{"id":78550,"date":"2017-08-01T13:44:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T18:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=78550"},"modified":"2017-08-01T13:44:55","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T18:44:55","slug":"tyler-krueger-named-interim-head-coach-evan-dixon-assistant-coach-at-wisconsin-stevens-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2017\/08\/01\/tyler-krueger-named-interim-head-coach-evan-dixon-assistant-coach-at-wisconsin-stevens-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Krueger named interim head coach, Dixon assistant coach at Wisconsin-Stevens Point"},"content":{"rendered":"
Wisconsin-Stevens Point has announced that associate head coach Tyler Krueger will serve as interim head coach for the 2017-18 season. <\/p>\n
Additionally, Evan Dixon has been tabbed as an assistant coach on the staff. <\/p>\n
Both appointments will be for the 2017-18 season and a full national search will begin following the conclusion of the upcoming season.<\/p>\n
“We are excited to have Tyler take the reins for the 2017-18 season,” said UWSP director of athletics Brad Duckworth in a statement. “He is a bright hockey mind and we saw great value in keeping consistency with this highly successful program.”<\/p>\n
Krueger spent the last three seasons on the staff of former head coach Chris Brooks, most recently as associate head coach. <\/p>\n
Prior to joining the coaching staff, Krueger was a four-year member of the Pointers hockey team. He skated in 79 games as a Pointer with two goals, 15 assists and a plus\/minus of plus-34 for his career. He captained the 2014 team that reached the NCAA title game.<\/p>\n
Dixon captained the 2016 UWSP team that captured the fifth national title in program history. That season, he was an Elite 90 Award winner and the WIAC Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete. <\/p>\n
He skated in 117 games in a Pointer jersey over four seasons with 22 goals, 16 assists and 38 points. In his final three seasons at UWSP, Dixon was named to the WIAC All-Sportsmanship team. Following his senior season, Dixon went on to play professionally with the Fayetteville FireAntz of the SPHL.<\/p>\n
Krueger and Dixon were both members of the Pointers hockey team, playing together in the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Wisconsin-Stevens Point has announced that associate head coach Tyler Krueger will serve as interim head coach for the 2017-18 season. Additionally, Evan Dixon has been tabbed as an assistant coach on the staff. Both appointments will be for the 2017-18 season and a full national search will begin following the conclusion of the upcoming […]<\/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