Alma Mater: SUNY Cortland, '22
Career Record: 21-30-0, two seasons
Record at SUNY Morrisville: 21-30-0, two seasons
YEAR-BY-YEAR at SUNY MORRISVILLE
- 2024-25: 9-16-0, 6-12-0 SUNYAC
- 2023-24: 12-14-0 overall, 7-11-0 SUNYAC
- SUNYAC Championship Semifinals
ROAD TO MORRISVILLE: SUNY Morrisville Director of Athletics, Matt Grawrock, has announced the appointment of John Briggs as head coach of the women’s ice hockey program for the 2023-24 season.
In his first season with the Mustangs, Briggs led Morrisville to the SUNYAC Championship semifinals, after posting a 7-11-0 league slate. Altogether, his guidance led Morrisville to a 12-14-0 overall record.
Briggs came to Morrisville from SUNY Cortland where he spent two seasons on the bench with the Red Dragons as assistant coach.
During his time with Cortland, Briggs played a role in guiding the team to back-to-back appearances in the Northeast Women’s Hockey League (NEWHL) championship finals, registering 12 or more conference wins each season, including a 20-7 overall record and 14-4 conference slate in 2022-23.
Cortland ranked second overall within the league in several categories throughout the 2022-23 season, including goals scored, assists, goals per game, power play goals, power play percentage, penalty kill percentage, goals against average and led the league in save percentage.
In the two seasons Briggs was part of the program, the Red Dragons compiled an overall record of 38 wins, 13 losses and one tie, while registering a 26-9-1 record in league play.
At the conclusion of the 2021-22 season, Cortland was recognized by the NEWHL as the Coaching Staff of the Year.
Briggs is Level I USA Hockey Certified and was a 2022 National Camp Coach invitee.
Prior to joining the staff at Cortland, Briggs served as assistant coach for the Richland Rockies Women’s Hockey team from 2019-21 as well as the 16U Tier 2 Boys’ Valley Eagles and 18U Tier 2 Boys’ Skyland Kings.
Briggs played junior hockey in New Jersey and junior and semi-pro hockey in Scotland. He received his bachelor’s degree in coaching from Cortland in 2022. He also attended Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland where he studied sports coaching and development.
Aside from his coaching position, Briggs is also an Assistant Golf Professional at the Skaneateles Country Club.
