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Dublin Coffman is open.

http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/dublin/stories/2011/06/01/sports/coffman-hky-pooley-steps-down.html?sid=104

Coffman's Pooley steps down as coach
Friday, June 3, 2011 10:22 AM
By AARON BLANKENSHIP
ThisWeekSPORTS.com

Dublin Coffman High School hockey coach Perry Pooley has stepped down after nine seasons. Pooley said he is ending his tenure at Coffman in order to spend more time coaching his son, Austin, on a travel hockey team.

Pooley led the Shamrocks to a 210-108-10-1 record, three Capital Hockey Conference regular-season titles (2005, 08 and 09), three Blue Jackets Cup championships (2004, 05 and 09) and a district title in 2010.

Last season, Coffman finished 23-9-2-1 overall and finished fourth in the CHC standings at 10-2-1 with 21 points behind co-champions Dublin Jerome (12-1, 24) and Olentangy Liberty (12-1, 24), and Cincinnati Moeller (11-2, 22).

"Perry's going to be hard to replace because he knows the game as well as anybody, he respects the game and he has a passion for coaching," Coffman athletics director Tony Pusateri said. "We're looking for someone like Perry because he's one of the best coaches in the state. We've already received some applications for the position and we'd like to get it filled in a hurry because the kids are looking to have some ice time together in the summer."

[FormerWildcat]

The Coffman job is filled.

http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/dublin/stories/2011/07/06/sports/park-picked-to-take-over-coffman-program.html?sid=104

Park picked to take over Coffman program
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 08:54 AM
By AARON BLANKENSHIP
ThisWeekSPORTS.com

When Perry Pooley stepped down after coaching the Dublin Coffman High School hockey team for its first nine seasons, athletics director Tony Pusateri began searching for a successor who had a background in education and strong knowledge of the game.

Pusateri felt like he found the right fit for the job when he offered the position to Eric Park on June 28. Park, who owns a Goddard School in Canal Winchester and has an extensive background playing and coaching hockey, will be hired pending school board approval on Monday, July 11.

"Eric's an educator, first and foremost, who understands the importance of communicating with student-athletes," Pusateri said. "Eric knows the value of loyalty and hard work, and he understands kids. He has a great rsum for hockey, too. Perry knows Eric and he thinks he will do a phenomenal job."

Park is hoping to build on the winning tradition that Pooley helped establish. In his nine seasons at Coffman, Pooley led the Shamrocks to a 210-108-10-1 record, three Capital Hockey Conference regular-season titles (2005, '08 and '09), three Blue Jackets Cup championships (2004, '05 and '09) and a district title in 2010.

Last season, Coffman went 23-9-2-1 overall and finished fourth in the CHC with a 10-2-1 record and 21 points, behind co-champions Dublin Jerome (12-1, 24) and Olentangy Liberty (12-1, 24) and Cincinnati Moeller (11-2, 22). Pooley resigned after being hired to coach his son Austin's Under-16 Ohio Blue Jackets AAA team, which will compete in such destinations as Boston, Phoenix and St. Louis during the 2011-12 season.

"I hope we can grow together as a program and as a team, and take our winning tradition to the next level," Park said. "My first goal is to learn what makes the players tick, and in the future, I hope to help our team win many championships."

As he grew up in Dublin, Park learned how to play hockey from his father, Bob, who played at Ohio State from 1970-73.

While attending Watterson as a freshman, Park played for the Dayton Bluehawks Bantam hockey squad. As a sophomore, Park played for the Pittsburgh Hornets Midget Major AAA hockey team.

Park played for the Toledo Cherokee Junior B team for one season, before playing for the Billings (Mont.) Bulls Junior A squad in the North American Hockey League for two seasons.

Park then returned to central Ohio, where he worked as the associate coach of the Columbus Crush Junior B hockey team from 1997-2002.

The Crush reached a USA Junior B national semifinal in 2000 and produced 15 players who went on to play Junior A or college hockey.

Park graduated from Ohio State in 2002 with a science degree from the college of human ecology. In 2007, he opened a Goddard School, which specializes in preschool education.

"Hockey has taken me all over the world and been good to me, so I'm looking to give something back to the sport," Park said. "I've played with unbelievable players and coached with unbelievable coaches across the United States and Canada, and now it's my turn to take the helm and lead this hockey team."