New Cornell Assistant - Sean Flanagan

Cornell has hired St. Lawrence alum and UMass Lowell Hockey Ops Coordinator Sean Flanagan as its new assistant coach, replacing Topher Scott

— Jeff Cox (@JeffCoxSports) May 13, 2016

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[www.cornell.edu]

Looks like he was an Assistant at Hobart, then spent last year at Mass-Lowell as a video coordinator.

Flanagan was a forward at SLU who scored 12 goals and 52 points in 121 games (0.42 points per game). He had about half a point per game in his one year of pro hockey (14-11-5 in 48 games). So no offensive powerhouse as a player by the stats. Anyone have a recollection of him on the ice?

My memory of him is he was Kyle Flanagan's brother.

And CU finally announces it.

Jim Hyla
And CU finally announces it.

From there:

"...He has a great reputation for tireless work ethic and a great eye for talent,"

Is there typically a division of labor among the assistants -- one concentrates on scouting/recruiting while the other coaches the current personnel? If so, which way did Ben and Topher break down? This suggests Flanagan has been brought in to scout.

Trotsky
Is there typically a division of labor among the assistants -- one concentrates on scouting/recruiting while the other coaches the current personnel? If so, which way did Ben and Topher break down? This suggests Flanagan has been brought in to scout.

I don't know if there is a typical division of labor, as you suggest, but Topher's blog post, linked to in another thread, certainly made it sound like he would have been on the road quite a bit. Presumably much of that time would have been spent scouting and recruiting. Here's the excerpt I'm referring to:

"Knowing that I’d have to spend another 200+ days per year on the road, away from family, is tough."