Stavros Paskaris joined the Dartmouth men’s hockey program as an assistant in July 2020, coming to Hanover to be a part of Koenig Family Head Coach Reid Cashman’s first staff in Hanover.
Paskaris makes the move to Dartmouth from Princeton where he was a staff member from 2014-20, helping the program capture the 2018 ECAC Hockey Tournament Championship and earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
That season, the Tigers boasted the best scoring offense in the nation, averaging 3.64 goals per game behind 50-plus point seasons from second-team All-Americans Ryan Kuffner and Max Véronneau. The duo finished third and fifth, respectively, in the nation in scoring as Vérronneau was the nation's assist leader and Kuffner was second in goals per game. Additionally, junior Josh Teves led the nation in defenseman scoring and Princeton had the top ranked power-play unit, converting 27.7 percent during the season.
Prior to his time with Princeton, Paskaris was an assistant for five seasons at Adrian College under Ron Fogarty, who would bring him to New Jersey when he was named the Tigers’ bench boss in 2014. As the first assistant and recruiting coordinator at Adrian, Paskaris helped the Bulldogs to a 114-19-9 record. The team won four Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association (MCHA) regular-season titles, three MCHA playoff championships and earned four NCAA Tournament bids.
A 2008 graduate of Wayne State, Paskaris was a four-year member of the varsity hockey team, earning College Hockey America Rookie of the Year honors in 2005 as well as first team recognition as a senior after averaging more than a point per game. Following his collegiate career, Paskaris joined Dayton (ECHL) to finish out the 2007-08 season.
In addition to his bachelor’s in business administration from Wayne State, Paskaris earned a master’s degree in recreation and sport sciences from Ohio University in 2009.
He, and his wife Shannon (née Bowman ’09), have a daughter Effie. Shannon was a four-year member of the Dartmouth women’s hockey team, appearing in 127 games from 2005-09 and recording 106 points (40-66-106).