Zack Nowak joined USA Hockey as coordinator of coaching education program in April 2022.

Nowak joined the USA Hockey staff after serving as head coach of the Kent State University DI club hockey team in 2021-22. The previous campaign, he was the head coach of the inaugural D3 club hockey team for Kent State after serving the previous five campaigns as an assistant coach for Kent’s D1 club team.

Since 2017, Nowak has volunteered as the goalie coach-in-chief for USA Hockey’s Mid-Am District where, among other things, he helped develop curriculum and research-based learning activities. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Kent State and has worked as an intervention specialist with Stow City Schools since 2019.