Coach's Corner- Meet Coach Todd

Coach Alex Todd began his hockey career in Rice Lake, Wisconsin where he learned the game and played until his junior year of high school then he left to play his senior season in Dubuque Iowa, in the USHL. After the USHL coach Todd played four years at Union College in the Division I ECAC Hockey League.
Upon graduation Coach Todd signed a professional contract with the Fresno Falcons in the West Coast Hockey League.  Coach Todd played for the Falcons from 2001-2003. In his rookie campaign, Coach Todd picked up where he left off at Union with a stand-out rookie season, earning Rookie of the Year honors for the Falcons, as well as being voted onto the league’s All-Rookie Team. The ideal end of his rookie season came when he helped Fresno earn the league’s playoff title and were named Taylor Cup Champions. 

Coach Todd’s coaching career began at Utica College in Utica, New York. After a successful first year in college hockey as a coach in which Utica won the ECAC West Title in 2004-05, he began working with USA hockey and its summer development programs. To date, Coach Todd has assisted with USA hockey player development camps in the Central States District, and was the camp director for the 2006 Mid America Bantam Camp.

In the summer of 2005, Coach Todd was named head coach at Castleton, inheriting a team that had gone 0-44 in its two seasons of existence. In Coach Todd’s second season, the team continued their improvement with a final record of 17-6-4 (most wins in program history), getting the school’s first ever national ranking as high as #8 in the country. The 2007-08 team started slow but finished on a program record 10-game unbeaten streak and earned its first ever home playoff game. The 2008-09 season marked the final season of coach Todd’s first full recruiting class. The Spartans made a successful trip to Germany and Austria for preseason, earning a 3-1 mark overseas. The Spartans finished the year with a 15-9-2 record hosting an ECAC East Quarterfinal game for the second year in a row.

Coach Todd’s first five years have been marked by many firsts for Castleton and the men’s hockey program including a home record of 33-26-8 over the last five years and an overall record of 58-57-16 in the same time.

Coach Todd’s goals heading into the 2010-11 season coach Todd is looking to improve again, with a large and talented freshmen class ready to take Castleton to the next level and a core of returners, the Spartans will be very competitive in the ECAC East and look to establish themselves further in the league playoffs and maintain their presence on the national stage.