Mike Hedden enters his second season as head coach in 2024-25.
Hedden was announced as the program’s seventh head coach on October 27, 2023. Hedden is a 2009 graduate of Neumann University and served as an assistant captain on the team that won the Division III national title in 2009. He was inducted into the Neumann University Hall of Fame in 2017.
Over his career as a Knight, he was awarded ECAC West All-Conference team honors all four seasons. Scoring 96 goals in his career, Hedden still holds the school record by a wide margin. The player in second place has 61. He sits in second for games played (108), sixth all-time in assists (67) and is second on the career list in points (163).
After graduating from Neumann, Hedden became a member of the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL and continued his playing career until 2020. He was a member of the 2014 AHL Calder Cup Champions with the Texas Stars. Over his three seasons with Texas, Hedden played in 205 games, scored 55 goals, and handed out 69 assists for 124 points. During the 2014 Calder Cup run, he scored nine goals and finished with 19 points in 21 games.
He also represented Team Canada in the Spengler Cup in 2014. From 2014-2019, Hedden played oversees. In 2019, Hedden was a member of the EIHL Playoff Champions Cardiff Devils. He began his coaching career with the Rapid City Rush (ECHL) in 2021. From 2021-2023, he was an assistant coach with the Oshawa Generals (OHL).
