{"id":58811,"date":"2014-05-08T23:14:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T04:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=58811"},"modified":"2014-05-08T23:14:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T04:14:47","slug":"after-15-years-bemidji-state-assistant-gilling-leaves-for-head-coaching-job-at-canadian-university-mount-royal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2014\/05\/08\/after-15-years-bemidji-state-assistant-gilling-leaves-for-head-coaching-job-at-canadian-university-mount-royal\/","title":{"rendered":"After 15 years, Bemidji State assistant Gilling leaves for head coaching job at Canadian university Mount Royal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime Bemidji State assistant coach Bert Gilling has been hired as head coach at Mount Royal University in Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>Gilling had been an assistant with the Beavers for the past 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On behalf of my family, I&#8217;d like to say my time in Bemidji, at the university and most importantly, with the Beaver hockey program, have been nothing short of amazing,&#8221; Gilling said in a press release. &#8220;I consider myself lucky to have learned from, contribute to, and be a part of a program with such a great tradition and a tremendous future. My experiences here have allowed me to grow into the opportunity we&#8217;ve been given at Mount Royal University and I have the utmost appreciation for [BSU head coach] Tom Serratore, our team, and our alumni for that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Beaver hockey will be a part of me forever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bert has been a big part of Bemidji State&#8217;s success at the Division I level,&#8221; added Serratore. &#8220;He will be missed here at Bemidji State, but he&#8217;s ready to be a head coach and I could not be more pleased he is going to get that opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At Bemidji State, Gilling had a number of responsibilities, including game preparation, practice sessions and video breakdown and also served as the team&#8217;s bench and defensive coach. 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