Congratulations to Amherst Golf Club Board of Director member Jack Arena!

Jack is the Amherst College hockey coach and was recently named the winner of the Edward Jeremiah Award as the STX/AHCA Division III Men’s Coach of the Year.  It is the second such honor for Arena, who also captured the national award in 2012.

Jack also won the NESCAC Coach of the Year award this season, which he last won in 2009.  He has guided the Amherst College hockey program to a 427-310-58 record since taking the reins in 1983-84. Under his watch, the Jeffs have won three NESCAC titles (2009, 2012, 2015) and made four NCAA Divison III Championship appearances (1999, 2009, 2012, 2015).

Arena serves as the Amherst College Men’s Golf coach, and has also coached football and baseball at the college.

A native of Randolph, Mass., Arena became Amherst’s head coach immediately following his senior year with the program. Tied for fourth on Amherst’s all-time scoring list, he capped off his career in 1983 by receiving the Hoby Baker Award as the best player in Division III.  Arena has a master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts. He and his wife, Diane Arena ’84, are the parents of two daughters, Emily and Ellen, and two sons, Patrick and John.

Read more:  http://athletics.amherst.edu/sports/mice/coaches/Jack_Arena