Nick Unger was named head coach of the boy’s ice hockey team at the National Sports Academy in Lake Placid.
Unger has significant experience identifying quality student-athletes as well as coaching both goalies and defenseman. Before coming to NSA, Unger served as top assistant hockey coach at both the College at Brockport and Nichols College.
While serving as an assistant coach at both schools, Unger was the team’s head recruiter and scouted potential players in various junior “A” and Prep hockey organizations.
Previously, Unger also was the General Manager/Director of Hockey Operations for Puckmasters Hockey Training in Marlborough, MA. Unger graduated from Nichols in 2008 with a B.S. in Business Administration, with a concentration in Sport Management.
Coach Unger is from Brockport, NY where he grew up playing hockey for Tri-County Youth Hockey. Upon graduation from high school, Nick played for SUNY Canton and the Buffalo JR. Lightning (Sabres) of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL). He was then recruited to play for Nichols College in the ECAC Northeast, NCAA Division III. After graduating, Coach Unger was an important coaching component in the 2009 Nichols College championship team.
