USA Hockey's Webinar Series - USNTDP Practice Philosophy with Head Coach Seth Appert

Seth Appert completed his third season as the head coach with the NTDP. He coached the U.S. National Under-18 Team at the NTDP in 2020-21.

During his time with the NTDP, Appert won the Five Nations Tournament. He also served as the head coach of the U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team that earned the silver medal at the 2018 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship.

He spent the previous 11 seasons as the head coach of the Rensselaer men’s hockey team. Appert spent the nine seasons prior to taking over the head coaching reigns at RPI as an assistant coach at the University of Denver where he helped lead the Pioneers to a pair of NCAA titles, three WCHA playoff championships and two WCHA regular-season titles.

In 2017 he served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Men’s National Team at the 2017 IIHF Men’s World Championship and was also an assistant coach for the 2017 U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Team that won the gold medal at the 2017 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship.
His other USA Hockey coaching experience includes two stints as head coach (2008, 2011) and one as assistant coach (2007) of the U.S. National Under-18 Select Team that competed in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup.