Frank Serratore

Frank Serratore
	Serratore at Cadet Ice Arena in 2018
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Air Force
Conference	Atlantic Hockey
Record	456–436–99 (.510)
Biographical details
Born	August 24, 1957 (age 67); Coleraine, Minnesota, USA
Playing career
1975–1977	St. Paul Vulcans
1977–1979	Western Michigan
1980–1982	Bemidji State
1982	Nashville South Stars
Position(s)	Goaltender
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982–1985	Austin Mavericks
1985–1987	Rochester Mustangs
1987–1989	North Dakota (assistant)
1989–1990	Omaha Lancers
1990–1994	Denver
1994–1996	Minnesota Moose
1997–Present	Air Force
2003	US Under-17 Team
Head coaching record
Overall	505–528–108 (.490)
Tournaments	3–7 (.300)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	7× Atlantic Hockey tournament champion (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018); 2× Atlantic Hockey regular season champion (2009, 2012)
Awards
	1984 USHL Coach of the Year ; 2× USHL General Manager of the Year (1985, 1990); 1990 Omaha Sportscaster Sportsmen of the Year

Last updated October 15, 2024

Frank Serratore (born August 24, 1957) is an American ice hockey coach, currently with the Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey team. He formerly coached professional hockey in the International Hockey League with the Minnesota Moose from 1994 to 1996.

Career

Serratore played two seasons with the St. Paul Vulcans of the Midwest Junior Hockey League and later joined the Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey program while earning his degree in physical education and athletic administration. He also had a short stint with the Nashville South Stars of the Central Hockey League in 1981–82.

Serratore began his coaching career in 1982 with the Austin Mavericks (later the Rochester Mustangs) of the United States Hockey League. After five successful seasons, he moved on become an assistant coach with the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux for two seasons. He then returned to the USHL for one season as head coach and general manager of the Omaha Lancers. During his time in the USHL, Serratore won three league championships. In 1990, Serratore was hired as the head coach of the University of Denver Pioneers and spent four seasons behind their bench.

Serratore made the jump to professional hockey in 1994 when he was hired as the head coach and director of hockey operations of the Minnesota Moose, an expansion team in the International Hockey League. The Moose lasted only two seasons in Minnesota before relocating to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Serratore remained with the Manitoba Moose as director of hockey operations for one season, but Jean Perron was brought by the new ownership group to replace him as head coach.

Since 1997, Serratore has been the head coach of the Air Force Falcons men's hockey team. During his tenure, the Falcons have won five Atlantic Hockey conference championships. He is also part of USA Hockey's development program and coached the United States Under-17 team to a gold medal at the Five Nations Tournament in Sweden.

Personal life

Serratore is a native of Coleraine, Minnesota, and a graduate of Greenway High School. He and his wife Carol reside in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and have four children. His brother Tom coaches at Bemidji State University.

Awards

1983–84 USHL Coach of the Year
1984–85 USHL General Manager of the Year
1990 Omaha Sportscaster Sportsmen of the Year
1989–90 USHL General Manager of the Year

Coaching record

Amateur

Team^[1]	Year	Regular season							Post season
Team^[1]	Year	G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
Austin	1982–1983	48	23	23	2	0	48	4th in league
Austin	1983–1984	48	35	11	0	2	72	2nd in league
Austin	1984–1985	48	38	8	1	2	79	1st in league	Won championship
Rochester	1985–1986	48	32	11	2	3	69	2nd in league
Rochester	1986–1988	48	37	9	0	2	76	1st in league	Won championship
Omaha	1989–1990	48	36	11	0	1	73	1st in league	Won championship
Totals		288	202	73	5	8	417

Professional

Team	Year	Regular season							Post season
Team	Year	G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
Minnesota	1994–1995	81	34	35	0	12	80	4th in Central	Lost round 1
Minnesota	1995–1996	82	30	45	0	7	67	5th in Midwest	DNQ
Totals		163	64	80	0	19	147

Collegiate

Sources:^[2]^[3]

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Denver Pioneers (WCHA)(1990–1994)
1990–91	Denver	6–30–2	5–25–2	9th
1991–92	Denver	9–25–2	8–22–2	9th
1992–93	Denver	19–17–2	15–15–2	6th	WCHA first round
1993–94	Denver	15–20–3	11–18–3	9th	WCHA first round
Denver:		49–92–9	39–80–9
Air Force Falcons Independent(1997–1999)
1997–98	Air Force	15–19–0
1998–99	Air Force	15–19–2
Air Force:		30–38–2
Air Force Falcons(CHA)(1999–2006)
1999-00	Air Force	19–18–2	6–10–0	4th	CHA third-place game (loss)
2000–01	Air Force	16–17–4	8–10–2	4th	CHA third-place game (Tie)
2001–02	Air Force	16–16–2	6–10–2	5th	CHA Semifinals
2002–03	Air Force	10–24–3	2–15–3	6th	CHA Quarterfinals
2003–04	Air Force	14–21–2	6–13–1	4th	CHA Quarterfinals
2004–05	Air Force	14–19–3	5–14–1	5th	CHA Semifinals
2005–06	Air Force	11–20–1	8–12–0	4th	CHA Quarterfinals
Air Force:		100–135–17	41–94–9
Air Force Falcons(Atlantic Hockey)(2006–present)
2006–07	Air Force	19–16–5	16–10–5	5th	NCAA West Regional semifinals
2007–08	Air Force	21–12–6	14–9–5	3rd	NCAA Northeast Regional semifinals
2008–09	Air Force	28–11–2	20–6–2	t-1st	NCAA East Regional Final
2009–10	Air Force	16–15–6	14–8–6	3rd	Atlantic Hockey Semifinals
2010–11	Air Force	20–12–6	14–7–6	2nd	NCAA East Regional semifinals
2011–12	Air Force	21–11–7	15–6–6	1st	NCAA Northeast Regional semifinals
2012–13	Air Force	17–13–7	15–7–5	2nd	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2013–14	Air Force	21–14–4	15–9–3	t-3rd	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2014–15	Air Force	16–21–4	13–12–3	t-6th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2015–16	Air Force	20–12–5	16–7–5	t-2nd	Atlantic Hockey Semifinals
2016–17	Air Force	27–10–5	19–6–3	2nd	NCAA East Regional Final
2017–18	Air Force	23–15–5	13–11–4	t-3rd	NCAA West Regional Final
2018–19	Air Force	16–15–5	14–10–4	3rd	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2019–20	Air Force	12–18–6	10–12–6–5	6th	Tournament Cancelled
2020–21	Air Force	3–10–1	3–9–1	10th	Atlantic Hockey First round
2021–22	Air Force	16–17–3	11–12–3	6th	Atlantic Hockey Runner-Up
2022–23	Air Force	12–22–2	8–17–1	10th
2023–24	Air Force	18–19–1	15–10–1	4th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
Air Force:		326–273–80	245–168–69
Total:		505–528–108
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

↑ "Frank Serratore". Hockey DB. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
↑ "2013–14 Denver Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). Denver Pioneers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
↑ "2012–13 Air Force Hockey Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved 2014-07-17.

External links

Air Force profile
Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com , or The Internet Hockey Database

Sporting positions
Preceded by Position created	Head coach & General Manager of the Minnesota Moose 1994–1996	Succeeded by Jean Perron (Manitoba Moose)
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Derek Schooley	Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year 2015–16	Succeeded by Dave Smith

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[1] "Frank Serratore". Hockey DB. Retrieved 2014-07-17.

[2] "2013–14 Denver Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). Denver Pioneers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-07-17.

[3] "2012–13 Air Force Hockey Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved 2014-07-17.

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v t e Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	DU Arena (1948–1997) Magness Arena (1999–present)
Head coaches	Vern Turner (1949–1951) Neil Celley (1951–1956) Murray Armstrong (1956–1977) Marshall Johnston (1977–1981) Ralph Backstrom (1981–1990) Frank Serratore (1990–1994) George Gwozdecky (1994–2013) Jim Montgomery (2013–2018) David Carle (2018–)
Seasons	1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	WCHA (1951–1958, 1959–2013) NCHC (2013–present)
Rivalries	Colorado College Tigers (Battle for the Gold Pan) North Dakota Fighting Hawks
Culture & lore	Denver Cup
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Dallas Gaume (266 Points) Rick Berens (94 Goals) Ron Grahame / Tanner Jaillet (82 Wins)
National championships	1958 1960 1961 1968 1969 2004 2005 2017 2022 2024
Frozen Four appearances	1958 1960 1961 1963 1964 1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1986 2004 2005 2017 2022 2024
NCAA Tournament appearances	1958 1960 1961 1963 1964 1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1986 1995 1997 1999 2002 2004 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2022 2023 2024
Conference Tournament titles	WCHA: 1960 1961 1963 1964 1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1986 1999 2002 2005 2008 NCHC: 2014 2018 2024
Hobey Baker winners	Matt Carle (2006) Will Butcher (2017)
Mike Richter winners	Tanner Jaillet (2017)
University of Denver Denver, CO

v t e Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Cadet Ice Arena (1968–present)
Head coaches	Vic Heyliger (1968–74) John Matchefts (1974–85) Chuck Delich (1985–97) Frank Serratore (1997–present)
Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	Independent (1968–99) College Hockey America (1999–2006) Atlantic Hockey Association (2006–2024) Atlantic Hockey America (2024–present)
Rivalries	Army Black Knights Colorado College Tigers Battle for Pikes Peak
All-time leaders	Chuck Delich (279 Points) Chuck Delich (156 Goals) Andrew Volkening (69 Wins)
NCAA Tournament appearances	2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2017 2018
Conference Tournament titles	Atlantic Hockey: 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2017 2018
United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, CO

v t e Current head coaches of Atlantic Hockey America
Men's	Frank Serratore (Air Force) Eric Lang (American International) Brian Riley (Army) Andy Jones (Bentley) Trevor Large (Canisius) Bill Riga (Holy Cross) Rick Gotkin (Mercyhurst) Jason Lammers (Niagara) Wayne Wilson (RIT) Derek Schooley (Robert Morris) C. J. Marottolo (Sacred Heart)
Women's	Taylor Wasylk (Lindenwood) Michael Sisti (Mercyhurst) Jeff Kampersal (Penn State) Celeste Brown (RIT) Logan Bittle (Robert Morris) Britni Smith (Syracuse)

v t e Manitoba Moose
Founded in 1994 in St. Paul, Minnesota Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba , from 1996 to 2011 Relocated to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, for 2011–12 season Relocated back to Winnipeg for 2015–16 season
Franchise	History Players Coaches Seasons Records All articles
Arenas	Saint Paul Civic Center Target Center Winnipeg Arena Canada Life Centre Mile One Centre
Coaches	Serratore Perron Carlyle Smyl Carlyle Vigneault Arniel Noël McCambridge Vincent Morrison
General managers	Perron Carlyle Heisinger
Team names	Minnesota Moose Manitoba Moose St. John's IceCaps
Affiliates	Winnipeg Jets (NHL) Norfolk Admirals (ECHL)