OXFORD, Ohio– Miami University Director of Athletics David Sayler announced today that Anthony Noreen has been named the seventh head coach in Miami Hockey history. Noreen has been the head coach of the Tri-City Storm in the United States Hockey League (USHL) since 2017 and has also served as the Storm’s President of Hockey Operations since 2019. He has been involved with USA Hockey for nearly a decade, most recently as the U-18 head coach for the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Noreen led the 2018 U.S. Junior Select Team to a gold medal in the World Junior A Challenge.
“I am honored and humbled to be the next head hockey coach at Miami University,” said Noreen. “I would like to thank David Sayler and Brad Okel for their belief in me, and the alumni of this storied program for creating something special to build upon. I look forward to being a part of the next chapter of Miami Hockey and establishing a standard that all of our supporters can be proud of.”
During his time with Tri-City, Noreen has produced a record of 236-126-24-18, making him the winningest coach in franchise history. His Storm teams have qualified for the playoffs in each of his seven seasons at the helm (with the exception of the 2019-20 postseason, which was canceled due to COVID). Noreen has led the Storm to two Anderson Cups (2018-19 and 2021-22), setting a franchise record for wins and points in the 2018-19 season and breaking the league record for wins and points in 2021-22. He was named Coach of the Year in both of those seasons (the first Storm coach to earn that honor) and has produced more playoff appearances and more regular-season titles than any other Tri-City head coach.
The Storm topped the USHL in penalty killing for four straight seasons (2018-22) and led the league in goals against in two of those years. In 2021-22, Noreen’s team won a franchise-record 11 consecutive games and went on to lead the USHL in goals scored and power-play goals.
Noreen has coached 34 NHL draft picks over the past seven years with the Storm, and his Tri-City program has produced more than 100 NCAA Division I hockey players in that time. The 2024 NCAA Tournament featured a total of 24 former Storm players, with 14 of the 16 participating programs (and each school in the Frozen Four) having at least one Tri-City product on their roster.
Storm players under Noreen won two USHL Player of the Year awards to go along with two Defenseman of the Year honors, three Goalie of the Year recognitions, one Forward of the Year pick and a Rookie of the Year selection.
“I am excited to introduce Anthony Noreen as the next Head Coach of the Miami University Hockey program. All of us here at Miami are committed to getting our hockey program back to being nationally competitive within the NCHC and building on our proud history of NCAA tournament appearances,” said Sayler.
Noreen named head coach at Miami
