Coaching Staff

Coaches Edmondson, Perkins, and Lane

The North Central Varsity Hockey Club  has a new head coach for the 2002-2003 season.  Derek Perkins replaces Craig Kollen who had been coach of the team for the last four seasons.

Coach Perkins brings a wealth of hockey knowledge and skill (as a player and coach) to the North Central program.  He competed throughout high school as a member of Team Indiana, which at the time was a AAA Select travel team that faced the best of the Midwest- and beyond.

Next, Coach Perkins played four years at Indiana University.  He them played a year for Miami of Ohio's club and served as an assistant coach for that same squad.  While continuing graduate studies at Miami of Ohio, Derek was a graduate assistant coach for the University's prestigious NCAA team.

Most recently, Coach Perkins was the Clinic Director at Acceleration of Indiana, where he trained hockey players ranging in skill level from youths to NCAA and professional athletes.

We're excited to have him as our head coach and look forward to a successful year!

David Edmondson is an assistant coach.  This is his first year with the Panthers.

Dennis Lane is also an assistant coach.  Dennis has been involved in coaching for over 10 years. Coaching house teams in Madison, WI, Des Moines, IA and then in Carmel Indiana for the IYHA house clubs. The travel experience as Head Coach was with the IYHA Pee Wee All Stars and then Racers Bantams. Dennis has assisted the Blues Bantam Travel club and a Bantam AAA team that traveled the Upper Midwest, New York and Canada for a summer league. Dennis has earned his intermediate coaching level. He has assisted North Central hockey for two years