2025 IIHF Coaching Symposium - Heather Mannix

Heather Mannix currently oversees and works heavily with both the Coaching and Officiating Education Programs, helping to develop new curriculum content as well as training curriculum for Coach and Officiating Developers nationwide. Heather also works with local hockey associations and programs across the country to support age-appropriate training, competition, and long-term athlete development.

Growing up playing hockey in the Detroit metro area, Heather comes to USA Hockey with a background in sport and exercise psychology, and exercise physiology. After earning her Masters in Exercise Science from the George Washington University, Heather utilized her physiology background while managing the Exercise Physiology and Body Composition Laboratories. She spent several years working on federally funded research focused on operationally defining what makes playing sports fun for children, in an effort to sustain youth sports participation. The research included both establishing evidence-based program guidelines for creating the most fun and positive sport experiences for children, as well as providing consultation on physical literacy programming and education.

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