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Josh Ciocco

Josh Ciocco

In his fourth season at UAA as an assistant coach is Josh Ciocco in 2016-17.

Spending the majority of his time recruiting, Ciocco brought in WCHA All-Rookie Team honoree Wyatt Ege and UAA’s two-time Most Valuable Player, goaltender Olivier Mantha. Additionally, Ciocco handles the Seawolves’ academics, keeping the team GPA above a 3.0 since taking over. Ciocco has helped graduated 12 players with bachelor degrees, landed 35 on the WCHA All-Academic Team and 12 on the WCHA Scholar-Athlete Team.

In 2013-14, Ciocco helped UAA to its first winning season since 1992-93 with an 18-16-4 record, while helping the Seawolves advance to the Final Five after defeating Alaska Fairbanks 2-1 in a best-of-three WCHA First Round playoff series. 

Ciocco comes to UAA after serving as assistant coach of Milton Academy, while scouting amateur hockey events for the U.S. Hockey Report. Before that, Ciocco played for the University of New Hampshire from 2003-07.

After graduating from New Hampshire in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in political science, Ciocco spent two seasons in the ECHL with the Wheeling Nailers (2006-07) and under Thomas with the Fresno Falcons in 2007-08. As a player at UNH, Ciocco helped the Wildcats to the NCAA tournament each year, while dressing as captain during his senior campaign.

In 2010, Ciocco completed his MBA from UNH before serving as an on-air analyst for all televised Hockey East games, including Beanport, Frozen Fenway and the league’s championships game. He also spent two years scouting and recruiting for Pulver Sports Management from 2008 to 2010.