Yellowjacket Assistant Coaches
 

Assistant Coach Rodney Graham

Rodney Graham enters his third year as an assistant coach with the Yellowjackets.  Graham’s primary duties include running the team’s forwards, working with the special team’s units and coordinating recruiting.

 

Prior to joining the staff, he was an assistant with the Yellowjacket women’s program for three seasons, where he performed the same duties he does currently.  Graham also ran a successful hockey school in Superior for several years and was a youth hockey coach there beginning in 1998.

 

A native of Fairbanks, Alaska, Graham has a four-year standout for the Yellowjackets from 1993 to 1997.  He is one of five players to play on all four final four teams during that era.  In his four seasons, Graham appeared in 129 games, the second highest total in school history.  He scored 33 goals and added 83 assists for 116 points.  He is one of 38 players in school history to top the 100-point plateau.  His 83 assists tie him for tenth all-time in school history and his 116 points tie him for 22nd in the record book. 

 

Graham played two seasons of junior hockey with the Omaha Lancers, producing over a point-per-game in his two seasons there.  He also spent a season in the BCHL with the Bellingham Ice Hawks.

 

Graham resides in Superior with his wife Shannon and their daughters Kayleigh (13) and Madelyn (9).

 

Assistant Coach Rob Anderson

Rob Anderson is beginning his first season as an assistant coach with the Yellowjackets.  Anderson’s primary responsibility will be working with the team’s goaltenders.

 

Anderson, a native of Superior, played four seasons (1999-2003) at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.  In his career, Anderson appeared in 79 games for the Bulldogs, compiling a 24-38-5.  His is sixth on the school’s all-time goaltending chart in goals against average (3.57) and seventh in save percentage (.892).

 

Following his college hockey career, Anderson played some professional hockey with the Pee Dee Pride (ECHL), Kalamazoo Wings (UHL) and the Lubbock Cotton Kings (CHL).

 

Anderson resides in Superior.