Troy Thibodeau - Associate Head Coach - Staff Directory

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Troy Thibodeau

Title:
Associate Head Coach
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Phone:
513-529-9811

Troy Thibodeau joined the Miami Hockey coaching staff in May 2024 as associate head coach, coming to Miami after spending the previous three seasons as an assistant coach at Dartmouth.

Thibodeau was part of a historic turnaround in his second season with the RedHawks, as Miami jumped from three wins the previous season to an 18-16-2 mark in 2025-26. Miami matched the largest single-season improvement in wins in program history (+15 in 1996-97) and the third-largest nationally over the past half-century (excluding forfeits and COVID), finishing with a winning record for the first time since last qualifying for the NCAA Tournament in 2015.

The Red and White won the program’s first trophy in a decade, claiming the Belpot at the Friendship Four in Belfast, and returned to the national rankings for the first time since 2019. The RedHawks won their first six games of the season, posted 9-1 mark in non-conference games, and enjoyed their longest NCHC winning streak ever (five games). Head coach Anthony Noreen was a top-three finalist for NCHC Coach of the Year as Miami matched its highest finish in the conference standings since 2015-16, finishing seventh with a 9-13-2 league record. The RedHawks posted four wins over nationally-ranked teams, including a sweep at No. 20 St. Cloud State in January and a home win over defending national champion No. 4 Western Michigan.

The Red and White also welcomed the first capacity sellout crowd to Steve “Coach” Cady Arena in more than 10 years and sold out four games in all, finishing with a winning record on home ice for the first time since 2015-16.

Matteo Drobac was named Third-Team All-NCHC and was a finalist for NCHC Goaltender of the Year, finishing the season ranked among Miami’s top-10 single-season leaders in wins, saves, shutouts and minutes played in net. David Deputy, an All-Rookie Team selection, was a finalist for NCHC Rookie of the Year and the National’s Three Stars Award after becoming the first RedHawk with 15 goals in a season since 2017-18. Blake Mesenburg was a national finalist for Team IMPACT’s Teammate of the Year award and became the first player in Miami history to win the NCHC Sportsmanship Award. Miami players won 16 weekly or monthly NCHC awards during the 2025-26 campaign, led by Deputy’s five (one Rookie of the Month and four Rookie of the Week nods). Six different RedHawks produced at least 20 points (the most since 2017-18), including top NHL prospect Ilia Morozov (who began the season as the youngest Division I player in the nation).

The RedHawks continued to excel in the classroom as well, with several student-athletes earning Honor Roll and Distinguished Scholar-Athlete recognition from the National. Additionally, Brayden Morrison was named to the first NCHC Academic All-Conference team.

In Thibodeau's first season with the RedHawks, 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.

During Thibodeau's final season at Dartmouth, the Big Green posted a winning record overall and in conference play, finishing in the top four of the 2023-2024 ECAC Hockey standings despite being picked 11th in the preseason poll. Dartmouth went 13-10-9, surpassing its total number of victories from the previous two seasons combined, and finished 29th in the Pairwise ranking (a 35-spot jump from the year before), earning league Coach of the Year honors for head coach Reid Cashman.

Thibodeau's responsibilities at Dartmouth included working with the forwards and the team's power play. He also helped recruit players from around the world, including natives of the United States, Canada, Finland, Russia and Norway.

Before joining the Big Green, Thibodeau served as an assistant under Noreen with the USHL's Tri-City Storm for three seasons (2018-2021). The Storm won the Western Conference in two of those seasons (with the other cut short due to COVID). Thibodeau was part of the program's Anderson Cup season in 2018-19 and helped coach 11 NHL draft picks at Tri-City. He worked specifically with the Storm's forwards and the power play.

Thibodeau was previously the director of hockey operations at UMass Lowell from 2016-18, where he was responsible for video breakdown, travel and meal coordination and acted as the program's student-athlete academic liaison. The River Hawks went 44-30-3 over those two seasons, including an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2017.

Thibodeau spent the 2015-16 season as Merrimack's video coordinator after working for Wentworth Institute of Technology as an assistant coach in 2014-15. Thibodeau also spent time as a strength and conditioning volunteer intern at the University of Florida and the University of Denver in 2014. He has been a summer on-ice skating and skills instructor for nearly a decade, including working with Dynamic Skating and ProForm Development.

A native of Danvers, Mass., Thibodeau is a 2014 graduate of the University of Southern Maine, earning a Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science. A multi-sport student-athlete, he played hockey and baseball for the Huskies, including serving as an assistant captain on the 2012-13 hockey team and earning 2013 Division III College World Series All-Tournament Team honors as part of USM's national runner-up baseball program. Thibodeau was recognized on the ECAC East All-Academic Team in 2011-12.