Greg Powers

Last updated
Greg Powers
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Arizona State
Conference NCHC
Biographical details
Born (1976-12-08) December 8, 1976 (age 47)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Alma mater Arizona State University
Playing career
1995–1999 Arizona State
Position(s) Goaltender
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008–2010 Arizona State (Assistant)
2010–Present Arizona State
Head coaching record
Overall132–148–24 (.474) [NCAA]
164–27–9 (.843) [ACHA]
Tournaments0–1 (.000)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2014 WCHL Conference Champion
2014 ACHA National Champion
2015 WCHL Conference Champion
Awards
2009 Arizona State Athletic Hall of Fame
2014 WCHL Coach of the Year

Greg Powers is a former ice hockey goaltender who currently the head coach at his alma mater Arizona State. [1]

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Career

Greg Powers began attending Arizona State in the fall of 1995. [2] He served as the starting goaltender for the Sun Devils for four seasons, earning all-American honors in 1997, 1998 and 1999 while being named team MVP for both his Sophomore and Junior seasons. [3] After graduating from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Powers returned to his alma mater in 2008 to serve as an assistant coach. After two seasons he was promoted to the head coaching position and swiftly raised the profile of the Sun Devils. In 2012–13 he led Arizona State to its first 30-win season and the following campaign took home the program's first ACHA national championship. It came as no surprise that Powers was retained as the bench boss once Arizona State announced they would become an NCAA-sponsored Division I program for the 2015–16 season. [4]

Coach Powers has been on the Sun Devil Coaching Staff now for 14 years, and enters his seventh year as Head Coach of ASU's NCAA Division 1 Hockey Program. Coach Powers was a finalist for the 2019 & 2020 Spencer Penrose Award, which is awarded to the NCAA Division 1 Coach Of The Year. He was also awarded the 2018–19 Frank Kush, Sun Devil Athletics Coach of the Year Award.

During the 2018–2019 hockey season, Coach Powers and his staff led the Sun Devils to become the fastest start-up program to qualify for the NCAA Division 1 Tournament in NCAA History. The Sun Devils finished the season ranked 10th in the Pairwise rankings.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Arizona State Sun Devils (WCHL)(2010–2015)
2010–11 Arizona State
2011–12 Arizona State
2012–13 Arizona State 35–8–1ACHA Final Four
2013–14 Arizona State ACHA national champion
2014–15 Arizona State 35–4–1ACHA Final Four
Arizona State:164–27–9
Arizona State Sun Devils(Independent)(2015–2024)
2015–16 Arizona State 5–22–2
2016–17 Arizona State 10–19–3
2017–18 Arizona State 8–21–5
2018–19 Arizona State 21–13–1 NCAA regional semifinals
2019–20 Arizona State 22–11–3Tournament cancelled
2020–21 Arizona State 7–16–3
2021–22 Arizona State 17–17–1
2022–23 Arizona State 18–21–0
2023–24 Arizona State 24–8–6
Arizona State:132–148–24
Arizona State Sun Devils(NCHC)(2024–present)
2024–25 Arizona State
Arizona State:
Total:132–148–24

      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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