Brian Idalski | |
Current Title: | Head coach |
Current Team: | St. Cloud State |
Current Conference: | WCHA |
Birth Date: | 23 January 1971 |
Birth Place: | Warren, Michigan, United States |
Alma Mater: | University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point |
Coach Years1: | 1999–2000 |
Coach Team1: | Columbus Cottonmouths (CHL) (asst) |
Coach Years2: | 2000–2001 |
Coach Team2: | Wisconsin–Stevens Point (men's asst) |
Coach Years3: | 2001–2006 |
Coach Team3: | Wisconsin–Stevens Point |
Coach Years4: | 2006–2007 |
Coach Team4: | St. Cloud State (asst) |
Coach Years5: | 2007–2017 |
Coach Team5: | North Dakota |
Coach Years6: | 2019–2022 |
Coach Team6: | Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays |
Coach Years7: | 2021–2022 |
Coach Team7: | China women's national team |
Coach Years8: | 2022– |
Coach Team8: | St. Cloud State |
Brian Idalski (born January 23, 1971) is an American ice hockey coach, currently serving as head coach of the St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference of the NCAA Division I.
In April 2007, he was named head coach of University of North Dakota women's ice hockey.[1]
He served as head coach of the Chinese women's team the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) during 2019 to 2022, twice winning the ZhHL Championship with the team, and was the head coach of the now-defunct North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's ice hockey team for ten seasons.[2]
Idalski was head coach of the Chinese women's national team that participated in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[3] The team qualified as the national host country.[4]