Head Coach Danton Cole

A winner of the Stanley Cup and NCAA Championship as a player, Danton Cole was named the third coach in the history of the University of Alabama in Huntsville hockey program in April 2007.

A Pontiac, Mich., native,, Cole joined the Chargers after a brief stint at Bowling Green State University in 2006-07.  During his brief tenure, Cole directed five of the Falcons six regular defensemen to new career bests in points.

Prior to his stint in Bowling Green, Cole posted a career head coaching record of 222-126-27 in minor league professional hockey. Spending three seasons (2002-04) as the skipper of the Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL), the top farm team of the Detroit Red Wings, he quickly became the all-time winningest coach in franchise history with a record of 116-72-17. Following his stay with the Griffins, he spent two seasons with the Motor City Mechanics (UHL), where he coached former Charger standout Jared Ross. Cole led the Mechanics to a 58-32-6 mark during his tenure.

2001-02 saw Cole get his first shot as a head coach taking over the Muskegon Fury (UHL) where he led the team to a 48-22 mark and a league championship.

Despite being a sixth round selection by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1985 entry draft, Cole suited up for Michigan State University for four seasons where he still holds the career record with 180 games played during his span. Advancing to the Frozen Four three out of four years including winning a national title as a Spartan, Cole notched 163 points (69g, 94a) and was honored with the Big Ten Medal of Honor in 1989 as MSU's top male student-athlete in both scholarship and achievement.

Following his four years with the Spartans, Cole spent six seasons in the NHL joining on with the Winnipeg Jets before moving on to the then expansion Tampa Bay Lightning.  A late season trade brought him to the New Jersey Devils where he helped Jacques Lemaire's squad to the Stanley Cup championship.  Short stays with the New York Islanders and Chicago Blackhawks rounded out Cole's NHL playing career.

Married to the former Debbie Fox of Lansing, Mich., he and his wife have three daughters (Ashton 13, Madeleine 12 and Payton 8).

Assistant Coach Dennis Williams

After rebuilding NCAA Division III Neumann College into a national contender, Dennis Williams gave up the reigns of the Knight's program to join Danton Cole on the UAH staff in the summer of 2007 as the Chargers top assistant.   With the UAH program, Williams duties include serving as the Chargers' recruiting coordinator along with monitoring the academic process of the student-athletes.  Williams also handles travel arrangements and strength and conditioning for the program.

Taking over the duties of the Neumann program in 2004, Williams led the Knights to their most successful season in school history in 2006-07 as NC finished 17-5-5 earning a No. 3 ranking in the final USCHO.com poll of the season.  With the Knights, Williams recruited and coached three All-Americans along with multiple all-conference selections.

Prior to taking over the reigns of the Neumann program, Williams served as an assistant for one season at Utica College following one season as a graduate assistant at Bowling Green State where he completed his master's degree in Marketing Education.

A four-year letterwinner on the ice and graduate of Bowling Green, Williams earned the Howard Brown Coaches' Award being recognized as the person who exemplifies professional qualities both on and off the ice en route to leading the Falcons to a Frozen Four appearance in 2001.

Williams and his wife Hollie reside in Madison.