Tommaso DeAngelis has been named the new head coach of the University of Providence hockey team the school.

DeAngelis comes to Great Falls from Annapolis, Md. with a background in coaching hockey including stints with the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League doing developmental coaching, according to a UP release.

He also coached the winning gold medal U-50 USA women’s national team and the Gotham City Knights in New York, winning gold with the metropolitan select team, according to a release.

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“I am grateful to be given the opportunity to coach here at the University of Providence and excited to start a new chapter in leading the team to a successful season both on and off the ice,” he said in a release.

DeAngelis will take over a team that was 15-7 last season in the American Collegiate Hockey Association.

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His first priority is filling the team roster and he’s “moving in on the fly. I have about two months to get a team together and fill nine or 10 spots. I know we have three goalies; I need about three lines of forwards and three sets of defense and we will be good to go,” he said in a release.

The native of Warren, New Jersey begins his new role immediately.