Jim Scanlan ’85

Education: Bachelor of science in physical education and health, Bemidji State University; master of science in physical education, Western Michigan University.

Playing career: Four-time letter winner and two-time NAIA All-American in hockey at Bemidji State University; member of NAIA championship team in 1979-80 and NCHA championship team in 1982; NCHA Player of the Year in 1982; member of BSU Athletic Hall of Fame as part of the 1978-79 and 1979-80 hockey teams.

Coaching career: Graduate assistant coach and
assistant coach, Northern Michigan University men’s hockey, 1984-89; assistant coach, University of North Dakota men’s hockey, 1989-96; head coach, East Grand Forks High School boys’ hockey, 1996-2005, four-time Section 8A Coach of the Year; head coach, East Grand Forks High School girls’ hockey, 2008-14, and Minnesota
Class A Coach of the Year 2014.

Personal: He and his wife, Cyndy (Woods) ’81, have a son and three grown daughters, one of whom is a
freshman at Bemidji State.