Colten St. Clair

Title

Head Coach
Phone

231.799.7000

Colten St. Clair enters his second season as the Coach of the Muskegon Lumberjacks in 2026-27 and his third season with the organization. The two-time Clark Cup Champion holds a career USHL coaching record of 42-34-3-1.

St. Clair joined the Lumberjacks midway through the 2024-25 season as Associate Head Coach, playing a key role in the club's historic run to its first Clark Cup Championship. Following the season, he was named the seventh head coach in franchise history on May 26, 2025. In his first season behind the Lumberjacks' bench, St. Clair guided the team to a second consecutive Eastern Conference Championship and a return trip to the Clark Cup Final.

Before arriving in Muskegon, St. Clair built an impressive coaching résumé across the junior and collegiate ranks. After beginning his coaching career with the Phoenix Knights of the Western States Hockey League, he joined the University of Maine as an assistant coach during the 2018-19 season before returning to the USHL as an assistant coach with the Omaha Lancers from 2019-21.

St. Clair joined the Sioux City Musketeers as Associate Head Coach in 2021-22 before adding Assistant General Manager duties the following season. During his time in Sioux City, he helped lead the Musketeers to the 2022 Clark Cup Championship.

In 2023-24, St. Clair served as Head Coach of the Minnesota Wilderness of the NAHL before returning to the USHL as Head Coach of the Omaha Lancers early in the 2024-25 season. After 18 games behind the Lancers' bench, he joined the Lumberjacks in February 2025, where he became an integral part of the organization's championship staff.

As a player, St. Clair spent three seasons with the Fargo Force from 2008-11, appearing in 151 regular-season games and 28 Clark Cup Playoff contests. He then continued his career at the University of North Dakota, where he won conference championships in both the WCHA and NCHC before helping the Fighting Hawks capture the 2016 NCAA National Championship.

A native of Gilbert, Arizona, St. Clair and his wife, Sydney, reside in Muskegon during the hockey season and International Falls, Minnesota, during the offseason.