Jason Lammers, whose decade of coaching experience includes stints with four other NCAA Division I programs, has been named an assistant coach at Colorado College, head coach Scott Owens announced today.

Lammers joins the CC staff after spending the previous three seasons at The Ohio State University, where he oversaw prescouting of opponents, was heavily involved in recruiting and helped with coaching both the defensemen and forwards. He earlier served as an assistant at Clarkson University, Alaska Fairbanks and Princeton.

Lammers replaces Mike Guentzel, who left the Tigers after one season to become head coach of the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League.

"I'm extremely pleased to have Jason join our staff here at Colorado College,” said Owens, now in his 11th year at the CC helm. "He brings a wealth of experience to our program and is proven as an excellent recruiter as well as a successful in-house coach."

Lammers began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Clarkson in 2000-01. After serving as the top assistant at Division III Hobart College the following year, he returned to the Knights in a full-time capacity for the 2002-03 season. He then spent two years as an assistant to former Colorado College standout Guy Gadowsy at Alaska in 2003-04 and at Princteon in 2004-05.

A 1998 graduate of SUNY Geneseo, where he lettered four years as a defenseman, Lammers served as head coach at his alma mater in 2005-06 and guided the Blue Knights to a berth in the NCAA Division III tournament. They posted a 19-9-2 overall record that season, winning the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) playoff championship.
 
As a player at Geneseo, Lammers served as team captain as a senior in 1997-98 when he earned second-team all-league honors in the SUNYAC. He also was named the team's best defenseman and received players' player accolades that same season. He was a co-captain his sophomore and junior years. 

Lammers went on to play professionally in the West Coast Hockey League for the Idaho Steelheads and the Phoenix Mustangs, winning the Taylor Cup championship with Idaho in 2000. He and his wife, Michelle, are the proud parents of a son, Rhett, born May 27, 2009.