Miami Redhawks

Anthony Noreen enters his second year as the head coach of Miami Hockey in 2025-26.
 
In his first season at the helm, Miami started unbeaten in its first four games, highlighted by a sweep of Alaska Anchorage, before going on to finish ninth in the competitive National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC). The RedHawks’ 29-man roster produced a program-record 24 NCHC Academic All-Conference selections (3.0 or better cumulative GPA) and 16 Distinguished Scholar-Athletes (3.5+ GPA), while Miami captain Ryan Sullivan was named a finalist for the conference’s Sportsmanship Award. The ensuing offseason saw the RedHawks’ recruiting class and transfer portal additions both ranked among the top 10 in the country by Neutral Zone.
 
Miami University Director of Athletics David Sayler announced on April 1, 2024 that Noreen had been named the seventh head coach in Miami Hockey history. Noreen had served as the head coach of the Tri-City Storm in the United States Hockey League (USHL) since 2017 and has also served as the Storm's President of Hockey Operations since 2019. He has been involved with USA Hockey for nearly a decade, most recently as the U-18 head coach for the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Noreen led the 2018 U.S. Junior Select Team to a gold medal in the World Junior A Challenge.

During his time with Tri-City, Noreen produced a record of 237-128-24-19, making him the winningest coach in franchise history. His Storm teams qualified for the playoffs in each of his seven seasons at the helm (with the exception of the 2019-20 postseason, which was canceled due to COVID). Noreen led the Storm to two Anderson Cups (2018-19 and 2021-22), setting a franchise record for wins and points in the 2018-19 season and breaking the league record for wins and points in 2021-22. He was named Coach of the Year in both of those seasons (the first Storm coach to earn that honor) and has produced more playoff appearances and more regular-season titles than any other Tri-City head coach.  
 
The Storm topped the USHL in penalty killing for four straight seasons (2018-22) and led the league in goals against in two of those years. In 2021-22, Noreen's team won a franchise-record 11 consecutive games and went on to lead the USHL in goals scored and power-play goals.
 
Noreen coached 34 NHL draft picks during his tenure with the Storm, and his Tri-City program produced more than 100 NCAA Division I hockey players in that time. The 2024 NCAA Tournament featured a total of 24 former Storm players, with 14 of the 16 participating programs (and each school in the Frozen Four) having at least one Tri-City product on their roster.
 
Storm players under Noreen won two USHL Player of the Year awards to go along with two Defenseman of the Year honors, three Goalie of the Year recognitions, one Forward of the Year pick and a Rookie of the Year selection.
  
Noreen's experience with USA Hockey includes his most recent role as U-18 head coach for the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup as well as a collection of three medals earned with the U.S. Junior Select Team in the World Junior A Challenge. Noreen served as head coach for the U.S. Junior Select Team in 2019 (bronze medal) and 2018 (gold medal) after helping the U.S. to silver in 2017 as an assistant.
 
Before joining Tri-City, Noreen was the head coach for the Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL) from 2015-17 after four seasons as Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) head coach and general manager (2011-15). Noreen posted a mark of 38-35-4-6 in Orlando and led the Phantoms to a 126-99-10-9 record. His 2014-15 Youngstown team set a USHL record with a 17-game win streak en route to claiming the Anderson Cup, as Noreen was named the league's Coach of the Year.
 
Noreen, who holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Interpersonal/Organizational Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, began his coaching career at his alma mater as an assistant from 2007-10. Noreen played four seasons for the Pointers from 2003-07, serving as a team captain in his junior and senior years. He was named to the NCHA All-Academic Team as a student-athlete in 2005-06 and 2006-07 and graduated from UWSP in 2007.