Millerick joins Rivier men's ice hockey program as Head Coach

NASHUA, N.H. – Rivier University and Director of Athletics Jonathan Harper have announced the hiring of Shaun Millerick as the institution's Head Men's Ice Hockey Coach.

Millerick joins the campus community from nearby Franklin Pierce University where he served as the Head Coach of the Ravens' NCAA Division II men's ice hockey team since 2017. He comes to Rivier as the all-time leader in coaching victories (53) at Franklin Pierce.

"I would like to thank Director of Athletics Jonathan Harper and the entire search committee for providing me with this tremendous opportunity of leading the men's ice hockey program at Rivier University," said Millerick. "I am excited to build a competitive program comprised of talented and hardworking student-athletes who are relentless in the pursuit of academic and athletic success."

Millerick takes the helm of a program that recently announced it will join the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) as an affiliate member in 2024-25. The new conference affiliation will allow Rivier student-athletes to compete against a more formalized schedule as well as pursue the league's automatic qualifying bid to NCAA Division III postseason play.

"I am incredibly excited to welcome Coach Millerick to Rivier," said Harper. "His demonstrated dedication to student-athletes as a Head Coach for the past six seasons will enable Shaun to take the Raiders ice hockey to new heights. We welcome him to Nashua to begin our preparation to compete in the MASCAC."

The Northeast-10 Conference's Coach of the Year in 2020, Millerick oversaw the two winningest seasons in team history (2018-19, 2019-20) and guided the team to a league championship game appearance in 2020. He also mentored three NE10 Players of the Year in his five full seasons as head coach.

"Franklin Pierce athletics will always hold a special place in my heart and I'm incredibly grateful for all the student-athletes I've been fortunate to coach over the last seven years," said Millerick.

This past season, Millerick's team picked up an NE10 Quarterfinals win over Southern New Hampshire, earning a spot in the NE10 Semifinals for just the third time in program history. Three student-athletes from his roster also collected the prestigious NE10 Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence, recording at least a 3.8 grade-point average.

In 2019-20, Millerick's Ravens posted a 16-12-4 record and established the team's single-season victories record for the second-consecutive campaign. 2018-19 saw Franklin Pierce reach a double-digit win total for the first time – he also mentored the league's first-ever NE10 Player of the Year award recipient that season.

As an Assistant Coach for the Ravens in 2016-17, Millerick worked directly with the conference's Goaltender of the Year, just the second in team annals for Franklin Pierce. Before earning his promotion to Head Coach, Millerick worked within the University's Admissions office as an Assistant Director and assisted the institution's baseball team.

A 2014 graduate of Becker University with a degree in Business Administration, Millerick was a two-sport student-athlete for the Hawks, competing in baseball and for the men's ice hockey team while captaining both squads.