COACHES

COACHING STAFF

AARON FULTON - VARSITY HEAD COACH

Coach Fulton brings a wealth of coaching experience to Eastview. He began his coaching career in the St. Cloud Youth Hockey Association system where he spent 4 years coaching the Bantams. From there he spent 5 years at Mounds View, three as the Bantam A Head Coach and the last two as a Varsity Assistant. The last 7 years were spent at the AA Bantam level as the Head Coach for the Centennial Cougars, where they appeared in 2 MN Hockey State tournaments and won 3 VFW State Championships. He is also involved in the Minnesota Hockey High Performance Program and has spent the last 5 years coaching and running the HP 14’s and 15’s for D6. He is currently a USHL Scout for the Chicago Steel and was also just named the coach for the Minnesota Blades Boy’s 15U Fall Tier 1 Program.
Aaron was a three-sport athlete for Champlin Park High School in Champlin, MN. He was a two-year letter winner in football, hockey, and baseball. In his senior year, he was awarded All-Conference in all three sports.
Fulton graduated from St. Cloud State University with a degree in Sports Management in 2006. He currently resides in Blaine, with his wife Annie, and his 3 children, Ryann (13), Emmy (3), and Charlie (1).

TIM HARTUNG - VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH

Tim Hartung is a 2003 Eastview Graduate and 3 time letter winner in hockey and golf. Tim was named All Conference twice for hockey and three times for golf. In addition, Tim was named Captain for both the hockey and golf teams his senior year. After high school, Tim attended Northern Michigan University where he played hockey and lettered all four years. He was a Captain of the team his senior year. Tim went on to play 3 years in the Central Hockey League with the Dayton Gems, and 3 years in Europe. He played 2 years in France - Ligue Magnus playing for Villard De Lans and Brest, and a year in Scotland - EIHL playing for the Fife Flyers. He has helped coach Eastview's Bantam AA team the past 2 years. Tim currently lives in South Minneapolis with his wife Hannah, son Benjamin and dog Walter. He is a Sales Representative with SportsEngine.

JOHN CARROLL - VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH

John Carroll comes to Eastview after spending the last 3 seasons coaching Centennial Bantam AA’s with Coach Fulton. A 2011 graduate of Eagan, John earned All Conference HM honors his senior year, and helped Eagan place 3rd in the 2011 Class AA State Tournament. After high school, John went directly to Saint John’s University and lettered in hockey all 4 years. John’s team was MIAC Champions in 2013 and earned a NCAA tournament bid. John was named Assistant Captain his senior year at SJU, and graduated with a degree in Economics. John currently lives in Eagan, and is a Service Account Manager for GE Healthcare.

STACY NELSON - JV HEAD COACH
Stacy Nelson has been part of the Eastview hockey association and community since its inception. He has held leadership positions within the youth organization and both the girls and boys high school organizations. He has coached the mite boys and girls as well as the Girl's U10, U12, U14, Squirt A, PeeWee AA and Bantam AA teams as both a parent coach and non-parent coach. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business from Gustavus Adolphus College while playing all four years. He is certified in the USA Hockey Master Level 5 Coaching Education Program through USA Hockey and is also a Minnesota Wild recipient of the 3M Excellence in Coaching Award. Stacy and his wife Barb, are engrained in the Eastview community where they have enjoyed participating and watching their four kids (Samantha 2009, Scott 2012, Sally 2017 and Kyle 2019) grow up and experience the opportunities the community has to offer.

KEITH DAHLEN - JV ASSISTANT COACH

Keith is very excited to be coaching the Eastview Boys JV Hockey team. Keith lives in Eagan where he coached boys and girls youth hockey for the past 20 years, his experience ranging from Mite to Junior Golf levels. Keith grew up in Bloomington where he played on the Kennedy High School Varsity Team, and as a senior earned All-Conference, All-State Honorable Mention and the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce Senior Athlete of the Year Award. In 1982-83 Keith played one year for the Bloomington Jr. Stars in the USHL. He then attended Bemidji State University and played on the 1983-84, 31-0, NCAA Division II National Championship hockey team. In 1984-85, after 2 years at BSU, Keith moved back home to concentrate on his education. In 1986, after working full-time and attending college part-time, Keith enrolled at Augsburg College full-time to finish his degree in Finance and Economics. While attending Augsburg he was encouraged to go out for the hockey team and enjoyed playing two more years for the Auggies. During his time at Augsburg he was elected captain and names All-Conference Honorable Mention. Keith and his wife have 3 children - 2 adult children and a senior in high school.

ALEX WOHL - GOALIE COACH

Alex grew up playing hockey at Eastview mites through high school. He played 3 years on the Varsity team. He was a 2-year captain and state championship lacrosse player. He attended the University of Minnesota majoring in Marketing and played on the Gophers lacrosse team. Alex also helps coach at the youth level for Eastview. He has been a goalie coach for the Squirt A, Peewee A, Bantam AA and is the Youth Goalie Director. Alex now resides in Richfield and is an analyst at Ovative Group.