Air Force Academy and Serratore agree to new five-year contract through 2012-13 season
Courtesy of Air Force Athletic Communications
USAFA, Colo. - The Air Force Academy and hockey
coach Frank Serratore have agreed on a new five-year contract that
runs through the 2012-13 season, according to an announcement today
from Director of Athletics Dr. Hans Mueh. Details of the contract
are still being worked out and are going through the Academy
process.
Serratore has led the Falcons to back-to-back Atlantic Hockey
Association championships and NCAA berths. Serratore is currently
in his 12th season at Air Force with a 180-201-30
record. He is the winningest coach in Air Force hockey history,
leading Air Force to a 19-16-5 record in 2006-07 and a 21-12-6 mark
last season. The 21 wins are the most Division I wins in school
history. This season, he has led the Falcons to a perfect 10-0
record and a national ranking of No. 12 in both polls, the highest
ever in school history.
Air Force, 8-0 and in first place in the AHA, hosts Sacred Heart
Friday-Saturday, Nov. 21-22, at the Cadet Ice Arena. Friday's
faceoff is at 7:05 p.m. while Saturday's game is a 7:35 p.m.
