Kevin Swallow

Biography

Kevin Swallow took over the UNE men's ice hockey program ahead of the 2015-16 season and made each of his first four years the best in program history. He already owns a 171-63-21 record guiding the Nor'easters, who have been nationally-ranked for 103 out of 119 weeks since the middle of 2017-18 and boast a 29-28-6 ledger versus other top 15 teams. The 2021-22 campaign was the best in University history, as UNE rode a program-record 13-game winning streak into the national semifinals. The Nor'easters finished with a program-record 23-4-1 mark overall and were voted 5th in the last poll of the year. Swallow received his first CCC Coach of the Year honor, earned the New England Hockey Writers Association Coach of the Year, and was runner-up for the American Hockey Coaches Association Division III National Coach of the Year. Over 13 total seasons as a head coach, Swallow's teams have achieved a 226-83-28 record (.716). He came to Biddeford following three years as head coach at Nichols College, where the program logged a 55-20-7 record and two postseason championships. Swallow's four-year collegiate playing career was split between Dartmouth College and University of Maine. He had 11 goals and 31 points in 59 games with Dartmouth, and in 62 contests with Maine, totaled three goals and 14 points and played on one squad that reached the Hockey East finals. He received UMaine's Unsung Hero Award in 2010. His playing career also includes a two-year stint as a member of the United St

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