Post University, located in Waterbury, Connecticut, announced on Monday that the school will add varsity men's and women's hockey programs next year.

The Eagles will compete at the Division II level and look to become the seventh member of the Northeast-10 hockey conference.

Pete Whitney, currently associate head coach at The Gunnery School, has been hired to lead the men's program as their first head coach. Whitney had formerly served as head coach of the ACHA Central Connecticut State hockey program, and as a scout for the Indiana Ice.

The school is currently in the process of searching for a women's head coach.

In a release from the school University President Dr. Don Mroz said: