Miami has announced the hiring of assistant coach Zack Cisek to the RedHawks’ staff.
Cisek spent the past four seasons at Lake Superior State, first as an assistant coach and most recently as associate head coach. He returns to Oxford after serving as a Miami graduate assistant from 2015 to 2017.
“Miami hockey is really excited to add Zack and his wife Emily to our family,” RedHawks head coach Chris Bergeron said in a statement. “Barry Schutte and I went through an extensive process of talking to people inside and outside of college hockey. Zack kept coming back as the best fit for our program. We are looking forward to him joining the staff.”
Cisek’s duties at LSSU included goaltender development, video analysis, prescouts for upcoming opponents, overseeing the penalty kill and power play. He also led individual and small group sessions, organized and ran the Laker Hockey School Summer Youth Camps, and served as the program’s co-head of recruiting.
Cisek spent the 2017-18 season as a volunteer assistant coach at Notre Dame, where he was responsible for goaltender development, practice planning, individual film sessions, and postgame film analysis and player evaluation.
A goaltender for Michigan State from 2013 to 2015, Cisek graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. He was a two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree and a three-year Dean’s List recipient. Cisek holds a master’s in kinesiology and health from Miami, which he earned in 2017.
“I am incredibly excited to be back in Oxford,” Cisek said. “I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to work with such a respected and dedicated staff and I cannot wait to jump right in. Most importantly, I look forward to building meaningful relationships with our student-athletes and working together to build upon what Coach Bergeron and his staff have already established. Love and honor.”
