David Woodford MC' 22 M'23, returns to the Merrimack Men's Hockey team for his second season as an assistant coach in the 2026-27 season.

This is David's second assistant coaching position as he previously spent the last two seasons at Connecticut College, reaching the NESPAC Tournament twice and winning the 58th Annual Codfish Bowl Tournament in 2023-24.

Woodford was on the staff when the Warriors won their first ever Hockey East Championship in 2025-26.

David previously joined the men's ice hockey staff in 2019-20 as the first-ever Lance Brady Video Assistant, aiding the program with all video and technology services. He graduated with a degree in business management in 2022, before getting his master's in communications in 2023, both from Merrimack.