Coach Scott started skating and hockey later in life through participating in his daughters' hockey experiences while they played for the Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings, the St. Jude Knights and the Chicago Horned Frogs. He has been fortunate to spend many hours on the ice with our talented and generous MPSC ice staff and continues to learn and travel on the surprising journey the sport started for him. Scott has coached for the Horned Frogs since their inaugural 2017-18 season, is a USA Hockey Level-4 Certified Coach, USA Hockey Level-3 Certified Official, a two-time Northwest Hockey League Coach of the Year for the Horned Frogs, has played in the Morgan Park Adult League since its first season and has been part of the Morgan Park Sports Center community since it opened. Most recently a Chicago Public School educator, Scott holds a Master of Arts in Teaching, Illinois Professional Educators License, English as a Second Language Endorsement, Elementary Education Endorsement while continuing with CPS as a substitute teacher, bringing his inclusive teacher's approach to our hockey programs. As a 19th ward resident, Scott believes that success at MPSC is success for our lively and vibrant Chicago neighborhood.
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Matt Madrigal played youth hockey for the Oak Lawn Park District. He continued playing hockey at Mount Carmel and went on to play club hockey at Northern Illinois University. He began coaching hockey in 1997 at Mount Carmel as an assistant JV coach and continued coaching at St. Jude from 2005 to 2015. He holds a Level 4 USA Hockey coaching certification and supports the Positive Coaching Alliance mission of Better People, Better Athletes.
Mike is originally from the Greater Grand Rapids area in Michigan and has been living in Chicago since 2005. As a youth he played hockey for EGRAHA in West Michigan. He lettered all 4 years for East Grand Rapids High School where he played forward/center and was selected by his teammates to be an alternate captain during his senior season. Mike was a 3-sport letter-winner in High School where he also started on the football team and was a state champion lacrosse player. He currently enjoys playing adult league/ and drop-in hockey as well as participating in an outdoor roller hockey league during the summer.
Coach Duane has been a talended coach and teacher of the game since 2012. He is a USA Hockey Level-3 Certfiied Coach and our 2022-23 NWHL Coach of the Year! An active member of the Chicago Fire Department hockey team since 2008, Duane previously played on the first Cobras Hockey Club team and begain the sport in the Orland Park house league, graduating from Richards High School in Oak Lawn. He now passes along his life-long knowledge, skill and love of hockey to every level of the Chicago Horned Frogs program where all three of his sons are enjoying their early hockey experiences. Duane is highly valued in the South Side hockey community for his thoughful teaching style, dedication and calm coaching manner on and off the ice.
Coach Julia is from Madison, WI where she started coaching in 2015. She was a member of the Madison Ice Diamonds synchronized skating team from 2012 to 2019, competing at the national qualifying level and serving as team captain for 3 years. Julia loves learning about the game of hockey and is grateful to share her passion and knowledge of skating with young hockey players as one of our power/edge coaches. When not at the rink, Julia is a student at DePaul University pursuing degrees in Health Sciences, Spanish, and Philosophy.