	–	–
1998–99	San Diego Gulls	WCHL	60	10	36	46	42	12	7	7	14	6
1998–99	Long Beach Ice Dogs	IHL	4	0	0	0	2	–	–	–	–	–
1998–99	Utah Grizzlies	IHL	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–
1998–99	Las Vegas Thunder	IHL	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–
1999–00	San Diego Gulls	WCHL	69	11	44	55	64	9	3	6	9	6
1999–00	Long Beach Ice Dogs	IHL	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–
2000–01	San Diego Gulls	WCHL	70	8	33	41	42	13	3	5	8	2
2001–02	Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim	DEL2	43	10	17	27	87	–	–	–	–	–
2002–03	Odense Bulldogs	Denmark	27	2	6	8	83	13	1	1	2	10
2003–04	Odense Bulldogs	Denmark	31	2	3	5	60	13	3	2	5	6
2004–05	Odense Bulldogs	Denmark	33	2	6	8	34	15	3	0	3	12
2005–06	Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim	Germany3	28	2	9	11	50	–	–	–	–	–
2005–06	Basingstoke Bison	EIHL	16	0	12	12	16	6	0	1	1	10
2006–07	Florida Seals	SPHL	6	1	3	4	16	–	–	–	–	–
NCAA totals			134	24	43	67	118	–	–	–	–	–

Awards and honours

West Coast Hockey League
Award	Year
Taylor Cup champion	2001

Head coaching record

USHL

Team	Year	Regular season						Post season
Team	Year	G	W	L	T	Pts	Finish	Result
Sioux City Musketeers	2011–12	60	29	30	1	(59)	5th in West	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals 0–2
Sioux City Musketeers	2012–13	64	23	30	11	(57)	6th in West	Missed Postseason

College

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
St. Cloud State Huskies (NCHC)(2018–present)
2018–19	St. Cloud State	30–6–3	19–2–3–2	1st	NCAA Regional Semifinals
2019–20	St. Cloud State	13–15–6	10–12–2–1	5th	Tournament cancelled
2020–21	St. Cloud State	20–11–0	15–9–0	2nd	NCAA Runner-Up
2021–22	St. Cloud State	18–15–4	10–10–4	T–4th	NCAA Regional Semifinals
2022–23	St. Cloud State	25–13–3	12–9–3	4th	NCAA Regional Final
2023–24	St. Cloud State	17–16–5	11–9–4	T–3rd	NCHC Semifinals
St. Cloud State:		123–76–21	77–51–16
Total:		123–76–21
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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References

↑ "Brett Larson Named New Men's Hockey Coach at St. Cloud State". St. Cloud State Huskies. 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
↑ "roller hockey international, professional roller hockey". Thehockeywriters.com. 2010-09-23. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
↑ "Brett Larson named head coach at St. Cloud State". NCAA.com. 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-09-28.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com , or Eliteprospects.com , or The Internet Hockey Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Bob Motzko	Herb Brooks Coach of the Year 2018–19	Succeeded by Brad Berry

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[1] "Brett Larson Named New Men's Hockey Coach at St. Cloud State". St. Cloud State Huskies. 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-09-28.

[2] "roller hockey international, professional roller hockey". Thehockeywriters.com. 2010-09-23. Retrieved 2017-01-23.

[3] "Brett Larson named head coach at St. Cloud State". NCAA.com. 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-09-28.

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Playing venues	J. C. Brown Athletic Field (1931–1972) St. Cloud Municipal Athletic Complex (1972–1989) Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (1989–present)
Head coaches	Ralph Theisen (1931–1932) Ludwig Andolsek (1932–1935) Robert DePaul (1935–1936) Walter Gerzin (1936–1937) Benedict Vandell (1937–1938) George Lynch (1938–1942) Roland Vandell (1946–1950, 1951–1952) Ray Gasperline (1950–1951) George Martin (1952–1953) Brendan McDonald (1953–1954) Jim Baxter (1954–1956) Jack Wink (1956–1968) Charlie Basch (1968–1984) John Perpich (1984–1986) Herb Brooks (1986–1987) Craig Dahl (1987–2005) Bob Motzko (2005–2018) Brett Larson (2018–Present)
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Conference affiliations	NCHA (1981–1987) Independent (1987–1990) WCHA (1990–2013) NCHC (2013–present)
Rivalries	Minnesota
Culture & lore	North Star College Cup
All-time leaders	Ryan Lasch (183 Points) Mark Hartigan (86 Goals) Dávid Hrenák (82 Wins)
Frozen Four appearances	1987 2013 2021
NCAA Tournament appearances	1987 1989 2000 2001 2002 2003 2007 2008 2010 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2021 2022 2023
Conference Tournament titles	WCHA: 2001
Hobey Baker winners	Drew LeBlanc (2013)
St. Cloud State University St. Cloud, MN

Brett Larson
Born	(1972-08-20) August 20, 1972 (age 52) Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Defenseman
Shot	Right
Played for	Minnesota–Duluth Madison Monsters Louisville Riverfrogs San Diego Gulls Utah Grizzlies Long Beach Ice Dogs Las Vegas Thunder Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim Odense Bulldogs Basingstoke Bison Florida Seals Minnesota Arctic Blast Orlando Jackals Minnesota Blue Ox
National team	United States
NHL draft	213th overall, 1990 Detroit Red Wings
Playing career	1991–2007
Coaching career
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	St. Cloud State
Conference	NCHC
Biographical details
Alma mater	University of Minnesota Duluth
Playing career
1991–1995	Minnesota–Duluth

Position(s)	Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2001	San Diego Gulls
2006–2007	Florida Seals (assistant)
2008–2011	Minnesota–Duluth (assistant)
2011–2013	Sioux City Musketeers
2013–2015	Ohio State (assistant)
2015–2018	Minnesota–Duluth (assistant)
2018–present	St. Cloud State

Head coaching record
Overall	123–76–21 (.607)
Tournaments	4–4 (.500)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Herb Brooks Coach of the Year (2019)