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Mike Ayers enters his eighth season on Jerry York's coaching staff in 2020-21. Ayers helped guide the Eagles to their 17th Hockey East Regular Season Championship in program history with a 24-8-2 overall record in 2019-20.



Boston College's offense ranked second in the nation in scoring with four goals per game. Ayers' penalty kill scored a nation-best 11 shorthanded goals with a success rate of 84.7-percent during league play to rank second in Hockey East. He also guided rookie goaltender Spencer Knight to the fifth-best winning percentage in the country and five shutouts.



The Eagles had five Hockey East All-Stars and three selections to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team. Forward Alex Newhook became the first player in program history to win the Tim Taylor Award as the Division I National Rookie of the Year.



Prior to his arrival on the Heights in 2013, Ayers spent two seasons as the goaltending coach with USA Hockey's National Team Development Program. He served as the goaltending coach for the silver-medal winning U.S. Under-18 Team at the 2013 IIHF Under-18 World Championship.



Ayers previously served as the goaltending coach for the gold medal-winning Under-18 Team at the 2012 IIHF Under-18 Championship in the Czech Republic. He was closely involved in goaltender scouting and selection for the U.S. national team that competed in 2013 World Junior Championships in Russia.



As an addition to his international experiences, Ayers was an assistant coach with the U.S. National Junior Team that competed at the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship in Toronto and Montreal.



While with the NTDP, Ayers’ responsibilities included planning, designing and executing the regular on-ice practices for goaltenders at the NTDP, as well as scouting and evaluating the nation's top goaltending prospects (ages 15-20).



In addition to his duties at the NTDP, Ayers was the coordinator of the revolutionary Warren Strelow National Goaltending Mentor Program, which is designed to recruit, develop and produce elite goaltenders in the United States.



Before his time with the NTDP, Ayers spent two seasons (2009-11) as the goaltending coach at St. Cloud State University. Prior to the 2009-10 campaign, he served as goaltending coach for the Iowa Chops, the American Hockey League affiliate of the National Hockey League's Anaheim Ducks.



A four-year standout goaltender at the University of New Hampshire, Ayers earned USA Hockey College Player of the Year honors in 2003 and was named a Second Team All-American. That season, he collected 27 wins with a 2.18 goals against average and a .926 save percentage. Ayers played in 102 games at UNH from 2000-04 and compiled a record of 58-25-12.



A native of Hingham, Ayers enjoyed a four-year professional hockey career (2004-08) in the American Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League and in Europe.



COACHING CAREER

2020-present | Boston College, Associate Head Coach

2013-20 | Boston College, Assistant Coach

2011-13 | U.S. National Team Development Program, Goaltending Coach

2009-11 | St. Cloud State University, Goaltending Coach

2008-09 | Iowa Chops (AHL), Goaltending Coach



NCAA FROZEN FOURS COACHED

2016 | Boston College, Tampa, Fla.

2014 | Boston College, Philadelphia, Pa.

