Head Coach Brad Frost
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After holding the interim head coach title in 2007-08, Frost was named head coach on April 16, 2008.
In just his second year as UM's head coach in 2008-09, Frost and his team earned the WCHA regular season championship, the program's first since 2005, with a 23-2-3 mark. As a result, Frost was named the WCHA co-Coach of the Year, an honor he shared with the UW's Mark Johnson. He coached three Gophers to first-team All-WCHA honors and his players also received WCHA Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Student-Athlete of the Year awards. Frost also led UM to its first NCAA Frozen Four appearance since 2006, finishing with a 32-5-3 overall record and a No. 3 national ranking. Two Gophers earned All-America honors in Melanie Gagnon and Monique Lamoureux, while Lamoureux and Gigi Marvin were Patty Kazmaier finalists.
In August of 2007, Frost's coaching career took a new turn. After former coach Laura Halldorson announced her retirement, Frost was named interim head coach for 2007-08. He led UM on a 21-game unbeaten streak (19-0-2) from Nov. 18-Feb. 23, the second-longest streak in school history, guided the Gophers to a 27-7-4 overall record and 21-5-2 WCHA mark, good for second place, and returned UM to a NCAA Regional appearance. Frost coached Gigi Marvin to second-team All-America honors and recognition as a top-10 Patty Kazmaier finalist. Marvin and Rachael Drazan (D) were named first-team All-WCHA, while the Gophers had two additional honorees on both the second and third team. Frost himself was named the WCHA Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the National Coach of the Year.
Although he completed only his second season as head coach in 2008-09, Frost has been a member of the Golden Gopher staff since Dec., 2000 when he launched his career as an interim assistant coach. He was named assistant coach in 2001, a role he held until the end of the 2006 season. From 2001-04, Frost primarily coached the power-play and the forwards, including U.S. Olympians Natalie Darwitz, Kelly Stephens and Krissy Wendell.
In 2004-05, Frost coached the defense and power-play and penalty-kill units. In 2005, the power-play achieved a 31.0% success rate in their national championship season.
After losing four Olympians in the 2005-06 season, Frost helped the Gophers to a second place finish in both the WCHA regular season and tournament championships with a 19-8-1 record.
Following the 2005-06 season, Frost was elevated to associate head coach in May. He continued his work with the defensemen, practice planning, video analysis, game planning and working with the power-play units. In addition to his coaching responsibilities, Frost founded the Minnesota Girls Hockey Camp in the summer of 2007.
Frost has also gained considerable international coaching experience. He was an assistant coach for the U.S. National Team in 2008-09 at the Four Nation's Cup. In 2006, he was an assistant coach on the U.S. Under-22 Team, which included five UM players. and he has also coached at the 2003 USA Hockey 14/15 girl's development camp and the 16-year old development camp in 2008.
Before his Minnesota tenure, Frost spent a year at his alma mater, Bethel University, as an assistant coach for the men's team. Before his stint at Bethel, he was an assistant coach for the girls' hockey team at Eagan HS for three years and also served as co-head coach of the school's volleyball team that placed second in the Minnesota State HS League tournament in 2000. He was an assistant volleyball coach at Mounds View in 1999 and was head volleyball coach at New Life Academy from 1996-98. In addition, Frost taught physical education at Northview Elementary in Eagan and at New Life Academy in Woodbury.
Along with his hockey accomplishments, Frost was a two-year letterwinner on the Bethel University golf team, and went on to graduate with a BA in physical education in 1996. As an athlete, Frost was a four-year letterwinner and ranks eighth on Bethel's career scoring list. He finished his career with 119 points, and he was named the team's MVP and most inspirational player in 1994 and 1995. Frost was captain of the Royals as both a junior and senior.
Frost, his wife Dayna, and sons, Micah, Jonah and Josiah, reside in Cottage Grove, Minn.
