Men's D2 Hockey
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- jwgraham2@liberty.edu
Joshua Graham makes his return as an assistant coach of the Liberty University Women's DI Ice Hockey Team after three seasons as the Head Coach of the Liberty University Men's DIII team.
In his three seasons with the DIII program, Graham complied a record of 41-27-2 with a .586 winning percentage. In the 2022-2023 season, Graham oversaw the best season in program history with a record of 19-8-1 and overseeing the teams highest national ranking ever at 8th in the country. The team also had a 10-0 perfect record in ACCHL Conference play. Graham led the Men's team to two AAU National Tournament appearances in 2022 and 2023. He was also honored in three consecutive years as the ACCHL Coach of the Year for his efforts. In all three years Graham led the DIII team to the ACCHL Conference Championship.
From 2017-2018 Graham served in various capacities for the Liberty Women's DI team serving as the goalie and video coach. During Graham’s tenure with the Women’s DI program, he would assist the Flames to back-to-back National Championships (18/19) and the programs first ever WMCH Conference Championship in 2020. Due to COVID-19, the Flames were unable to defend their title in the 2020 ACHA National Championship Tournament. Coach Graham previously served with the women’s team from 2008-2012 as a goalie and assistant coach.
Prior to returning to Liberty in 2017, Coach Graham was the Head Coach of the Central Alberta Amazon’s of the AJFHL and led the program to their fourth South Division Championship in 2017 and runners up in the AJFHL League Championship series vs the Sherwood Park Steele.
Over the course of Coach Graham’s four years in the AJFHL, he would have 11 players named to the AJFHL All-Star South Team and three players earning league awards. In 2016, Coach Graham was named to the AJFHL All-Star South Team coaching staff.
Coach Graham completed his Hockey Canada High Performance certification in 2016 in Kamloops BC, he also holds his Development I and Coach Stream certifications from Hockey Canada and USA Hockey level III certification.
Coach Graham graduated from Liberty University in 2010 with a B.S. in Sport Management and Minor in Coaching, in 2012 with a M.S. in Sport Administration and in 2021 with a Master of Divinity in Biblical Studies. He lives with his wife Laura in Lynchburg, VA and the two are expecting their first child in January 2024.
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