{"id":51647,"date":"2013-04-13T19:40:55","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T00:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=51647"},"modified":"2013-04-13T19:40:55","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T00:40:55","slug":"apperts-contract-extended-at-rensselaer-through-2020-21-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2013\/04\/13\/apperts-contract-extended-at-rensselaer-through-2020-21-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Appert’s contract extended at Rensselaer through 2020-21 season"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announced Saturday that head coach Seth Appert’s contract has been extended through the 2020-21 season.<\/p>\n
Appert was reportedly a finalist for the Denver head coach position.<\/p>\n
“I am thrilled to be at RPI, where we continue to build our program the right way,” Appert said in a statement. “I am humbled by the support and belief that [RPI president] Dr. [Shirley Ann] Jackson, [RPI vice president for student life] Dr. [Timothy] Sams and Jim Knowlton, as well as the alumni and fans, have shown. I am proud of our young men and look forward to leading them in pursuit of championships at RPI.”<\/p>\n
Appert, who was a finalist for ECAC coach of the year honors, finished his seventh year at RPI in 2012-13 with a second-place finish in the ECAC standings – the highest for the Engineers since the 1992-93 team was also the conference runner-up. <\/p>\n
RPI had a 12-7-3 league mark and an 18-14-5 overall record and finished the regular season on a 10-2-0 run, including a six-game winning streak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announced Saturday that head coach Seth Appert’s contract has been extended through the 2020-21 season. Appert was reportedly a finalist for the Denver head coach position. “I am thrilled to be at RPI, where we continue to build our program the right way,” Appert said in a statement. “I am humbled by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n