Brett Larson

Brett Larson is an American ice hockey coach and former player. He's current the head coach of St. Cloud State, having been named to the position in April 2018.
==Playing career==
After being drafted out of high school, Larson waited a year before beginning his college career at Minnesota–Duluth. In his freshman season he scored only three points in 26 games for a middling team. The following year the Bulldgos rocketed up the standings, winning the WCHA and making the NCAA tournament. In his junior season Larson was given a great role with the team and responded by posting more than quintuple his previous season's total. despite this Duluth dropped to 7th in the WCHA and stayed there for the rest of Larson's college career. After graduating Larson embarked on a long career that was spent mostly in the minor leagues in North America. During the later half of the 1990s he also played roller hockey in the RHI, stopping only due to the league ceasing operations.
In 2001, After winning the Taylor Cup with San Diego Larson signed with Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim of the German second league playing one season for the Red Devils before joining the Odense Bulldogs. In his first season with the Bulldogs he helped the team win the regular season title but fell in the championship match. The team had diminishing returns each of the following two years and after splitting the 2005-06 season between Bad Nauheim and Basingstoke Larson returned to the states for one more season before retiring as a player.
==Coaching career==
During his playing career Larson had twice served as a player/coach; for two years with the San Diego Gulls and in his brief stint with Florida Seals. After his playing days were over Larson took a year off before returning as a full-time coach, joining the staff at his alma mater as an assistant. After only three years behind the bench he was hired as the head coach/GM for the Sioux City Musketeers, but after two poor seasons he headed back to the college ranks. After a two-year stop at Ohio State he began a third stint with Minnesota–Duluth, staying for another three seasons before he received his first opportunity to lead a college program with St. Cloud State.
== Career statistics ==
 	 	 		Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1991–92 	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA 		26 	2 	1 	3 	20 		– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1992–93 	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA 		33 	2 	3 	5 	8 		– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1993–94 	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA 		38 	14 	14 	28 	40 		– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1994–95 	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA 		37 	6 	25 	31 	50 		– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1995–96 	Madison Monsters 	CHL 		70 	12 	31 	43 	37 		6 	2 	1 	3 	18
1996–97 	Louisville Riverfrogs 	ECHL 		27 	4 	13 	17 	4 		– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1997–98 	San Diego Gulls 	WCHL 		52 	8 	19 	27 	26 		– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1997–98 	Utah Grizzlies 	IHL 		9 	0 	0 	0 	6 		– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1998–99 	San Diego Gulls 	WCHL 		60 	10 	36 	46 	42 		12 	7 	7 	14 	6
1998–99 	Long Beach Ice Dogs 	IHL 		4 	0 	0 	0 	2 		– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1998–99 	Utah Grizzlies 	IHL 		1 	0 	0 	0 	0 		– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1998–99 	Las Vegas Thunder 	IHL 		2 	0 	0 	0 	0 		– 	– 	– 	– 	–
1999–00 	San Diego Gulls 	WCHL 		69 	11 	44 	55 	64 		9 	3 	6 	9 	6
1999–00 	Long Beach Ice Dogs 	IHL 		1 	0 	0 	0 	0 		– 	– 	– 	– 	–
2000–01 	San Diego Gulls 	WCHL 		70 	8 	33 	41 	42 		13 	3 	5 	8 	2
2001–02 	Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim 	DEL2 		43 	10 	17 	27 	87 		– 	– 	– 	– 	–
2002–03 	Odense Bulldogs 	Denmark 		27 	2 	6 	8 	83 		13 	1 	1 	2 	10
2003–04 	Odense Bulldogs 	Denmark 		31 	2 	3 	5 	60 		13 	3 	2 	5 	6
2004–05 	Odense Bulldogs 	Denmark 		33 	2 	6 	8 	34 		15 	3 	0 	3 	12
2005–06 	Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim 	Germany3 		28 	2 	9 	11 	50 		– 	– 	– 	– 	–
2005–06 	Basingstoke Bison 	EIHL 		16 	0 	12 	12 	16 		6 	0 	1 	1 	10
2006–07 	Florida Seals 	SPHL 		6 	1 	3 	4 	16 		– 	– 	– 	– 	–
NCAA totals	NCAA totals 	NCAA totals		134 	24 	43 	67 	118 		– 	– 	– 	– 	–
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
==Awards and honours==
West Coast Hockey League
Award 	Year
Taylor Cup champion	2001
==Head coaching record==
===USHL===
Team 	Year 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Post season
Team 	Year 	G 	W 	L 	T 	Pts 	Finish 	Result
Sioux City Musketeers	2011–12	60 	29 	30 	1 	(59) 	5th in West 	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals 0–2
Sioux City Musketeers	2012–13	64 	23 	30 	11 	(57) 	6th in West 	Missed Postseason
===College===
==References==
==External links==
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