Jarrad Vroman enters his first season as UW-Eau Claire's Head Women's Ice Hockey Coach in 2025-26.
Vroman, a UW-Eau Claire alumnus, takes over the Blugold bench following two seasons as an assistant coach for the men’s hockey team at Augsburg University. With Vroman on the coaching staff, the Auggies won a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season championship in 2024.
Prior to his coaching career, Vroman played for the UW-Eau Claire men’s hockey team before entering the professional ranks. He helped the Blugolds win a regular season Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title in 2020 and a WIAC Commissioner’s Cup in 2022. A defenseman, Vroman tallied 25 points across his career.
After his Blugold career, Vroman played one season of professional hockey in the SPHL with the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs. He helped the Rail Yard Dawgs win the President's Cup in 2023.
The Lincoln Park, Michigan, native also has extensive experience as a hockey instructor with the likes of Bowman Hockey and FHIT Hockey. He also volunteered with the Detroit Ice Dreams nonprofit for several years.
Vroman currently resides in Eau Claire with his wife, Bree, and their daughter, Sophie. Bree a UW-Eau Claire women's hockey Alumnus, holds the record for most career games played (121).
