Michael Sisti


Michael Sisti is the women's ice hockey current head coach at Mercyhurst University. Since 1999, he has coached Mercyhurst to 4 Frozen Four appearances, 11 College Hockey America post-season titles, and 1 Great Lakes Women's Hockey Association post-season title.

Personal life

Sisti is a native of Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Canisius College in 1990. He holds numerous scoring records at Canisius, and is a 2002 inductee in the Canisius Athletic Hall of Fame.

Coaching

After graduation, he was an assistant coach for Canisius men's program, and came to Mercyhurst in 1993 as an assistant coach on the men's team. In 1999, Sisti became the Head Coach of the newly formed women's varsity team. To date, he has been the only Head Coach of the program. His team reached the NCAA Tournament each year from 2005 through 2014. The 10 consecutive appearances are an NCAA Division I record. In 2009, Mercyhurst reached the NCAA Championship game, losing to Wisconsin 5-0, in their first of four Frozen Four seasons. He was awarded the 2005 AHCA Coach of the Year award. His 437 wins as of January 15, 2017 put him third all-time among women's hockey coaches

Head coaching record