Marcus Baxter - Head Coach
Marcus enters his first season with Griz hockey and is excited to help build on the success of the program.
Marcus prides himself on developing player's both on and off the ice. During his nine years coaching Missoula Junior hockey, his teams collected an impressive 277 wins while always playing an exciting and high paced level of play. He was also named coach of the year twice. As a player, Marcus played two years of tier 2 junior hockey before moving on to play division 1 hockey at the University of Connecticut.
A native of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, He has called Missoula home for the past 15 years. In his time away from the rink he enjoys fishing, golfing, and spending time with his wife Bridget and young Daughter.
Coach Baxter can be reached at mbaxter16@gmail.com or 860-420-9106
Mike Anderson - Associate Head Coach
Mike Anderson is at the University of Montana with a passion for the game of hockey, and a love for the city of Missoula.
Mike has coached from the U10 level to Tier III Jr. A as the assistant coach for the Missoula Jr Bruins for 2 seasons, and served as the Youth Hockey Coaching Coordinator for Missoula Youth Hockey. Mike was the head-coach of the Griz hockey team for it’s first three seasons.
A native of St. Paul, MN Mike grew up playing hockey for his neighborhood association, Mike went on to play high school hockey for the now-defunct St. Paul Saints program. After finishing his career as the career leader in points for the school, Mike went on to pursue the dream of playing college hockey. This dream took him to the University of New England, the MnJHL with the Hudson Crusaders, and finally Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.
Mike is proud to be a part of the Griz hockey program.
Coach Anderson can be reached at mpastb@gmail.com or 651-202-8034
Will Grossmann - Assistant Coach
Will Grossmann was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio. He grew up playing youth hockey between the Toledo Ice diggers and the Sylvania Maple Leafs. During High School he played for St. Francis De Sales High School and in his senior year helped them reach the Ohio state semi finals. After high school Will had the choice to play Juniors for the Toledo Cherokee or head to College and decided going to college was the right choice. While attending the University of Toledo he played for the University's ACHA D2 team where he averaged more than a point per game. His career in Toledo was cut short when he moved to Missoula to explore new options and was taken into the Missoula hockey community with open arms. Soon after moving he enrolled at the University of Montana to study exercise science. While being in Missoula Will has helped coach clinics, practices, and has been involved in organizing multiple mens league teams. Will currently works for Hockey Wolf where he helps provide teams from all around the country and in every league the gear and apparel they need to look good on and off the ice. Hockey has been Will’s passion since the age of 2 and during the winter you can find him at the rink 4 days a week or out on the ponds helping his niece develop her hockey skills. During the summer Will can be found either on the river or the golf course and enjoying all the amazing things Missoula has to offer.
Coach Grossmann can be reached at fgrossmann4@gmail.com or 419-266-1506
Tucker Sargent - General Manager
Tucker has been involved with the hockey community in Missoula for the past 15 years. Having spent a stint on the previous iteration of the Griz Hockey team back in 2006. Since then he has been involved in the men’s league and also coaching the University of Montana Lacrosse team for the past 12 seasons. In his time as head coach for lacrosse program Tucker has elevated the team to a perennial national contender, developed a large local fan base for the team in Montana and developed partnerships with local businesses and media promoting the team. He is taking this model of success over to hockey to grow the prominence of the team both on campus and within the hockey community of Montana.
Tucker’s duties with the team include working with the University of Montana to ensure academic success of the student athletes within the Griz Hockey program, marketing and promoting the team, over seeing player recruitment and retention, scheduling, and many other various administrative roles. Tucker will also be assisting Co Head Coaches Mike Anderson and Will Grossman with on ice practices.
Tucker can be reached at tuckersargent@gmail.com or 406-546-6171
