Head coach Scott Wiley is in his sixth season behind the bench for the Colgate women's ice hockey team.
He led the 2006-07 team to unprecedented heights as the Raiders reached the ECAC Hockey semifinals for the first time in program history. As the No. 5 seed, Colgate swept Princeton in the quarterfinal series to advance to a semifinal match-up with eventual league champion Dartmouth.
With a 14-7-1 league record the Raiders recorded their first wins over perennial powers Dartmouth, Harvard and Princeton, were in the national polls nine times and went on to set over 50 program records.
Colgate’s Tara French named the inaugural ECAC Hockey League Student-Athlete of the Year and was the first women’s hockey player to be named ESPN The Magazine academic second-team all-district. She was one of four Raiders to be named an American Women’s Hockey Coaches Association (AWHCA) National Scholar-Athlete.
In 2005-06, Wiley led the Raiders to their fifth straight ECACHL quarterfinal appearance and along the way defeated two nationally-ranked teams, including No. 3 St. Lawrence.
The season was highlighted with three players being selected to the ECACHL all-star team, two selected to the Canadian U-22 team, and one selected to participate in the first NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge.
The Raiders reached individual milestones including one player becoming the new leading scoring defenseman, two players becoming the first Division I players to reach 100 points, and Colgate earning its first national player of the week.
During the 2004-05 season, Wiley led the Raiders to their first winning season in Division I with a 16-15-4 record. The team finished seventh in the ECACHL with a 9-7-4 record and made its fourth consecutive ECACHL quarterfinal appearance.
In 2003-04, the team posted a 16-17-3 record and finished seventh in the league. Wiley was recognized by his peers by earning the ECAC Coach of the Year award, voted on by the league¹s head coaches. That same year he was a finalist for the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) Division I Coach of the Year award.
Wiley began as Colgate's head coach when the team was in just its second year as a Division I program, in 2002-03. He guided his team to a 12-21-1 mark and was 4-11-1 in the ECAC-North that year.
Prior to being named head coach, Wiley was the assistant coach for the Raiders for three years under coach Ted Wisner, now an assistant coach for the St. Lawrence women's hockey team.
Wiley has coached three players who have been selected to both the U.S. and Canadian national teams. Rebecca Lahar ('04) was a member of USA Under-22 team in 2004, Becky Irvine ('06) was a member of the Canadian U-22 team in 2005-06 along with Tara French ('07).
During the summer of 2003, Wiley was a coach at the USA Hockey Girls 18/19 Select Festival. The festival was held at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. Among the notable players Wiley coached were Julie Aho, a Division III All-American from Renseelaer; Tiffany Hagge and Christina Capuano of Dartmouth; Jen Munhofen of Cornell; Kristin Savard of Yale; and Jenn Sifers of Harvard.
Wiley graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in sport and leisure studies. While at St. Lawrence, Wiley was a member of the men¹s soccer team where he was captain and team MVP as a senior. Wiley ranks 21st on the all-time scoring list with 42 points. He was a first-team all-Empire Athletic Association selection and a two-time all-league pick. He was also named College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District in 1993.
The Williamstown, Mass., native also has college soccer coaching experience at Clarkson University and Plattsburgh State University. At Clarkson, he planned and supervised in-season and out-of-season practices.
He also worked on developing communication between the team, community and university.
In 2001-02, Wiley fulfilled the duty of assistant tennis coach at Colgate for both the men and women's teams.
With an extensive knowledge of marketing, Wiley serves as a valuable member of the ECACHL marketing committee. He also continues to volunteer his time as an instructor at various women¹s hockey summer camps throughout New York and New England.
Wiley was a member of the ECACHL Officiating Committee and the C.A.R.E.S. Committee at Colgate. In his role on the ECACHL Officiating Committee, he represents the league on rule proposals, officiating initiatives, and enforcement of those directives. He acts as a liasion to express concerns of league coaches and conveys new standards for the betterment of women¹s ice hockey.
As a member of the Colgate Advocates of Responsible Eating Style (C.A.R.E.S.), Wiley represents the staff in this multidisciplinary committee made up of students, faculty and staff who are dedicated to raising awareness about eating and body image concerns at Colgate.
He currently serves on the Colgate Information Technology committee.
Wiley, his wife Leta, and their children Kaitlyn, Devin, and Taylor reside in Hamilton.
