Coaching Staff

HEAD COACH – Ryan Theros

ryan@fairbanksicedogs.com
(218) 390-1621

Ryan Theros joined the Ice as head coach in April of 2023.

Prior to the Ice Dogs, Theros led the Yellowstone Quake of the NA3HL, where he was named interim head coach and general manager in November of 2022. Theros served as head coach and GM for the Quake from 2015-2018, guiding the team to a 129-23-5 record in three seasons.

Theros served as an assistant coach for the Waterloo Blackhawks of the USHL from 2018-2019, and as an associate head coach of the Lone Star Brahmas of the North American Hockey League (NAHL) from 2019-2020.

A native of Two Harbors, Minnesota, Theros served as the director of on-ice operations and a hockey performance instructor for the Velocity Hockey Center in Eden Prairie beginning in 2010. He transitioned to seasonal work at the performance center in 2015 when he accepted the head coaching job with the Quake. Theros is a big believer in developing the player mentally and physically, not only on the ice as a hockey player in individual skills and team concepts, but also as a person.

 


ASSISTANT COACH – Dakota Bell

dakota@fairbanksicedogs.com
(419) 308-9122

Dakota Bell joined the Ice Dogs as an assistant coach in July 2022.

He most recently spent two seasons as a graduate assistant coach for New England College. Prior to his time there, Bell was a volunteer assistant coach for the Bowling Green Falcons. Bell was the Head Coach of the Sylvania Northstars U15 AAA from 2018-2020. Bell also worked as either the head or assistant coach of the Bowling Green Ice Cats (USA Hockey Tier 1 AAA, USA Hockey Tier 2 AA) from 2013-2018.

Bell earned an MBA in Strategic Leadership from New England College in 2022 and a Bachelor of Science in Education From Bowling Green University in 2019.