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Garrett Hendrickson (Concordia-Moorhead '17) was named the sixth head coach in the modern era (since 1959) of the Augsburg University men's hockey team in August 2023. He served as an assistant coach for the Auggies for two seasons (2021-23) before being named as head coach.
 
As part of Greg "Boom" May’s coaching staff, Hendrickson helped guide the Auggies to the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular-season championship and the NCAA Division III national semifinals in the 2021-22 season, and the MIAC playoff title and a national playoff berth in 2022-23. Augsburg was 41-15-2 overall and 24-7-1 in MIAC play the last two seasons.
 
The Auggies went 25-5-0 overall and 14-2-0 in MIAC play in 2021-22, winning the MIAC regular-season title for the 11th time in school history. The Auggies topped perennial rival St. Norbert (Wis.) in the NCAA quarterfinals to reach the NCAA semifinal round for the third time in school history, finishing in a tie for third nationally.
 
In 2022-23, Augsburg finished with a 16-10-2 overall record and 10-5-1 mark in MIAC play, finishing second in the conference regular-season standings. The Auggies claimed a 4-1 win at regular-season champion St. Scholastica in the MIAC playoff championship, winning the postseason title for the sixth time in school history. The Auggies advanced to the NCAA national tournament for the eighth time in school history and sixth time in an eight-year span.
 
Hendrickson has accomplished a great deal in his young coaching career, after his playing days were completed at Concordia College-Moorhead in 2017. Prior to coming to Augsburg, Hendrickson served as an assistant coach for the North American Hockey League’s Bismarck (N.D.) Bobcats in 2020-21. The Bobcats finished 29-21 overall and 3-3 in the league’s Robertson Cup playoffs that season.
 
Also as a junior hockey coach, he served as an assistant coach for the Superior International Junior Hockey League’s Wisconsin Lumberjacks in 2019-20, and as an assistant coach/assistant general manager for the NAHL’s Minnesota Wilderness in 2018-19.
 
A native of Virginia, Minn., Hendrickson played collegiately as a forward at Concordia-Moorhead, earning All-MIAC Honorable Mention honors in 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2016-17, while earning MIAC All-Rookie Team honors in 2013-14. An alternate captain his senior year, Hendrickson played in 100 career games for the Cobbers, scoring 26 goals with 45 assists for 71 points.
 
An Associated Press Minnesota All-State first-team selection in 2010-11, he was a high school star for the Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl boys’ hockey team, scoring 76 goals with 113 assists for 189 points in his final three seasons, including a 27-goal, 45-assist effort his senior season.
 
He played junior hockey in the British Columbia Hockey League for the Penticton Vees (2011-12) and Salmon Arm Silverbacks (2011-13), and for the NAHL’s Coulee Region Chill (2012-13), prior to his collegiate career.
 
Hendrickson was a communications major at Concordia-Moorhead. He married his wife Andrea, a middle school math teacher in the Stillwater (Minn.) School District, in April 2023. The couple lives in Hugo, Minn.

YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDS

Year	Overall Record	Overall Pct.	MIAC Record	MIAC Pct.	MIAC Finish	Notes
2024-25	8-16-1	.333	4-11-1	.292	9th/9
2023-24	15-9-2	.615	12-3-1	.792	1st/9	MIAC Regular Season Champions, MIAC Playoff Semifinals
Totals	23-25-3	.480	16-14-2	.531