Brett Larson

Brett Larson is an American ice hockey coach and former player. He is the current head coach of St. Cloud State, having been named to the position in April 2018.

Brett Larson
Born	(1972-08-20) August 20, 1972 Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Defenseman
Shot	Right
Played for	Minnesota–Duluth Madison Monsters Louisville Riverfrogs San Diego Gulls Utah Grizzlies Long Beach Ice Dogs Las Vegas Thunder Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim Odense Bulldogs Basingstoke Bison Florida Seals Minnesota Arctic Blast Orlando Jackals Minnesota Blue Ox
National team	United States
NHL draft	213th overall, 1990 Detroit Red Wings
Playing career	1991–2007
Coaching career
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	St. Cloud State
Conference	NCHC
Biographical details
Alma mater	University of Minnesota Duluth
Playing career
1991–1995	Minnesota–Duluth
Position(s)	Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2001	San Diego Gulls
2006–2007	Florida Seals (assistant)
2008–2011	Minnesota–Duluth (assistant)
2011–2013	Sioux City Musketeers
2013–2015	Ohio State (assistant)
2015–2018	Minnesota–Duluth (assistant)
2018–present	St. Cloud State
Head coaching record
Overall	123–76–21 (.607)
Tournaments	4–4 (.500)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Herb Brooks Coach of the Year (2019)

Playing career

After being drafted out of high school, Larson waited a year before beginning his college career at Minnesota–Duluth. In his freshman season he scored only three points in 26 games for a middling team. The following year the Bulldogs rocketed up the standings, winning the WCHA and making the NCAA tournament. In his junior season Larson was given a great role with the team and responded by posting more than quintuple his previous season's total. Despite this Duluth dropped to 7th in the WCHA and stayed there for the rest of Larson's college career. After graduating Larson embarked on a long career that was spent mostly in the minor leagues in North America. During the later half of the 1990s he also played roller hockey in the RHI, stopping only due to the league ceasing operations.

In 2001, After winning the Taylor Cup with San Diego Larson signed with Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim of the German second league playing one season for the Red Devils before joining the Odense Bulldogs. In his first season with the Bulldogs he helped the team win the regular season title but fell in the championship match. The team had diminishing returns each of the following two years and after splitting the 2005–06 season between Bad Nauheim and Basingstoke Larson returned to the states for one more season before retiring as a player.

Coaching career

During his playing career Larson had twice served as a player/coach; for two years with the San Diego Gulls and in his brief stint with Florida Seals. After his playing days were over Larson took a year off before returning as a full-time coach, joining the staff at his alma mater as an assistant. After only three years behind the bench he was hired as the head coach/GM for the Sioux City Musketeers, but after two poor seasons he headed back to the college ranks. After a two-year stop at Ohio State he began a third stint with Minnesota–Duluth, staying for another three seasons before he received his first opportunity to lead a college program with St. Cloud State.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991–92	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA		26	2	1	3	20		–	–	–	–	–
1992–93	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA		33	2	3	5	8		–	–	–	–	–
1993–94	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA		38	14	14	28	40		–	–	–	–	–
1994–95	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA		37	6	25	31	50		–	–	–	–	–
1995–96	Madison Monsters	CHL		70	12	31	43	37		6	2	1	3	18
1996–97	Louisville Riverfrogs	ECHL		27	4	13	17	4		–	–	–	–	–
1997–98	San Diego Gulls	WCHL		52	8	19	27	26		–	–	–	–	–
1997–98	Utah Grizzlies	IHL		9	0	0	0	6		–	–	–	–	–
1998–99	San Diego Gulls	WCHL		60	10	36	46	42		12	7	7	14	6
1998–99	Long Beach Ice Dogs	IHL		4	0	0	0	2		–	–	–	–	–
1998–99	Utah Grizzlies	IHL		1	0	0	0	0		–	–	–	–	–
1998–99	Las Vegas Thunder	IHL		2	0	0	0	0		–	–	–	–	–
1999–00	San Diego Gulls	WCHL		69	11	44	55	64		9	3	6	9	6
1999–00	Long Beach Ice Dogs	IHL		1	0	0	0	0		–	–	–	–	–
2000–01	San Diego Gulls	WCHL		70	8	33	41	42		13	3	5	8	2
2001–02	Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim	DEL2		43	10	17	27	87		–	–	–	–	–
2002–03	Odense Bulldogs	Denmark		27	2	6	8	83		13	1	1	2	10
2003–04	Odense Bulldogs	Denmark		31	2	3	5	60		13	3	2	5	6
2004–05	Odense Bulldogs	Denmark		33	2	6	8	34		15	3	0	3	12
2005–06	Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim	Germany3		28	2	9	11	50		–	–	–	–	–
2005–06	Basingstoke Bison	EIHL		16	0	12	12	16		6	0	1	1	10
2006–07	Florida Seals	SPHL		6	1	3	4	16		–	–	–	–	–
NCAA totals				134	24	43	67	118		–	–	–	–	–

Awards and honours

West Coast Hockey League

Award	Year
Taylor Cup champion	2001

Head coaching record

USHL

Team	Year	Regular season						Post season
		G	W	L	T	Pts	Finish	Result
Sioux City Musketeers	2011–12	60	29	30	1	(59)	5th in West	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals 0–2
Sioux City Musketeers	2012–13	64	23	30	11	(57)	6th in West	Missed Postseason

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
St. Cloud State Huskies (NCHC) (2018–present)
2018–19	St. Cloud State	30–6–3	19–2–3–2	1st	NCAA Regional Semifinals
2019–20	St. Cloud State	13–15–6	10–12–2–1	5th	Tournament cancelled
2020–21	St. Cloud State	20–11–0	15–9–0	2nd	NCAA Runner-Up
2021–22	St. Cloud State	18–15–4	10–10–4	T–4th	NCAA Regional Semifinals
2022–23	St. Cloud State	25–13–3	12–9–3	4th	NCAA Regional Final
2023–24	St. Cloud State	17–16–5	11–9–4	T–3rd	NCHC Semifinals
St. Cloud State:		123–76–21	77–51–16
Total:		123–76–21
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database