Jim Gaudet is in his second year as an assistant men's ice hockey coach at Babson College in 2022-23. Gaudet joined the staff prior to last season and helped the team to its first conference championship since 2014 and the first on home ice.
Gaudet came to Babson after serving as the youth hockey director for the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs from 2020-21. In this role, he served as coaching director and was the program's director of skills and player development.
Prior to joining the New Hampshire Monarchs, Gaudet worked with the Boston Bandits Hockey Club from August 2018-April 20. Originally hired as an assistant hockey coach and head strength and conditioning coach, he became the program's U16 and National Collegiate Development Conference (NCDC) head coach in March 2019.
Gaudet played in 119 games as a defenseman at Dartmouth from 2008-12. He scored one goal and recorded eight assists for nine points while helping the Big Green reach the ECAC Tournament semifinals in 2011 and the quarterfinals as an assistant captain as a senior in 2012.
While at Dartmouth, Gaudet played alongside his older brother Joe and for his father, Bob, who served as the Big Green's head coach from 1988-2020.
Following his playing days, Gaudet spent five seasons coaching in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHC). He was an assistant coach at Navy from 2013-15 before becoming the head coach at the University of Maryland for three years in beginning in March 2015.
