Lance West, an assistant coach for Alaska the last nine years, was promoted to head coach of the Nanooks on Wednesday, replacing Dallas Ferguson, who stepped down earlier this month to become the coach of the major junior-level Calgary Hitmen.
West, who played at Alabama-Huntsville, was an assistant for Ferguson's entire head coaching stint in Alaska.
Alaska's press release says nothing about West being an interim coach, although the release about Ferguson leaving mentions that the school would be seeking an interim coach. Also, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner story refers to West as an interim coach.
Alaska's is the third coaching change in the WCHA this offseason as Northern Michigan fired Walt Kyle and hired Grant Potulny and Michigan Tech's Mel Pearson left for Michigan and was replaced by Joe Shawhan.
Here's what season each WCHA head coach is going into:
Bob Daniels, Ferris State, 26th
Tom Serratore, Bemidji State, 17th
Chris Bergeron, Bowling Green, 8th
Mike Hastings, Minnesota State, 6th
Matt Thomas, Alaska Anchorage, 5th
Mike Corbett, Alabama Huntsville, 5th
Damon Whitten, Lake Superior State, 4th
Grant Potulny, Northern Michigan, 1st
Joe Shawhan, Michigan Tech, 1st
Lance West, Alaska, 1st
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