Scott Hicks enters his third year as the head coach of the Indiana Tech women’s hockey program heading into the 2023-24 season.
In 2022-23, Hicks led the Warriors to a 27-7-0 overall record and a 18-2-0 conference record, registering new records for overall wins and conference wins. The Warriors would finish second in the CCWHA standings and make it to the conference tournament championship game. Tech would finish the regular season at No. 5 in the national ranking, reaching as high as No. 3 during the season. At the ACHA National Championships the Warriors would earn the No. 5 overall seed, winning one game before falling in the quarterfinals to No. 4 seed Adrian College. Four Warriors would earn All-CCWHA regular season honors in 2022-23, while one would be named to the CCWHA All-Rookie team, and four to the CCWHA All-Tournament Team.
In his first season and the programs inaugural season (2021-22), he led the Warriors to a 23-9-1 overall record and a 14-0-0 record in CCWHA play, finishing as the number one see in the conference and earning a first round bye in the conference tournament. During postseason play, Hicks would lead the Warriors to the CCWHA Tournament title game, and earning a No. 6 overall seed at the ACHA National Tournament. At nationals, Tech would win their first game before falling in the quarterfinals to No. 3 seed Minot State University. The Warriors had four All-CCWHA selections, while Hicks was named CCWHA Coach of the Year.
Hicks is the first head coach in program history after being hired in the summer of 2020, with the team recruiting student-athletes during the 2020-21 academic year and competing in the 2021-22 season.
"We are pleased to welcome Scott Hicks to the Indiana Tech Athletics Department as our inaugural women's ice hockey coach," said soon-to-be Director of Athletics
Jessie Biggs. "Coach Hicks brings a wealth of experience in the sport and I have no doubt he will build and lead our women's program in an elite direction that aligns with Indiana Tech and our mission."
"I felt right at home when I met everyone on campus," Hicks said. "The support for the program around campus and the community will provide a tremendous opportunity for our young women to be successful!"
Hicks comes into the Warrior family after spending the last 10 years at ACHA powerhouse Miami University (Ohio), where he started the RedHawks women's ice hockey program from scratch in 2010 and led the team to three ACHA Division I National Championships (2014, 2016, 2017). Over his 10 years in Oxford, he compiled a 155-66-19 (W-L-OTL) while taking his team to the national championship game four times and making six straight appearances in the national tournament semifinals.
He was named the ACHA National Coach of the Year in 2014 and 2018 while he earned Central Collegiate Women's Hockey Association (CCWHA) Coach of the Year honors in 2014, 2015 and 2020. Hicks has coached 17 ACHA All-Americans, two ACHA National Player of the Year winners and three ACHA National Tournament MVP recipients.
Hicks served as the Vice President of the ACHA Women's Division and co-director of the ACHA National Tournament from 2014-2020 and was instrumental in the growth of the women's division. He has coached the USA Hockey World University Team three times (2015, 2017, 2019), winning a bronze medal at the 2017 World University Games and been involved with a number of USA Hockey camps over the last few years.
He graduated from Northern Kentucky University in 2008 with a degree in Liberal Arts. Hicks currently resides in Richmond, Indiana.
