Coaching Staff

Dan Wood

Dan is entering his 12th season coaching with Stevenson and the second one as Hockey Director and Head Varsity Coach. He has held many coaching roles at Stevenson, including: JV Assistant Coach (2 seasons), JV White Co-Head Coach (1 season) and Varsity Assistant Coach (8 seasons). During his coaching tenure with Stevenson, many historical firsts were achieved including: First Varsity State Championship (2021-2022), Varsity USA Hockey Nationals Runner Up (2021-2022), Varsity State Runner-Up (2017-2018), 3 Varsity Final Four Appearances, JV State Championship (2012-2013 Season), Third JV Final Four Appearance (2013-2014 Season) and JV White Divisional League Championship (2017-2018 Season).


In addition to coaching Stevenson, Dan is the Head ACHA Coach at St Norberts College. Prior to this, he was the Head Coach and Hockey Director at DePaul University for three seasons. While at DePaul, he took the team from being consistently a top 30 team in the region to a top 10 team in the region, topping out at 12th nationally.


Dan grew up playing hockey in the Chicagoland Area with the Highland Park Falcons program with a one-year stint at the Chill AAA program. Dan played Varsity hockey at Stevenson High school for 4 years. In addition to playing hockey, Dan was a nationally ranked Olympic Weightlifter, winning the State Championship 3 years in a row. After Stevenson, he played 4 years at Miami University of Ohio on their ACHA D2 team graduating with a degree in Finance. Dan is a USA Hockey Level 5 Coach.

Varsity Green Head Coach

Marc Shellist

Marc is in his sixth year as an Assistant Coach working with the forwards. Marc was on the coaching staff for their first appearance at the United Center for the Varsity State Championship (2017-2018).


In addition to coaching at Stevenson, he is a head coach for the Ice Dogs Hockey Association. He has been with the Ice Dogs for over 16 years as both a coach and the Club's president. Marc has coached in both NIHL and CSDHL at every level and has won championships in both leagues, NIHL U14 (2017) and CSDHL U15 (2018).

Varsity Gold Head Coach & Varsity Green Assistant Coach

Don Howard

TBD

JV White Head Coach

Brian Murtha

After a break of a few years, Brian rejoins the Stevenson Hockey staff as a Varsity and JV White Assistant Coach, making this his 7th season with the program. During his prior tenure, he held a variety of positions including JV Gold Head Coach, JV Gold Assistant Coach and Varsity Assistant Coach.

Brian grew up playing hockey in the Chicagoland Area starting with the Glenview Stars and eventually making his way to Stevenson High School as a 3 year Varsity player. After Stevenson, Brian played 2 years for Robert Morris (now, Roosevelt University) on their ACHA D1 team and he finished his college playing at Miami University of Ohio on their ACHA D2 team.

Varsity Green Assistant Coach

Sean Hammond

Sean is in his second year coaching at Stevenson as a Varsity Assistant Coach and the All Program Dryland/Off-Ice Coach. Prior to joining Stevenson, he coached at St Ignatius for several seasons. Over the past three years, Sean was an Assistant Coach at DePaul University. The 24/25 season he will be stepping into the Hockey Director and Head Coach role at DePaul.


When he's not on the ice, Sean is at Tomahawk Science working as a personal trainer to many Chicago-area professional athletes.


Like other coaches within the program, Sean is a Stevenson alumni and shared time on the ice with both Dan and Brian.

Varsity Green Assistant Coach & All Program Head Dryland Coach

Trevor Hilt

Trevor is in his second year coaching at Stevenson Hockey as a JV White Assistant Coach. Trevor is Stevenson alumni and played on the 2017-2018 team for the program's first state championship appearance at the United Center.

Varsity GOLD ASSISTANT COACH

Sam Shellist

Sam is in his first year coaching at Stevenson Hockey as a JV White Assistant Coach. Sam is Stevenson alumni and played on the 2017-2018 team for the program's first state championship appearance at the United Center.

JV White Assistant Coach

Billy Kopka

TBD

JV White Assistant Coach

Cristina Hurtado, LAT, ATC, MBA

Cristina is entering her third season with the Stevenson Hockey Program as the Head Athletic Trainer. Received her bachelor's degree in Athletic Training in 2019 and her MBA in 2020 both from Aurora University. Cristina has had a deep passion for hockey since childhood. Being able to combine her love for hockey and sports medicine has been a dream come true. Cristina works at Stevenson during 8th hour and after school during the school year if any player needs to see her for injuries during games or practices. 


In addition to Stevenson, Cristina helps with other high school and youth hockey programs in the area. Including but limited to Chicago Bulldogs, Chicago Blues, Glenbard High School co-op, Warren High school and the Chicago Crush of the USPHL. 

Head Athletic Trainer

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