Player Bio: Lou Santini :: Men's Ice Hockey -
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Published on: 9/11/2008
Last Visited: 9/11/2008
Lou Santini
Lou Santini
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Santini enters his seventh season as a member of the Pioneers coaching staff and brings a great deal of knowledge and experience to the program.Before coming to Sacred Heart Santini was an assistant coach for the Tulsa Crude and the Dubuque Fighting Saints of the USHL.Before that he spent two years coaching in professional hockey from 2000-01, serving as an assistant coach for the Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL) and the Augusta Lynx (ECHL).
Prior to that experience Santini served as an assistant coach for six seasons at Middlebury College.During that time Middlebury won five consecutive NCAA Division-III National Championships and had an overall record of 137-19-10.Santini first got into coaching as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Iona.Also during that time he was a high school assistant coach from 1990-94.
In addition Santini has served as a coach and instructor for the USA Player Development Program in Michigan, Minnesota and New York from 1990-2002.Santini earned a BA in Communication Arts/Broadcasting with a minor in Speech from Iona in 1990.He was also a four-year letterwinner as a goaltender for the Gaels men's ice hockey team.