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(updated June 6, 2009)
 
2009/10 California Cougars Coaching Staff
Aaron Mullagh - Midget 18A Head Coach
Aaron hails from Burnaby, British Columbia where he began his hockey career at age 3 and has never turned back.  Aaron spent his youth playing travel hockey for two B.C. clubs, Coquitlam and Port Moody.  He concluded his youth hockey playing for the Markham Thunder AAA team.  Aaron got his first coaching job at the young age of 14.  Some of his coaching highlights include the British Columbia Hockey School, Japanese National Team and, of course, the Cougars.  You may also run into him as a ski instructor in Tahoe or hear him on your radio as a D.J.
Sean Connolly - Midget 16A Head Coach
Sean, originally from Boston, got his start playing youth hockey in the Boston area before moving to California.  Growing up he played for the Berkeley Bears Bantam AA and Midget AA teams (which included a State Championship) and played Nor Cal Bantam AAA and Midget AAA.  In High School Sean went on to play Junior hockey for the Calgary Blackhawks in Calgary, Alberta, and then played for the Nashua Junior A Huskies of the New England Junior Hockey League.

Sean played college hockey at Boston University (NCAA, Div. I) as a member of the Junior Varsity team and as a Varsity reserve.  Sean has coached both in-house and traveling teams in San Mateo for the Cougars.
Jim Keba - Midget 16A Assistant Coach
Jim's bio will be posted shortly
Jesse Jacobs - Midget 16A Assistant Coach
Jesse's bio will be posted shortly
Brian Farrell - Bantam A Head Coach
Brian Farrell has been involved with Northern California hockey since he was 9 years old.  As a player, he won two NorCal championships, and one California (CAHA) championship.

For the past 8 years, Brian has coached at various levels for the Cougars organization, including Pee Wee A and B, Bantam A and B, Midget 16A, and Midget 18A.  Every team that Brian has coached has reached the NorCal playoffs, with several teams going on to the state playoffs.  In total, his teams have won 3 NorCal championships, and 2 California state championships.  His most recent State Championship team was the 2007-08 Pee Wee B team.  Brian has an intense passion for the game, and a demonstrated ability to coach at all ages.
Jerry Fragoza - Bantam A Assistant Coach
Jerry's bio will be posted shortly
Ben Cournoyer - Bantam A Assistant Coach
Ben's bio will be posted shortly
Mario Morrissette - Pee Wee A Head Coach
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Dave Larsson - Pee Wee A Assistant Coach
Dave's bio will be posted shortly
John Paulazzo - Pee Wee A Assistant Coach
John's bio will be posted shortly
David Park - Pee Wee A Assistant Coach
David's bio will be posted shortly
Pat Foley - Pee Wee B Head Coach
Pat Foley's most recent coaching effort resulted in a Cougar Bantam B Norcal championship.  He started coaching with the original in-house program at the Cupertino rink in the early 90's.  Over the next several seasons he was a coach for several Cougar Championship Pee Wee, Bantam, and Midget teams.

Pat Foley grew up in Boston during the Bobby Orr era.  After playing mostly pond and street hockey growing up, Pat played club hockey in college on the East and West Coasts including San Jose State as his last stop.  Pat enjoys working with "B" teams to give them the proper development and growth to help them surpass their peers who were more worried about the letter "A" after their team name then actual player development.
Chris Hathaway - Squirt A Head Coach
Chris was born and raised in Syracuse, NY where he played and coached.  His playing career finished with one year of college hockey.  His coaching career began 13 years ago in Syracuse and then continued onto to New York City.  Upon his arrival to the Bay Area, Chris created and formed the Cougars.  Although he greatly enjoys overseeing the club, his greatest experiences come from coaching.
Bradley Whitworth - Squirt A Assistant Coach
Bradley's bio will be posted shortly
Kurt Van Etten - Squirt B Head Coach
Kurt's bio will be posted shortly
Marty DeSilva - Mite Head Coach
Marty's bio will be posted shortly
 
 
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