Kevin Reiter - Ice Hockey Coach - University of Michigan Athletics

Kevin Reiter

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
kjreiter@umich.edu

Reiter joined the University of Michigan coaching staff in 2023, working primarily with the team's goaltenders.

In his first season with the Wolverines, in 2023-24, the program reached the Big Ten Tournament Championship and the Frozen Four. Goaltender Jake Barczewski set a personal record with 20 wins during the 2023-24 campaign. He was the NCAA active leader in saves during the season, finishing his career with 3,730 saves. Barczewski was named to the NCAA All-Region team after a 62-save performance in wins over No. 5 North Dakota and No. 4 Michigan State.

Reiter came to Ann Arbor from the USA Hockey National Team Development Program, where he was the USNTDP goaltending coach from 2013-17 before being named director of player personnel in 2017. Reiter’s responsibilities with the NTDP included overseeing the Warren Strelow Goaltending Mentor Program, coaching the NTDP goalies, evaluating, recruiting and educating prospective national team players and families.

He has won seven gold medals with the USA, including: four gold medals at the IIHF U18 Men’s Worlds (2014, 2015, 2017, 2023) and three gold medals at the World U17 Hockey Challenge (2014, 2017, 2023). He also won a silver medal at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games, a bronze medal at the World Junior Championship in 2016 and a bronze medal at the Men’s World Championships in 2021.

Prior to joining the USNTDP, Reiter spent two seasons coaching professionally in Italy. He acted as the assistant and goaltending coach of the WSC Sterzing-SSI Vipiteno Broncos, as well as coached their junior teams. While in Italy, Reiter served as goaltending consultant for the Italian Men’s National Team during the 2012 IIHF World Championships.

A 2004 graduate of the University of Alaska-Anchorage, Reiter played four years for the Seawolves while earning a degree in business management. He followed with a seven-year professional career, from 2004-11, in various leagues in North America and Europe. In 2008, he was named the International Hockey League Goalie of the Year and won a Turner Cup Championship with the Fort Wayne Komets. He earned a master’s in business administration at the University of Winchester (England) while playing two seasons in the Elite Hockey League.