Mike Ayers - Men's Hockey Coach - Boston College Athletics

Mike Ayers

Title:
Heffes Family Associate Head Coach
Email:
mens.icehockey@bc.edu
Phone:
552-3028

Mike Ayers enters his 10th season on the Boston College coaching staff in 2022-23. He was elevated to the position of Heffes Family Associate Head Coach following the 2020-21 campaign. Ayers has helped guide the Eagles to the No. 1 seed in Hockey East in two of the last three seasons.

During that span, Ayers has guided several players to national recognition. In 2021, goaltender Spencer Knight earned Hockey East Player of the Year and First Team All-America honors. The year prior, Alex Newhook became the first player in program history to win the Tim Taylor Award as the Division I National Rookie of the Year. Matt Boldy (First Team), Drew Helleson (Second Team) and Jack McBain (Second Team) have also been named All-Americans.

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.