Tavis MacMillan Last College: Alaska (1994) Position: Head Coach Experience: 3 years

Head Coach Tavis MacMillan completed his third season at the helm for the Alaska Nanooks in 2006-07. The Nanooks were 11-22-6 this season, finishing strong in the playoffs with a first round road upset for the third consecutive season.

In three seasons with the Nanooks, MacMillan guided the program to three first round road playoff series upsets, the most in the CCHA ever, and a total of nine postseason victories, a feat only equaled by the league's sole 2007 Frozen Four participant and eventual national champion Michigan State. However, the Nanooks' wins were unique in that all nine were upsets over higher-ranked teams that occurred on the road.

He compiled a 46-54-15 overall record and 29-43-12 in the CCHA and led the team to excellence on and off the ice by raising the national awareness for the program as a top Division I hockey team.

The 36-year-old Milk River, Alberta native and UAF graduate took over the head coaching reins at the end of the 2003-04 season, succeeding Guy Gadowsky as the sixth head coach in program history. Prior to that MacMillan served as NCAA compliance coordinator for UAF's athletics department and as assistant coach to Gadowsky for four seasons and Dave Laurion for three seasons.

After being named head coach in the spring of 2004, MacMillan hired on two former teammates, Wade Klippenstein and Dallas Ferguson. The Nanooks' all-alumni coaching staff was a first in program history.

During his first two seasons, his teams successfully captured the Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup, by defeating intrastate rivals, the Alaska Anchorage Seawolves in the annual four-game series.

In his first season, he led Alaska to the CCHA Super Six Tournament at Joe Louis Arena where they set a program record for post-season finish after defeating Michigan State 3-2 in the third-place game.

A former Nanook star and UAF graduate, MacMillan played professional hockey with the Alaska Gold Kings of the West Coast Hockey League after graduating from UAF. He began his preparation for entry into the coaching ranks when he served as a player and assistant general manager in 1995-96, assisting with management, player recruitment, marketing, promotions and day-to-day operations while earning second team WCHL all-star honors. MacMillan also played roller hockey for the San Jose Rhinos of the Roller Hockey International League in 1994.

While at UAF, he made his mark in the Nanooks' record books. He remains the fourth leading all-time scorer with 192 points; MacMillan tied teammate Dean Fedorchuk for the NCAA scoring championship in their senior campaigns with 74 points (1993-94). MacMillan served as an assistant captain that season and was named the team's Most Valuable Player. During his sophomore season he was also the Dirk Anderson Scholar-Athlete. He graduated from UAF in 1995, earning a bachelor's degree in business administration with an emphasis in marketing.

MacMillan is a native of Milk River, Alberta. He was an honor roll student at Bert Church High School in Airdrie, Alberta.

MacMillan and his wife, Deon, have three daughters-Taryn, (12 years old), Camryn, (7), and Lauryn, (5).