Damon Whitten

Damon Whitten
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Lake Superior State
Conference	CCHA
Biographical details
Born	April 5, 1977 (age 49); Brighton, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	Michigan State University
Playing career
1995–1996	Detroit Freeze (NAHL)
1996–1997	St. Michael's Buzzers (OPJHL)
1997–2001	Michigan State
2001–2002	Greenville Grrrowl (ECHL)
2002–2003	Arkansas RiverBlades (ECHL)
2003–2004	Lansing Ice Nuts (IIHL)
Position	Left wing
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004–2005	Michigan State (asst.)
2005–2006	Wayne State (asst.)
2006–2008	Alaska Anchorage (asst.)
2008–2010	Michigan State (Dir. of Hockey Ops.)
2010–2014	Michigan Tech (asst.)
2014–present	Lake Superior State
Head coaching record
Overall	166–240–36 (.416)
Tournaments	0–1 (.000)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	2021 WCHA Tournament champion

TitleHead coach

TeamLake Superior State

ConferenceCCHA

BornApril 5, 1977 (age 49)
Brighton, Michigan, U.S.

Damon Whitten (born April 5, 1977) is an American ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the men's hockey head coach of the Lake Superior State Lakers.

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Lake Superior State Lakers (WCHA) (2014–2021)
2014–15	Lake Superior State	8–28–2	7–20–1	t-8th	WCHA First Round
2015–16	Lake Superior State	14–22–5	10–13–5	7th	WCHA First Round
2016–17	Lake Superior State	11–18–7	8–13–7	7th	WCHA Quarterfinals
2017–18	Lake Superior State	10–22–4	8–17–3	9th
2018–19	Lake Superior State	23–13–2	16–10–2–0	4th	WCHA Semifinals
2019–20	Lake Superior State	14–23–4	11–13–4–4	7th	WCHA Quarterfinals
2020–21	Lake Superior State	19–7–3	9–5–0	T–2nd	NCAA Regional Semifinals
Lake Superior State:		99–133–27	69–91–22
Lake Superior State Lakers (CCHA) (2021–present)
2021–22	Lake Superior State	18–18–1	13–13–0	4th	CCHA Quarterfinals
2022–23	Lake Superior State	9–25–2	8–17–1	8th	CCHA Quarterfinals
2023–24	Lake Superior State	17–20–1	11–12–1	7th	CCHA Semifinals
2024–25	Lake Superior State	12–22–2	10–15–1	8th	CCHA Quarterfinals
2025–26	Lake Superior State	11–22–3	8–16–2	7th	CCHA Quarterfinals
Lake Superior State:		67–107–9	50–73–5
Total:		166–240–36
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

v t e Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Pullar Stadium (1966–1976) Taffy Abel Arena (1976–present)
Head coaches	Ron Mason (1966–1973) Rick Comley (1973–1976) Rick Yeo (1976–1981) Bill Selman (1981–1982) Frank Anzalone (1983–1990, 2001–2005) Jeff Jackson (1990–1996) Scott Borek (1996–2001) Jim Roque (2005–2014) Damon Whitten (2014–present)
Seasons	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Conference affiliations	Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) 1972–2013, 2021–present Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) 2013–2021
All-time leaders	Jim Dowd (274 Points) Randy McArthur (113 Goals) Darrin Madeley (71 Wins)
National championships	1988 1992 1994
Frozen Four appearances	1988 1992 1993 1994
NCAA Tournament appearances	1985 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 2021
Conference Tournament titles	CCHA: 1991 1992 1993 1995
Lake Superior State University Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Damon Whitten

Coaching career

Head coaching record

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