Shane Buckley enters his second season as Head Coach of the Men's Hockey Team for the 2024-25 season.
Before coming back to Northland, Buckley was the head coach for West Virginia University's American College Hockey Association D1 Program. In the four seasons, he helped the Mountaineers improve their record year after year. During the 2022-23 season, the program had its first winning season in nearly a decade. Buckley led the program to three straight College Hockey Mid-America playoff appearances.
Before jumping to the collegiate level Buckley spent five seasons coaching high school hockey at Ashland High School and Chequamegon/Phillips (Team SEaL).
Buckley was an athlete at Northland College competing in hockey and baseball. He earned multiple Academic All-Conference awards in both the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference and the National Collegiate Hockey Association during his four years.
He graduated from Northland in 2013 with degrees in elementary education and broad-field social studies education.
