Mel Pearson

Mel Pearson

Melvin K. Pearson (born February 8, 1959) is a former college ice hockey player and is the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team. Pearson played for Michigan Tech from 1977 to 1981, then served as an assistant coach for the team from 1982 to 1988. Following the 1987–88 season, he spent 23 years as an assistant coach and associate head coach at Michigan under Red Berenson before returning to Michigan Tech as head coach in 2011.

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Born

1959-02-08

Birth Place

Vancouver

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College Sportschatsports.com2021-03-27

'It's just a game,' but UM hockey's Mel Pearson remains baffled by NCAA's decision

The Michigan hockey team hadn't had a positive COVID-19 test result since mid-July. Not one throughout the fall or the winter, as the entire athletic department dealt with shutdowns and game cancellations, as the coronavirus had its way with Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County. Then came Tuesday, when a Michigan...

Michigan StatePost-Bulletin2020-12-25

High hopes, high expectations for Mel Pearson at Michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Nearly 50 years later, Mel Pearson has vivid memories of the first tough hockey decision he had to make. It was 1973, and he was a teen, living in Edina, Minn. After playing one season for the Minnesota Fighting Saints of the World Hockey Association, his...