Dan Koch

Biography

Wisconsin associate head coach Dan Koch has been a pillar of the Badgers’ program, serving as an assistant coach for eight years before returning to UW in 2011 to serve as the associate head coach. The Koch File Hometown Madison, Wis. Education B.S., elementary education, Wisconsin, 1991 M.S., education, teaching and learning, St. Mary's, 2001 Coaching Experience Associate Head Coach, Wisconsin (2011-Present) Head Coach, Shattuck-St. Mary's U16 Girls (2009-2011) Assistant Coach, Wisconsin (2001-2009) Assistant Coach, St. Mary's (1999-2001) Head Coach, La Crosse Logan/Central HS boys hockey (1996-1999) Assistant Coach, Madison La Follette HS girls soccer (1986-1990) Assistant Coach, Madison La Follette HS boys soccer (1986-1990) USA Hockey Camps coach (2005-2014) USA Under-18 selection camp coach (2014) During 12 years as the Badgers' associate head coach and his nine as an assistant coach, Koch has overseen a stingy UW defense that has led the NCAA in scoring defense six different seasons, including the 2015-16 team that set an NCAA record with a 0.72 goals-against average. The Badgers' allowed only 29 goals in 40 games during the 2015-16 campaign, and had shutouts in 23 contests. In his 20 seasons at UW, the Badgers have ranked in the top-three in the country in scoring defense 17 times. The Madison, Wisconsin, native plays an instrumental role in UW’s penalty-killing efforts, as Wisconsin set the NCAA penalty kill record during the 2014-15 season with a .958 clip. UW has le