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O'Had named Mavericks head coach

O'Had named Mavericks head coach

Wednesday, April 15th

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – The Kansas City Mavericks announced the hiring of Tad O’Had as the club’s head coach and director of hockey pperations. O’Had previously spent seven seasons with the Florida Everblades, the last four of which were as associate head coach. O’Had is the fifth head coach in the history of the Mavericks organization.The 40-year-old Yakima, Washington native comes to the Mavericks with an impressive and deep resume. While with the Everblades, O’Had was behind the bench in over 500 ECHL games and 67 playoff games. O’Had was part of the Everblades Brabham Cup championship in 2017-18, an Eastern Conference championship in 2018, two South Division titles, six playoff appearances and a .699 winning percentage.O’Had was also the Head Coach and General Manager of the Florida Jr. Blades, leading the Jr. Blades to a dominant 112-19-8 record and a USPHL National Championship in 2017 during his tenure.O’Had grew up playing hockey and went on to play junior hockey in the North American Hockey League for the Capital Centre Pride and Ontario Provincial Hockey League for the Port Huron Clippers before attending Connecticut College, where he played four years, being selected as captain in three of four seasons. After college, he founded BlueStreak Sports Training, one of the most prestigious training facilities in North America. O’Had also co-founded Hybrid Hockey, a recruiting and exposure service that prepared players for collegiate hockey. Tad also worked in Russia in 2009, co-founding several Olympic training programs.For six years, O’Had served as the Vice President of Hockey for Athletic Republic Headquarters. He is also a certified Master trainer for Athletic Republic, along with being a Sports Potential, Sport-Quest and SPARQ trainer. O’Had was awarded the Dick Vraa Award for his contribution to the Athletic Republic Network. He has achieved decades of awards and achievements in only a few years, and his hard work and dedication have led him to direct teams and hockey schools in Ontario, Alberta, Minnesota, Michigan, New York and Connecticut. In the past 10 years, 35 players he has trained have been selected in the NHL Entry Draft. In 2017, Tad was named Gulfshore Business Magazine Top 40 Under 40, a prestigious distinction reserved for the most influential business leaders under the age of 40 in Southwest Florida.In a 10-year span, O’Had trained 35 players who ended up being selected in the NHL Entry Draft.The Mavericks will retain Kohl Schultz as Assistant Coach after Schultz finished the 2019-20 season as interim head coach.