The Yorkton RawTec Maulers have parted ways with head coach Dan Cross, choosing to look for a different head coach instead of renewing Cross鈥� two year contract that he had signed in the Spring of 2013.
鈥淗is (Dan Cross) contract was up at the end of the month so we had a decision to make on whether we would go forward with the same coach or we would make a change,鈥� RawTec Mauler General Manager Garth Simms told Yorkton This Week. 鈥淪o we鈥檝e decided that we鈥檙e going to be entertaining the possibility of new coaches and entertaining resumes.鈥�
The decision comes as a bit of a surprise as Cross, who took over in 2013 for then coach Jeff Odgers, coached the Maulers to a record of 35-41-9 over two seasons, getting Yorkton into the SMAAAHL playoffs in both the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons with very young teams.
However the RawTec Mauler Executive Management felt that the time had come for a change in leadership despite the work Cross put forth over the last two years. 鈥淒an was as hard a working coach as we鈥檝e ever had. He was always prepared at game time and he ran a good bench, ran a good practice,鈥� said Simms of now former Mauler coach Dan Cross. 鈥淏ut going forward we鈥檙e going to have a young group, an exciting group of young guys and I think that we can improve upon where we were.
鈥淲e鈥檙e not going to be satisfied with just making the playoffs, I think we鈥檝e got a talented group of kids coming and we鈥檙e hoping that we can be one of the elite teams in the league.鈥�
Those interested in the vacant head coaching position can apply by contacting General Manager Garth Simms at (306)-641-6200. Deadline for resume submission is Tuesday, April 14, 2015.
