Tom Serratore

Biography

Tom Serratore begins his 25th season at the helm of the Bemidji State Men's Hockey program in 2025-26. He is an eight-time conference Coach of the Year and the second winningest coach in Beaver Hockey history. He has amassed 412 career victories and has coached 905 games during his 25 years as head coach of the Beavers. He boasts a 412-386-107 (.514) career record and ranks 37th in career victories at the Division I level among all head coaches and ninth among active head coaches. Since taking over the Bemidji State Men's Hockey program in 2001, Serratore's teams have achieved seven regular-season conference championships, three CHA tournament titles, five NCAA Tournament appearances, one NCAA Frozen Four appearance (2009) and he is an eight-time conference Coach of the Year. Serratore was hand-selected to succeed future Hockey Hall of Fame member R.H. "Bob" Peters, who won 702 games and 13 national championships at Bemidji State. He is second all-time at BSU behind Peters with 412 career wins. Throughout his 25 seasons leading the Beavers, Serratore has recruited and developed three All-Americans, one Mike Richter Award finalist, 10 conference players of the year, one conference student-athlete of the year and 26 all-conference first team selections. 53 former Beavers coached by Serratore have gone on to earn professional contracts including five to have played in the National Hockey League. Serratore knows first-hand the tradition of BSU men's hockey, having played two year