NXTLevel Hockey Academy proudly offers some of the region's most ELITE HOCKEY COACHES! All members of our Coaching Staff offer a plethora of experience, expertise and dedication to the development of youth hockey players while maintaining NXTLevel Hockey Academy's core values and goals in taking our players to the NXTLevel!

• 1992-1994 – Assistant Captain, Hill-Murray High School, Maplewood, MN
• 1994- 1996 – Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Hockey Team
• 1996-1997- USHL St. Paul Vulcans, St. Paul, MN
• 1997-1999 -Assistant Captain, University of Nebraska- Omaha, Omaha, NE

Experience as a Hockey Instructor

• 1992-1997 – Diane Ness Pro Edge Power Instructor, St. Paul, MN
• 2000-2009- Grahammer Inc. Power Skating, Weight-Training, Skill Development, Omaha, NE
• 2017-2018 – MavX Instructor, Omaha, NE
• 2017-2018 – Etrain Skating Treadmill Instructor Certification, St. Paul, MN
• 2018-Current – NXT Level Hockey Academy Skating Treadmill Instructor, Omaha, NE

Experience as a Hockey Coach

• 1999-2000 – University of Nebraska-Omaha, Graduate Assistant, Assistant Strength Coach
• 2000-2011- Omaha Hockey Club – High School Assistant Coach- Creighton Prep, Milliard North, Head Coach- Squirt AA, PeeWee AA, Bantam AA
• 2017-2018 – Assistant Coach Omaha AAA U16 and U18
• 2017-2021 – Omaha Hockey Club – Head Coach Squirt AA, PeeWee AA, Bantam AAA
• 2017-2020 – CCM Selects West Head Coach, Chi-Town Shuffle and Boston Blue Chip
• 2021-2023 – Omaha Mastery Head Coach U14 AAA and U15 AAA

Education and work experience 

• Present Hockey Director of Omaha Hockey Club 
• 1999 – University of Nebraska-Omaha, Bachelor of Finance and Marketing
• 2010 - University of Nebraska-Omaha, Executive of MBA
• 18 years of Sales experience and Sales Management 

Jason White was named the Director of Hockey at Midland University prior to the 2022-23 season. He has served as the head women’s hockey coach since 2017.

Before coming to Midland University, Coach White was an important asset to the hockey community in Fremont as he spent six years as the rink manager at Sider Ice Area. In his most recent coaching stint, White was the program director and head coach of the Omaha AAU U18 Team from 2006-11. Coach White also enjoyed a four-year playing career at the University of Nebraska-Omaha from 1997-2001. After his playing days, he served as an assistant coach for the Mavericks for two years from 2001-03.

White graduated from UNO in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication. He and his wife, Ashley, have two daughters; Emerson and Blakely.

David began his hockey career when he participated in speed skating from the age of 5-8 yr. old.

Prior to high school, he played youth hockey in Irondale, located in New Brighton Minnesota.  

During the age of 9 - 14 he played for multiple Minnesota select hockey teams during the spring, summer and fall months to include; Team Minnesota, Minnesota Selects, Minnesota Blades Maroon and Gold.

David then began his high school hockey career with Hill-Murray in Maplewood, Minnesota while enrolled in the 8th grade.

In 1995 David was selected to play for the 16U  USA Olympic Hockey Team where they played in the World Championships.

David played 4 years of Division 1 college hockey. During his transfer year between playing for Minneosta State University and the University of Omaha Nebraska, he played in the USHL for the Twin Cities Vulcans and won the Clark Cup.

David is quoted as saying, "My post college hockey consists mostly of the infamous BPHL where my team has tallied roughly 12 league championships!"

David graduated from UNO with a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and currently works at HDR as a Technical Project Manager.

Jan Dam was named the head men’s hockey coach following the 2021-22 season in which he served as the interim head coach. He joined the Midland program in 2020, serving as a graduate assistant.

In addition to coaching the Warriors, Coach Dam has served as the Director of Player Development for the Fremont Flyers and was the head coach of the Flyer’s high school travel team in 2021-22.

Originally from Liberec, Czech Republic, Dam played hockey in his home country prior to playing for the El Paso Rhinos of the WSHL. He then helped start the ACHA program at the University of Texas-El Paso before moving to Nebraska to work with the Fremont Flyers organization.

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