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Jake Paluch

Jake Paluch joins the Colgate men's hockey staff for the 2019-20 season as Director of Hockey Operations. In his role, Paluch is responsible for the oversight of video analysis, analytical evaluations, and assisting with administrative tasks.

Most recently, Paluch was a four-year letterwinner of the Nazareth College hockey program, where he totaled two goals and 23 assists for 25 through 72 career games as a defenseman. Completing his senior season with a plus-9 rating on the ice, Paluch marked 22 penalty minutes and one game-winning goal in his career. Paluch is also actively involved within USA Hockey, having worked district tryout camps. 

A native of Bowling Green, Ohio, Paluch is a 2019 graduate of Nazareth College, where he majored in business management and minored in communications and marketing. Raised within the sport of hockey, Paluch's father Scott Paluch was a Division I men's hockey coach at Bowling Green prior to a 17 season career on the bench at Boston College.

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