Coaching Staff
Coach Andrew McPhee
Résumé | Career coaching record over 16 seasons: 224-126-29 (.629)
Andrew McPhee enters his sixth season as the head coach of the Endicott women's ice hockey program in 2020-21, but seventh season overall with the program as he took over in 2014 for the last year of club hockey before the Gulls obtained varsity status. Last season, Endicott went 25-2-0 overall and 16-0-0 in conference play. The Gulls captured their second CHC Championship and made their second NCAA Tournament appearance as well.
In the team's second NCAA Division III varsity season, McPhee led Endicott to a 22-4-1 overall record and a 11-1-0 mark in conference play, which included capturing the program's first-ever CHC regular season championship. The Gulls advanced to the CHC title game for the second straight season, but fell 3-1 to Morrisville State at home. Endicott started the year with a 13-game unbeaten streak from October 28, 2016 to January 8, 2017. That streak marked the longest unbeaten streak to start the 2016-17 campaign for any program across all three NCAA Divisions. Along with that, the Gulls finished the year ranked No. 8 in the final D3hockey.com national poll, and No. 10 in the final USCHO.com poll. Lastly, Endicott finished the year as the NCAA statistical champion in penalty kill percentage (68-for-71, 95.8%).
In the program's first campaign at the varsity level, McPhee guided the Gulls to an appearance in the CHC championship game, a 14-7-4 overall record and an 11-1-2 mark in conference play.
Prior to Endicott, McPhee compiled 14 years of coaching experience under his belt including nine years as head coach of a top-10 NCAA Division III program at Trinity (Conn.) and three years at NCAA Division I Brown University as first assistant.
McPhee inherited a Bantams program at Trinity that was in transition from club to varsity status and built it into one of the premier teams in NCAA Division III. McPhee was named NESCAC Coach of the Year two times (2005, 2008) and AHCA Regional Coach of the Year three times (2005, 2008, 2010), 13 All-NESCAC players, two NESCAC Players of the Year, three All-Americans, and one NCAA Division III National Player of the Year. In 2009-10, McPhee led the Bantams to a program-best 21-win season, a .786 win-percentage, and Trinity's first-ever bid into the NCAA Tournament.
The 2009-10 season also saw two of McPhee's players earn a spot on the All-American team including goalie Isabel Iwachiw who was the Laura Hurd Award winner, given to the top player in all of NCAA Division III women's ice hockey.
During his three seasons as an assistant coach at Brown, McPhee aided in all aspects of running a highly competitive Division I hockey program including making line-up decisions, game strategy, prospect evaluation, and player development. In his first season with the Bears, Brown qualified for postseason play for the first time in six years with an ECAC Tournament bid.
In addition to his expertise behind the bench, McPhee is a proven teacher of the values in excelling as a student and as a member of a highly-competitive athletic program. Twenty-five of his scholar-athletes were awarded NESCAC All-Academic honors during his tenure at Trinity.
McPhee was a member of the NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Championship Committee from 2008-11 and is an active member of both the American Hockey Coaches Association and the American Women's Hockey Coaches Association. McPhee has also spent time as the head coach and evaluator at numerous women's hockey camps across the country.
McPhee earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Middlebury in 1998 where he was a dual-sport athlete in both football and baseball. He started his coaching career with the Panthers, serving as an assistant coach with the women's ice hockey, football, and baseball programs. In 2000, the women's ice hockey program won their first NCAA Championship with a 27-2-1 season.
Coach R.J. Tolan
Résumé | Career coaching record over 15 seasons: 270-117-28 (.684)
In the program's second year, Tolan led Endicott to the CCC regular season title, the CCC Championship, its first-ever NCAA Tournament win against No. 4/5 Hobart by a 4-3 score in the first round, and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal round versus the 2015 national champion Trinity Bantams. The Gulls also finished the year as the NCAA statistical champion in goals per game, while Cam Bleck also was the NCAA statistical champion for power play goals. Overall on the year, Endicott produced a 24-4-2 overall record, a 14-3-1 conference record, and a 14-2-0 mark at Raymond J. Bourque Arena.
In the team's first campaign at the varsity level, Tolan guided the Gulls to an appearance in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Northeast championship game, and a 16-9-2 (.630) mark overall (11-4-1 ECAC Northeast) in 2015-16. Endicott also captured the ECAC Northeast regular season title by closing out the season by winning four straight games and six out of its final eight outings to take the top spot away from Nichols. Another highlight from this season was the team's 3-2 win over then No. 2/4 nationally ranked Babson on January 3, 2016 in their first-ever game against a nationally-ranked opponent.
The 2015-16 ECAC Northeast Coach of the Year had seven student-athletes receive ECAC Northeast All-Conference nods (three first team, three all-rookies, one honorable mention), in addition to coaching ECAC Northeast Goaltender of the Year Kevin Aldridge.
Additionally, Ross Olsson became the program's first-ever All-Region honoree from the New England Hockey Writers' Association and Tolan was also a finalist for American Hockey Coaches Association's (AHCA) Edward Jeremiah Award, which is given annually to the College Division (NCAA Division III) Men's Ice Hockey Coach of the Year.
In the classroom, the Gulls also posted a 3.38 cumulative grade point average, and garnered Academic All-Conference honors from Cameron Randles and Nick Russo. Six student-athletes landed on Endicott's Academic Varsity Club for the 2015-16 academic year and 33 student-athletes earned Dean's List honors in the fall 2015 and spring 2016 semesters combined.
Tolan took over the club hockey program in 2014 for its final year before transitioning to a first-year varsity program with the opening of the Raymond J. Bourque Arena in 2015. Tolan came to Endicott with 11 years of coaching experience, the last eight having been as head coach of the men’s varsity team at Wentworth Institute of Technology, a team that had considerable success under his leadership on both a regional and national level.
Tolan arrived at Wentworth in 2005 and served as associate head coach for his first season before being elevated to head coach for the 2006-07 season. In his eight years at the helm, the Leopards accumulated 128 wins, the highest total under any coach in Wentworth history, and posted an overall record of 128-74-16. His .624 win percentage is also the best in Wentworth history and was highlighted by two 20 win seasons. Tolan led the team to two ECAC Northeast titles and six ECAC Northeast Finals in his eight years. With the two ECAC Northeast Championships also came two NCAA appearances in back-to-back seasons in 2011-12 and 2012-13, and a NCAA Division III Quarterfinals appearance in the 2011-12 season. Over his tenure, Coach Tolan was named ECAC Northeast Coach of the Year three times; 2007, 2012 and 2014, and was also named Hockey Writers of New England Coach of the Year in 2007. Under his tutelage, 32 players received ECAC Northeast All-Conference honors, while he also coached one ECAC Northeast Rookie of the Year, two Players of the year, and one Athletic All-American.
Prior to Wentworth, Tolan coached in the Division I and II ranks as an assistant at Northeastern University in 2004-05 and at Bentley University from 2003-04. In addition to his college work, he also served as the boys’ varsity coach from 2002-04 at the Dexter Southfield School. Tolan also most recently worked with the Massachusetts Satellite Hockey Program and at the Perrti Hasanen Skills Camp which is based out of Boston University.
Tolan earned his bachelor's degree in Legal Studies and Political Science from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell in 2002 where he was a four-year varsity player from 1998-2002. Prior to Lowell, Tolan played with the Boston Junior Bulldogs from 1997-98 and in high school at Matignon High School in Cambridge, Mass.
Coach Jane Morrisette
Jane Morrisette enters her fourth season as an assistant coach with the Endicott women's ice hockey program in 2022-23.
Morrisette, who played professionally for the Connecticut Whale of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) in 2019-20, was a standout student-athlete at UMass Boston from 2014-19.
During her time with the Beacons, Morrisette compiled 59 points on 35 goals and 24 assists in 100 career games.
Morrisette's other individual accomplishments at UMass Boston include New England Hockey Writers Association (NEHWA) All-Region accolades, New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) All-Conference First Team (2018) and Second Team (2019) honors, and multiple NEHC Player of the Week laurels. She also tied for first in the nation for short-handed goals in 2017-18 with three, led her UMass Boston in points in her last two seasons, and helped the Beacons win the 2016 NEHC Championship.
Lastly, she is the fourth student-athlete in the last three seasons to ink a professional hockey contract at UMass Boston and is only the third student-athlete in program history to claim NEHWA All-Region accolades.
Morrisette graduated from UMass Boston in 2019 with a degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice to go along with a minor in Sociology.