Rose will join the College's men's hockey staff. His most recent job was coaching the Tri City Storm, a junior hockey team in the U.S. Hockey League. He also has coached at the Division I level, with experience as an assistant coach at the University of Alaska and at Mercyhurst College. He also coached hockey for a year at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston.
"He has tremendous knowledge of the player pool that's out there... combined with the Division I coaching experience and his experience with youth in summer camp both U.S. kids and kids from Canada," David Peters, the team's other assistant coach, said. "He's got a great feel for the talent pool."
Peters also said that Rose's defensive expertise will help develop the team's defenders.
"He's also a very positive guy," Peters said. "I've known him for quite a few years, and he's had good experience at the college level both developing a program and helping kids off the ice, wherever he can."
Rose could not be reached for comment on Thursday.
Simard is as a new addition to the women's coaching staff, and has experience as a coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Maine, and at the North American Hockey Academy in Stowe, Vt.
Simard also has professional hockey experience, having played one year of professional hockey in Lugano, Switzerland.
According to Mark Hudak, the head coach of the women's hockey team, Simard applied for the job currently held by assistant coach Holley Tyng when she had just graduated from college. Although Hudak was impressed by her skills and enthusiasm, he decided not to hire someone without coaching experience. Simard, he said, asked him to keep her in mind whenever he had a coaching position available.
"Dartmouth is a place she really wants to coach," Hudak said. "We all felt that she would fit in well and are excited about her skills, but we were also impressed by her enthusiasm. Dartmouth is one of the few places that she was really excited about coaching at."
Tyng said that she thinks Simard will bring a wide variety of coaching and strategies to the team, and will also fit in well with its culture.
"I don't think [Simard] will miss a beat in terms of getting adjusted to the Dartmouth hockey family and the Dartmouth community as a whole," Tyng said. "She will offer a fresh new perspective to our players and coaches alike."
Simard said she was "extremely excited for the upcoming season."
"I think this team has the potential to win a championship and hopefully I can help them get to that level," she said.
Both of the coaching vacancies came about after the two former Dartmouth coaches moved on to head coaching jobs at other schools. Rose replaces former assistant coach Brendan Whittet, who left to become the head coach at his alma mater, Brown University.
Simard will be replacing Rob Morgan, the team's former associate coach, who left to become the first head coach for St. Norbert College's women's hockey team.
Both new assistant coaches have College-level playing experience. Simard played four years at St. Lawrence University, graduating in 2004, and helped the team make it to four ECAC Hockey Tournaments, and two NCAA Frozen Fours . She was also a four-time member of the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Squad.
Rose attended New England College in Henniker, N.H., graduating in 2003. His team won the ECAC East championship and participated in the NCAA Division III Tournament in 2001. His senior year he played in the 2003 Division III East/West All-Star Game.
