Jason Tapp

Biography

Jason Tapp joined the Dartmouth men’s hockey staff as the associate head coach in July of 2020, joining Koenig Family Head Coach Reid Cashman’s first staff. He will work with the men's team for the fifth season in 2025-26. Tapp came to Hanover after 11 seasons at Union where he helped elevate the Dutchmen to a national power that included three ECAC Hockey postseason titles (2012, ’13 and ’14) and the 2014 Division I National Championship. He began his tenure in Schenectady as the goaltending coach for two seasons under Nate Leaman before being hired as a full-time assistant following Rick Bennett’s promotion to head coach in 2011. The British Columbia native was then promoted to Union’s associate head coach in 2016. He has been instrumental in the program’s recruiting of top-tier talent that took the program to the height of college hockey. Under his guidance, Union has produced three ECAC Hockey Goaltenders of the Year, two Best Defensive Defenseman and ranked first (2011-12), fourth (2013-14) and seventh (2012-13) nationally in scoring defense. Tapp has worked with numerous players in Schenectady who would go on to take their game to the NHL, including Troy Grosenick, Keith Kinkaid, Jeff Taylor and Shayne Gostisbehere. He has also helped groom and develop five All-Americans on either defense (Mat Bodie and Gostisbehere) or in goal (Grosenick, Kinkaid and Colin Stevens) as well as a pair of Hobey Baker Finalists (Grosenick and Gostisbehere). Tapp played four seasons at Bost

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