Jean Guy Letarte
Head Coach
(Universite de Sherbrooke, 1988 / 10th season)
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Jean-Guy Letarte begins his 10th season behind the bench for the Eagles in 2009-2010.

Just the second coach in program history since the Eagles joined the ACHA, Letarte has slowly built the Eagles into an annual contender for the New England Collegiate Hockey Association (NECHA) championship. The Eagles advanced to the NECHA division finals in both 2007 and 2008, winning their first title in 2007.

A native of Drummondville, Quebec, Letarte was a four-year member of the Sherbrooke University A club program, graduating in 1988 with a degree in Physical Education (K-12) and owns a Master of Science in Kinesiology with a minor in Physiology of Exercise. He also earned a K-12 Special Education certification from the University of Quebec, Trois-Rivieres (UQTR) and later teaching certifications (K-12) in General Special Education with a focus on Learning Disability and the Emotionally Handicapped from Plymouth State University.

After coaching bantam select hockey in Quebec for two seasons, Letarte relocated to the United States and remained for a number of years as an instructor with the Drummondville Specialized Hockey School. He has also worked with various programs serving international elite players, squirt and major junior levels, as well as select mites and squirts youth hockey in Nashua.

Letarte currently resides in Milford, N.H. and teaches Wellness (P.E./Health) at Milford High School.

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Paul Labarre
Assistant Coach / Hockey Operations
(17th season)
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Having joined the Daniel Webster College community back in 1983, its seems there’s almost no role that Paul Labarre hasn’t filled at one time or another during his tenure.

Now in his 17th year serving Daniel Webster College hockey, Labarre’s roots with the Eagles program goes back prior to the squad joining the ACHA in 1993, but it was in that season that the program lurched forward towards legitimacy with Labarre overseeing the team as its first coach, a role he filled until 1999, giving way to current coach Jean-Guy-Letarte.

Despite giving up head coach duties, Labarre continues to serve as assistant coach and oversees the programs daily operations in campus.

Labarre began teaching part-time at DWC in 1983 and since that time, he has held a number of full-time positions including director of admissions, baseball coach, instructor, director of academic support services, director of alumni relations, director of graduate admissions, Air Force ROTC instructor, and currently as director of parent relations. He has also served as director of the College’s highly successful Aviation Career Education (A.C.E.) camp.

Labarre spent a number of years in the military, joining the United States Navy when he was 17. Following a tour of duty, he joined the United States Air Force, where was a meteorologist and later earned a master of arts degree in Psychology from Pepperdine University.

A longtime resident of Salem, N.H., Labarre is a certified hockey referee and serves as referee-in-chief for Salem Youth Hockey. He now resides in Windham, N.H.