Jan Jas

Jan Jas comes to Indiana University's hockey team as a first-year coach after an 11-year professional career as a player.  During his playing years, Jas was a member of various minor professional leagues in the United States (the ECHL, CHL, UHL, and IHL) and Europe (the Italian Elite League, Austrian National League, Slovak Extraleague, and Polish Elite League).  

Jas was a member of the 1999-2000 Indianapolis Ice, the Central Hockey League's champions, where as a forward was among the league's statistical leaders during the team's playoff run.  His success earned him an invite to the NHL's Ottawa Senators' 2000 training camp, where he scored a goal during one of the prospects' games against the Florida Panthers.  Jas was also named a team MVP twice, by the Roanoke Valley Vipers (2005-2006) and the Flint Generals (2006-2007), both of the UHL. Jas has also been developing the youth level players, throughout the summer months of the playing career.

Prior to his professional hockey career, Jas played junior hockey in Canada, from 1995 to 1998, in Manitoba and Alberta.

A native of Presov, Slovakia, Jas was also a member of Slovak National Teams U-16 and U-17, before departing for junior hockey in Canada. 

Jas and his wife, Theresa, reside in Noblesville, Indiana, with their dogs Guinness and Zoey and are expecting their first child in November of 2010. 

Kevin Schmidt

Kevin Schmidt is in his first season of coaching with the Hoosiers. He previously played 5 seasons professionally in Port Huron, Indianapolis and the last 3 years with the Fort Wayne Komets of the United Hockey League where he was a member of the 2003 Colonial Cup Championship team.  He played his College hockey at Northern Michigan University where he served as an assistant captain his senior year and was named to the All CCHA second team. 

Now residing in Bloomington, Kevin is married to wife Christina and has 2 kids; Mathew (5) and Marisa (2).