Kevin Brooks, Program Director and Ice Skills Instructor


As a native of Stow, MA, Brooks began his high school hockey at St. Johns of Shrewsbury. He then moved onto prep school hockey at Lawrence Academy in the Independent School League, where he led the league in scoring during his senior year while winning a championship. He was voted to the all-league team during both his senior and junior years.

After high school, Brooks headed out west to play in the USHL for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. In his first campaign with the team, he was 2nd on the team in scoring, 3rd in penalty minutes, and voted "Rookie of the Year". In his second year, he represented the RoughRiders as team captain and was voted "fan favorite". His hard work earned him a scholarship to Providence College. After one season at Providence, Brooks transferred to Curry College in Milton, MA. His sophomore season as a Colonel helped the program earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Div III nationals and was voted assistant captain.

However, due to injury, Brooks was forced to retire. Most recently Kevin has coached the Walpole Express Junior A and B teams. During his two year span the Junior B team was ranked number 2 in the country and the Walpole Express won the college award for placing the most players in college. During the past two years Brooks has also worked as Director for RBHockey.

Brooks currently resides in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with his wife Kathy where he is the Director of Hockey for the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena as well as the assistant coach for the Cedar Rapids Roughriders(USHL).

Mark Mullen, Head Coach

Mark Mullen is a current NHL Scout for the LA Kings and former Assistant Coach for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Mullen spent two seasons with the Riders and two seasons as an assistant high school coach in Andover, MA. As a player, Mullen skated in 149 games over four seasons at Boston University, scoring 29 goals while helping the Terriers to three NCAA tournament berths. The Dorchester, Massachusetts, native served as team captain as a senior in 2003-04 after being named Best Defensive Forward in both Hockey East and all of New England college hockey as a junior.

Mullen spent the 2004-05 season with the ECHL’s Pee Dee Pride before retiring. He also played in the 2005 ECHL All-Star Game and was clocked as the fastest skater at the ECHL All-Star Skills Competition. Mullen has returned to the USHL for the first time since playing for the Des Moines Buccaneers in 1999.

Chris Snavely, Head Coach

Growing up in Lancaster, PA, Snavely currently plays for the Wheeling Nailers in the ECHL. Snavely played four seasons at Michigan State University, winning the NCAA national championship his senior year. Prior to his collegiate career, Snavely spent four years with the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the USHL, where he holds the Rapids’ franchise record for most career games played (212). Snavely was also a member of the 1999 U.S. Under-18 Select Team that won a silver medal at the Four Nations Cup in Prague, Czech Republic.

Chad Horner, Head Coach

Chad grew up in Denver, CO and played for the Hyland Hills  Hockey Association his entire youth, playing on the top Bantam and Midget teams.  He was an Assistant Captain for his Bantam team in 1999 and for his Midget teams in 2000 and 2001.  In 2000, he was part of the team that was runner-up in the state playoffs.  Chad has been coaching hockey for over 10 years.  While in  high school, he participated as an on-ice instructor in the  SKAKA I.C.E program, a local program for under-privileged,  at-risk youth.  In 2002, he coached the Adams City High  School in-line hockey team and led them to the playoffs in  their inaugural season.  Since graduating from Coe College,  Chad has coached at the Squirt A, PeeWee AA and Bantam  AA levels with the Cedar Rapids Hockey Association.   Currently, Chad is the Head Coach of the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders High School team.

Marc Rogers, Head Coach

Marc played Junior A hockey for 2 years in Michigan for Bloomfield, Redford.  He then went on to play collegiate hockey at Saint Mary's University in Minnesota and stayed on to coach for SMU and get his masters degree. Marc started coaching in Detroit with Quient Riha goalie school in 1985.   Marc and his wife, Amy, moved to Ames, IA in 1997 when he started at Iowa State University.  In 1998, he took the head high school coaching job in Ames.  With two kids in diapers, he resigned as HS coach in 2002.  In 2004, he joined the Iowa State University coaching staff as Associate Head Coach for two seasons and has assisted at various levels since.    In 2007, he joined the HS staff again as an assistant coach.  In addition, Marc has coached his son's Mite and Squirt teams in Ames.  Marc has also been a Regional USA hockey coach's instructor since 2000 and has worked USA hockey select campus in Ames since 2005.  He also serves as a regional and district player evaluator for the USA Hockey Select Program.


Michael Veit, Head Coach

Michael, originally from Fargo, ND played goalie growing up all the way through high school winning a state championship his junior year.  He played for the Las Vegas Outlaws junior B team and then moved back to Fargo.  In Fargo, Michael began coaching a Mite team and then moved up to a Pee-Wee A team where they played top teams in Minnesota.  Michael went on to college a UND and NDSU earning his degree before moving to Cedar Rapids.  He coached the Pee-Wee A team in Cedar Rapids for one season and was invited to join the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders high school hockey team as an assistant/goalie coach.  Besides playing organized hockey for over 13 years and coaching for 3 seasons, Michael has been to top level camps and skated against several NHL players and top D1 prospects.

Brandon Dewolf, Assistant Coach

Brandon grew up in Cedar Rapids, IA, played for the   Waterloo Warriors high school team and went on to play Division III hockey for Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN.