Mike Hastings (ice hockey)

Mike Hastings
	Hastings in April 2023
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Wisconsin Badgers
Conference	Big Ten
Record	26–12–2 (.675)
Biographical details
Born	February 3, 1966 (age 58); Eugene, Oregon, U.S.
Alma mater	St. Cloud State University
Playing career
1986–1988	St. Cloud State
Position(s)	Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1992	St. Cloud State (Assistant)
1992–1993	Omaha Lancers (Assistant)
1993–1994	St. Cloud State (Assistant)
1994–2008	Omaha Lancers
2003, 2005	US World Junior Team (Assistant)
2008–2009	Minnesota (Assistant)
2009–2012	Nebraska–Omaha (Assistant)
2012–2023	Minnesota State
2022	US Olympic Team (Assistant)
2023–Present	Wisconsin
Head coaching record
Overall	325–121–27 (.716) [College]
Tournaments	5–9 (.357)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	6× WCHA Champion (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021); 3× WCHA Tournament champion (2014, 2015, 2019); 2× CCHA Champion (2022, 2023); 2× CCHA Tournament champion (2022, 2023);
Awards
	3× WCHA Coach of the Year (2013, 2015, 2021); 3× Spencer Penrose Award (2015, 2021, 2022); CCHA Coach of the Year (2022);

Last updated November 24, 2024

Mike Hastings (born February 3, 1966) is an American ice hockey coach at the collegiate level. Since 2023, he has been the head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team. He was head coach of the Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey team from 2012 to 2023.

Career

Hastings was the head coach of the Omaha/River City Lancers from 1994 to 2008 where he was twice named the USHL Coach of the Year (1996–97 and 2001–02)^[1] and five times was named the USHL General Manager of the Year (1997, 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2008).^[2]

After a successful 14-year run in the USHL Hastings returned to the college ranks, joining the staff at Minnesota as an assistant for a year before becoming an associate head coach at Nebraska–Omaha. After three years with the Mavericks Hastings accepted the head coaching position at Minnesota State. When Hastings arrived in Mankato the program had only one winning season in the previous nine years and he immediately turned the program around. In his first year the team doubled their win total, going 24–14–3 and making the second NCAA tournament appearance since joining Division I in 1996.^[3] The team improved in each of the next two seasons, winning the WCHA tournament both years and was the #1 seed in the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

In the 2021 Tournament, Hastings and Minnesota State won 2 games on their way to the Frozen Four. Hastings' 5 consecutive 20+ win seasons to start his career led to Minnesota State giving him a 10-year contract extension in the spring of 2017.^[4]

On March 30, 2023, it was announced that Hastings had been hired as the head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team, replacing Tony Granato after seven seasons.

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Minnesota State Mavericks (WCHA)(2012–2021)
2012–13	Minnesota State	24–14–3	16–11–1	T-4th	NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals
2013–14	Minnesota State	26–14–1	20–7–1	2nd	NCAA Northeast Regional semifinals
2014–15	Minnesota State	29–8–3	21–4–3	1st	NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals
2015–16	Minnesota State	21–13–7	16–5–6	T-1st	WCHA Runner-Up
2016–17	Minnesota State	22–13–4	15–9–4–2	3rd	WCHA semifinals
2017–18	Minnesota State	29–10–1	22–5–1–0	1st	NCAA West Regional semifinals
2018–19	Minnesota State	32–8–2	22–5–1–1	1st	NCAA East Regional semifinals
2019–20	Minnesota State	31–5–2	23–4–1–1	1st	Tournament cancelled
2020–21	Minnesota State	22–5–1	13–1–0	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
Minnesota State Mavericks(CCHA)(2021–2023)
2021–22	Minnesota State	38–6–0	23–3–0	1st	NCAA Runner-Up
2022–23	Minnesota State	25–13–1	16–9–1	1st	NCAA West Regional Semifinal
Minnesota State:		299–109–25	207–63–19
Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten)(2023–present)
2023–24	Wisconsin	26–12–2	16–7–1	2nd	NCAA East Regional Semifinal
2024–25	Wisconsin	0–0–0	0–0–0
Wisconsin:		26–12–2	16–7–1
Total:		325–121–27
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

↑ USHL Coach of the Year :: USHL.COM Archived 2010-10-30 at the Wayback Machine
↑ USHL General Manager of the Year :: USHL.COM Archived 2010-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Minnesota State Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
↑ "Minnesota State Pays Up to Keep Mike Hastings". SB Nation. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-06-02.

External links

Mike Hastings career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Rick Bennett Brad Berry / Mike Schafer	Spencer Penrose Award 2014–15 2020–21, 2021–22	Succeeded by Rand Pecknold Bob Motzko
Preceded by Mel Pearson Bob Daniels Grant Potulny Tom Serratore	WCHA Coach of the Year 2012–13 2014–15 2018–19 2020–21	Succeeded by Bob Daniels Mel Pearson Tom Serratore Award Discontinued
Preceded by Enrico Blasi	CCHA Coach of the Year 2021–22	Succeeded by Joe Shawhan

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[1] USHL Coach of the Year :: USHL.COM Archived 2010-10-30 at the Wayback Machine

[2] USHL General Manager of the Year :: USHL.COM Archived 2010-10-18 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Minnesota State Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2017-06-01.

[4] "Minnesota State Pays Up to Keep Mike Hastings". SB Nation. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-06-02.

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v t e Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey
Formerly the Mankato State Mavericks
Playing venues	All Seasons Arena (1974–1995) Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center (1995–present)
Head coaches	Don Brose (1969–83, 1984–2000) Brad Reeves (1983–84) Troy Jutting (2000–12) Mike Hastings (2012–2023) Luke Strand (2023–Present)
Seasons	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	NCHA (1981–1992) WCHA (1999–2021) CCHA (2021–Present)
Culture & lore	North Star College Cup
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Tom Kern (239 Points) Tom Kern (129 Goals) Dryden McKay (113 Wins)
National championships	D–II: 1980
Frozen Four appearances	D–III: 1986 1990 1991 D–II: 1978 1979 1980 1981 D–I: 2021 2022
NCAA Tournament appearances	D–III: 1985 1986 1990 1991 1992 D–II: 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 D–I: 2003 2013 2014 2015 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Conference Tournament titles	WCHA: 2014 2015 2019 CCHA: 2022 2023
Hobey Baker winners	Dryden McKay
Minnesota State University Mankato, MN

v t e Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Hartmeyer Ice Arena (1963–1967) Dane County Coliseum (1967–1998) Kohl Center (1998–present)
Head coaches	A. C. Viner (1921–1923) Robert Blodgett (1923–1924) Kay Iverson (1924–1926) Rube Brandow (1926–1927) John Farquhar (1927–1930) Spike Carlson (1930–1931) Art Thomasen (1931–1935) John Riley (1963–1966) Bob Johnson (1966–1975, 1976–1982) Bill Rothwell (1975–1976) Jeff Sauer (1982–2002) Mike Eaves (2002–2016) Tony Granato (2016–2023) Mike Hastings (2023–Present)
Seasons	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 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 (1970–2013) Big Ten (1968–1981, 2013–present)
Culture & lore	Badger Showdown Frozen Tundra Hockey Classic
Rivalries	Minnesota
All-time leaders	Mike Eaves (267 Points) Mark Johnson (125 Goals) Graham Melanson (81 Wins)
National championships	1973 1977 1981 1983 1990 2006
Frozen Four appearances	1970 1972 1973 1977 1978 1981 1982 1983 1990 1992* 2006 2010
NCAA Tournament appearances	1970 1972 1973 1977 1978 1981 1982 1983 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992* 1993 1994 1995 1998 2000 2001 2004 2005 2006 2008 2010 2013 2014 2021 2024
Conference Tournament titles	WCHA: 1970 1972 1973 1977 1978 1982 1983 1988 1990 1995 1998 2013 Big Ten: 2014
Hobey Baker winners	Blake Geoffrion (2010)
Notable players	Adam Burish Jake Dowell Mike Eaves Brian Elliott Jake Gardiner Paul Houck Dany Heatley Mark Johnson Ryan McDonagh Craig Norwich Steven Reinprecht Craig Smith Derek Stepan Brad Winchester
University of Wisconsin Madison, WI