Before Mark Johnson can take temporary leave of his job as University of Wisconsin womenâ??s hockey coach, he will have to address an unexpected departure from his staff.
Assistant coach and top recruiter Dan Koch has accepted an offer to coach one of the nationâ??s elite girls prep programs at Shattuck-St. Maryâ??s High School in Faribault, Minn.
Koch and fellow assistant Tracey (Cornell) DeKeyser had been tabbed to coach the defending NCAA champion Badgers next season while Johnson takes a one-year sabbatical to guide Team USA in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.