Samantha Fallon begins her third season as head coach of the Nichols College women’s ice hockey program in 2021-22. In her first season ‘On the Hill’ in 2019-20, Fallon guided the Bison to the Colonial Hockey Conference (CHC) Semifinals.
Fallon spent the 2018-19 campaign as an assistant coach at SUNY Cortland, where she helped the Red Dragons advance to the Northeast Women’s Hockey League championship game for the first time in program history. They established program records for wins (15), goals against average (2.27), and fewest goals allowed (62), and also won the first playoff game in program history in Fallon’s only season in Cortland.
Fallon was responsible for recruiting at SUNY Cortland as she traveled across North America evaluating prospective student-athletes. She was also tabbed with film breakdown and one-on-one film and on-ice sessions with student-athletes, team fundraising, and coordinating with the strength & conditioning staff to develop workouts for the team.
Prior to her arrival in ‘The Empire State,’ Fallon spent the 2017-18 campaign at Adrian College as the head coach of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Division II program and assistant coach of the Division I program. She guided a first-year program which she built from scratch to an undefeated regular season and a final record of 16-4, capturing the regular season championship along the way. The Division I program, meanwhile, went 27-3-1 and advanced to the national championship contest.
Fallon was tabbed with organizing drills to improve player performance and also organized all aspects of travel (hotels, meals) and handled team equipment, including the purchase and maintenance of. She also managed the budget for both programs, used video for evaluation and player development, and evaluated academic integrity, athleticism, and maturity for prospective student-athletes.
Fallon was a four-year member of the women’s ice hockey program at Division III UMass Boston, where she earned a pair of Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) East Second Team honors (2013-14 & 2014-15), as well as a New England Hockey Writers All-Star nod in 2013-14. She finished her career with 31 goals and 13 assists for a total of 42 points in 87 games, guiding the Beacons to three-straight conference semifinal appearances.
Fallon graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Psychology. Since 2012, she has worked as a coach at Pro Ambitions Hockey.
Career record at Nichols
|
W |
L |
T |
| 2019-20 |
6 |
16 |
4 |
| 2020-21 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
| Total |
6 |
20 |
5 |
