COACHES

ED GOSEK  |  MEN'S HEAD COACH

Ed Gosek was named men's ice hockey head coach at Oswego after serving as the assistant coach for 13 seasons under Don Unger and George Roll. During his time as the assistant coach, he saw three athletes receive All-America honors, while 29 received All-Conference recognition.

The Oswego, N.Y. native presided over the only team national championship in Laker history, as his 2007 squad defeated Middlebury College in overtime to hoist the Division III title.

Gosek has been involved with the Oswego Minor Hockey Association for many years and won four New York State titles in his time as a head coach at that level. His efforts resulted in earning the NYSAHA Peter Rush Award in 2008 for displaying a selfless long-term dedication and commitment to the growth of youth hockey. Gosek was also the recipient of the Walter Yaciuk Award in 2009, presented annually by USA Hockey's Coaching Education Program to the individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the program during many years of volunteer service. He is also an active participant in USA Hockey's select summer festivals and has coached at those events in St. Cloud, Minn. and Rochester, N.Y.

MARK DIGBY  |  WOMEN'S HEAD COACH

Mark Digby was hired by Oswego in the summer of 2010 as an assistant men's ice hockey coach. In the spring of 2019, Digby moved to the women's ice hockey program as the associate head coach. Prior to his time at Oswego, Digby served as an assistant men's hockey coach at his alma mater Brockport.

Over his nine years as an assistant on the men's side, the Lakers earned NCAA Championship appearances seven times. During Digby's first four seasons, Oswego made it to the Frozen Four, playing for a national championship in two of those seasons.

While at Brockport, Digby worked directly with Golden Eagle defensive and power-play units that saw statistical improvements and developed in-season and summer strength and conditioning programs.  The G. Ray Bodley High School (Fulton, N.Y.) graduate aided the development of practice plans through the analysis of game and practice video footage.  He created successful marketing strategies to attract fans to Brockport ice hockey games.  Digby also served as the advertising coordinator for the Brockport Athletic Department.

During the off-season, Digby has worked as a coordinator of Oswego's hockey camps and has also been an instructor at the USA Hockey NY State Under-14 development camp.

MIKE GRAY  |  MEN'S VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH

Mike Gray enters his eighth season with the Oswego State men’s ice hockey program as the team’s video coordinator. Gray’s responsibilities include in-game video breakdowns, pre-game motivational videos, and creation of scoreboard videos.

Prior to working with the Lakers, Gray spent 20 years as an Oswego Minor Hockey Coach and six years as an assistant coach for the Oswego High School Boys’ Hockey program.

Gray works full time as the Radiation Engineering Manager at Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station. He resides in Oswego and has three children; Kailyn, Tyler, and Caroline.

JON WHITELAW  |  MEN'S ASSISTANT COACH

The Oswego State Athletic Department hired Jon Whitelaw as the new men’s ice hockey graduate assistant coach in the summer of 2016. Whitelaw joins the Lakers after spending a year at Cortland as a graduate assistant coach.

Prior to Cortland, Whitelaw spent a year helping out the Huntsville Otters, his former junior hockey team, in his hometown of Huntsville, Ont. During the 2013-2014 season, he spent a year playing professional hockey in France with the Morzine-Avoriaz Penguins.

Whitelaw graduated from Oswego in 2013 and played four seasons with the men’s ice hockey team. Throughout his undergraduate tenure, he played in four NCAA Division III Frozen Fours, two national title games and helped win two SUNYAC Championship titles in 2010 and 2013.

As a freshman, in the 2009-2010 season, he was named Conference Rookie of the Year. Two years later he was named assistant captain and was the recipient of a multitude of awards. He was named East Region Second Team All-American by the American Hockey Coaches Association, first-team All-SUNYAC and was the 2012 SUNY Chancellor’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

During his senior year he was named captain of the Lakers. Whitelaw was once again honored several times. He was named the 2013 Oswego State Academic Male Student-Athlete of the Year and earned the 2013 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.

In his four years and 110 games played, Whitelaw scored 53 goals and recorded 86 assists for 139 points, which is tied for 28th on the all-time points list.