Thomas Peart Bio 2014 (Coach, Builder)

Tom was a 1975 graduate of Jefferson High School in Alexandria Minnesota. He attended St Cloud State University, and graduated in 1982 with a degree in Education and a focus on coaching. He went on to the University of Minnesota where he earned a degree in Development and Adaptive Physical Education in 1992. He has been a coach for over 32 years. Tom has covered almost all levels of amateur hockey, having coached boys high school hockey for 12 years, and girls high school hockey for 9 years. He has coached Women’s College Hockey for 10 years, Men’s College Hockey for 2 years, and one year of Professional hockey in Europe.

He was the first head coach of the Wright County Blades from 19971999. He also coached Gilmour Academy in Cleveland Ohio in 2003-2004. He is currently the head coach at Totino-Grace High School from 2009 to 2015. At the women’s college level he coached at the College of St Benedict from 1997-2003, where he helped start the program. He was an assistant coach at Augsburg College from 2004 to 2008.

In addition to his duties behind the bench, Tom has been heavily involved in the administration part of the MGHCA, along with Minnesota Hockey, and USA Hockey. In the MGHCA he was Executive Director from 1997-1999, Section Rep. from 2010-2012, and Special Projects Director from 2012 to the present time. He is also the Scholarship Committee Chair, beginning in 2012 to the present time, and has been General Manager for Section 4 in the Senior Classic since 2010.

For Minnesota Hockey and USA Hockey he has been the Girls High Performance 16’s and 17’s director since 2008. He is also General Manager for USA Hockey Dave Peterson High Performance Goaltender Camp since 2008.

Among his individual honors he was 4A COY (Coach of the Year) in 2009-10, and 2012-13, and 5A COY in 2013-14, along with the 3M/Wild Charlie Stryker COY in 2013-14.

He recorded his 400th career win on 12/26/2013. His teams were also 4A runner-up in 2009’, 10,’11, 12, and 2013. His teams were Academic Champion for 4A from 2009 to 2013 consecutively, and Academic North Suburban Champs in 2009-10, and 2013-14.

Tom continues to support and help with MGHCA Fall Clinics, and with the NIT as a coach and general manager. Tom knows that successful programs are due in large part to many many things happening behind the scene. Things that take coordination, effort, and tireless energy, are often times taken for granted, or go unnoticed, but extremely necessary to make programs function. Tom has always been there to provide that contribution.

Welcome Tom to our MGHCA Hall of Fame.