The Dragons earned some vindication for that round 17 loss to Manly last year in thrashing the Sea Eagles 35-10 at Lottoland last week and Nightingale admitted that a lean 2016 campaign is spurring their flying start to the season. That consistent effort is what builds seasons." It's about not getting too far ahead of ourselves, we know the effort is the biggest thing we need to keep producing. Ambassador and Partnership Manager for the St George Illawarra Dragons, and Transition Mentor with the NRL Learn more about Jason Nightingales work. "I think it was because we didn't have the right mental approach to the game at hand and were probably looking past that game rather than at the one we were playing in. You look back at the Warriors game in New Zealand and Manly at Manly, they were games penciled in where we should have won and we didn't win. "Our two or three worst performances last year came from looking at easier games and thinking about where that would put us on the table. We have not once mentioned a goal for ourselves. "It's an old analogy but the reason it's a cliche is because it is effective, if you just focus on every week. Alice received her PhD from Notre Dame in 2010 and is a Faculty member in the department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at Notre Dame.Hungry for success: Jason Nightingale has been through some "lean years" at the Dragons. Nightingale and his wife, Alice, an All-American basketball player at Lake Superior, were married in the summer of 2003 and have one daughter, Ruth (4) and a son, Noah (2). Brother, Jared, spent four seasons with the Spartans from 2002-06. He played two seasons at Lake Superior with his brother, Adam, who transferred to Michigan State from 2003-05. Jason is one of three hockey-playing brothers, as his younger brothers, Adam and Jared, each played in the CCHA. He has been involved with USA Hockeys coaching program in each of the last two years, working at the Boys Select 14 National Developmental Camp in 20 and at the Rocky Mountain District Camp in 2010. Nightingale moved on to Culver Academy as an assistant on the Under-16 team in 2008-09, before taking over as head coach in 2009. While at Notre Dame working on his Masters, Jason served as a teaching and research assistant (2003-08) and is back in that role again while working on his Ph.D.ĭuring his time as a graduate student at Notre Dame, Jason got his start in coaching from 2006-08 when he served as the head coach at Marian High School in Mishawaka, Ind. He earned his Masters of Science in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering from Notre Dame in 2007 and is currently working on his Ph.D in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics. He also played for the USHL Select team that won a gold medal at the 1997 Four Nations Tournament in Fussen, Germany.Īn outstanding student-athlete, Nightingale moved on to Notre Dame where he won a graduate student fellowship in mechanical engineering and applied mathematics from 2003-07. During his year in Des Moines, he was an alternate captain and helped the Bucs to the Anderson Cup as the regular season champions and then USA Hockeys Junior A national championship. He served as an alternate team captain in 2000-01 and was the teams most valuable forward that year.īefore attending Lake Superior, he spent a season in the United States Hockey League (USHL) with the Des Moines Buccaneers (1997-98). During his four seasons, he played in 112 games at forward, scoring 28 goals with 21 assists for 49 points. While at Culver, he also worked as a physics instructor, teaching junior level courses.Ī 2002 graduate of Lake Superior State with a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering, he was named the outstanding student-athlete in engineering and the outstanding graduate in engineering in 2002.Ī native of Cheboygan, Mich., Nightingale played for the Lakers from 1998-02. He joins the Notre Dame coaching staff after spending two seasons (2009-11) as the head coach of Culver Academys Under-16 Tier I boys team. Nightingale should be no stranger to Irish hockey fans or even hockey fans in the Michiana area for that matter.
Jindra `07, who moved from volunteer assistant with the Irish to a full-time assistant coaching position at Alaska-Anchorage in May of 2011. Jason Nightingale is in his second season as the volunteer assistant coach for the Notre Dame hockey team.
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