Lionel Mauron enters his first season as a Miami assistant coach in 2025-26. He initially joined the RedHawks' staff in September 2024, serving as assistant to the Head Coach and handling program operations. Mauron was promoted to assistant coach in July 2025.
In his first season in Oxford, 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 Red and White’s 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.
Mauron joined Miami's staff after serving the previous three years as the head coach at Ohio University. In 2023, he was named the American Collegiate Hockey Association Coach of the Year and the Central States College Hockey League Coach of the Year. During his time in Athens, Mauron led OU to a 72-29-11 record, including 12 wins over ACHA top-five teams. Mauron’s program made the ACHA National Tournament final four in 2023 and again in 2024 after advancing to the quarterfinals in 2022.
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A native of Lausanne, Switzerland, Mauron played college hockey for Division III Curry College from 2015-19. He also played for the Lausanne Hockey Club (Swiss League), the Jacksonville Icemen (ECHL) and the Knoxville Ice Bears (SPHL).
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Mauron earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Curry in 2019 and completed his Master’s in Coaching Education from Ohio in 2021.
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