Coach Matt Ausmus
Assistant Coach Wayne Morrison
Assistant Coach Jeff Campbell
Jeff is a native Texan. He has loved the game of hockey since
about age 10. When his son began to play at the mite level, he became fully immersed in hockey with a desire to coach. The greatest reward for him is seeing young players score their first goal, make a good pass, and see a smile on their faces when they leave the ice. That is what makes hockey so special.
Coach Doug Tresnak
Originally from Michigan coach Tresnak developed a love for the game of hockey while playing with his brothers in his back yard and in the competitive youth leagues in and around the Detroit area.
Coach Tresnak has coached youth hockey for 19 years, is a USA Hockey certified level 4 coach, and currently serves as Chief Coach, River City Travel Hockey Association, San Antonio, Texas. With an extensive coaching background coach Tresnak has coached each age division at nearly every competitive level from Mite to Junior Hockey.
Coach Tresnak believes that effective coaching starts with a love for youth athletes and the game. The coach should make coming to the rink fun, provide a safe and positive environment where players can learn the game they love and challenge themselves. Effective coaches are good role models, creative, make preparation a priority, lead by example, have a passion for teaching, and are good communicators.
Squirt - North Texas
Assistant Coach Cameron McKennitt
Cameron grew up playing hockey in Massachusetts and went on to play at Dartmouth College. He moved to San Antonio in 2006 and was welcomed into the growing San Antonio hockey community. Now in his fourth year of coaching, he is excited to be reunited with Coach Doug and Coach Rudy in assisting with the North Texas Thunder Squirts.
Assitant Coach Rudy Bersani
Coach Paul Blum
Peewee - North Texas
Assistant Coach Victor Maracle
Entering the second ACHA season and first season as head coach of the UTSA Roadrunners ... coached UTSA in their inaugural season to a 9-10-1 record as the offensive coordinator ... prior to joining UTSA he coached 6 seasons in the Texas Amateur Hockey Association (TAHA) developing youth players in mite through midget ... the Toronto, Ontario native spent 5 seasons as head coach and hockey operations director with the Embassy Cyclones leading them to 2 national championship appearances ... currently resides in San Antonio with his wife Lorraine and three children Steve, Hayley and Austyn.
Coach Maracle is a USA Hockey level 4 coach
Assistant Coach Keith Perrin
Coach Scott Owen
Assistant Coach Jody Chasse
Coach Andy Rosengard
Coach Andy grew up in New Jersey. His competitive hockey
experience ended at the ripe old age of fourteen. However in the thirty three years since he hung up his skates he has taught the game of hockey to players of all age groups and has coached teams in various divisions and levels of play. His philosophy on coaching is a simple one: First and foremost, have fun. “When a child is having fun doing what they love to do, it is easier to teach them new skills and systems.” On the ice, Andy challenges his teams to step up and give it their all. Off the ice, Andy stresses the importance of being a responsible individual, a good student and a good citizen. Before each game Andy will talk to his players about life skills and how to incorporate them into their hockey playing. Andy’s son Danny plays on the team.
Bantam - North Texas
Assistant Coach Rob Despins
Coach Rob grew up in Winnipeg Canada where he began playing hockey at the age of 5 years old, and continued playing competitive hockey until college.
After University, he continued his interest in sports by playing recreational hockey, coaching High School basketball and volleyball and initiating a Nordic ski program. The birth of his triplet boys created the motivation to focus his coaching efforts at youth sports and spawned a second coaching career in soccer and hockey.
Rob and family moved to San Antonio in 2002 and to their delight they found the River City Hockey Travel Association and a place to continue their favorite sport.
Midget - North Texas
Coach Kyle Neill
Coach Neill has been involved in coaching youth hockey for 9 yrs, and is a USA Hockey certified level 4 coach with plans next summer on obtaining a level 5 certification.
Besides coaching youth hockey, Coach Neill is an advisor to Planet Hockey, Inc. which travels throughout the USA and Europe each summer to train and develop youth hockey players.
Coach Neill is also the founder and president of That’s Hockey, Inc. Each year, That's Hockey has several youth hockey select teams consisting of teams from Pee Wee through the Midget levels. The teams, known as the "Invaders", are coached by Coach Neill and travel to other states to compete in higher skill level tournaments. Invader teams usually consist of players from different associations as well as from different states.
Assistant Coach Doug Tresnak
Assistant Coach Mike Kosak