Chris Luongo

Christopher John Luongo (born March 17, 1967) is an American ice hockey coach and former ice hockey player. Luongo played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Ottawa Senators, and New York Islanders between 1991 and 1996. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1989 to 2004, was spent in various minor leagues, and then several years in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Internationally Luongo played for the American national team at three World Championships. After retiring from playing, Luongo turned to coaching, and has spent several years as an assistant coach at the American collegiate level.

Chris Luongo
Born	(1967-03-17) March 17, 1967 (age 58) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	206 lb (93 kg; 14 st 10 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Right
Played for	Krefeld Pinguine Nürnberg Ice Tigers Munich Barons EV Landshut New York Islanders Ottawa Senators Detroit Red Wings
Playing career	1989–2004 Coaching career
Biographical details
Alma mater	Michigan State University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005-2006	Motor City Mechanics
2006–2008	Wayne State (assistant)
2008–2010	Alabama-Huntsville (assistant)
2010–2012	Alabama-Huntsville
2015-2017	U.S. NTDP
2017-2022	Michigan State (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	6–54–3 (.119)

Biography

Luongo was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Fraser, Michigan.^[1] As a youth, he played in the 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Detroit Compuware minor ice hockey team.^[2]

Luongo was a stay-at-home defenseman who played in 218 games in his NHL career, scoring 8 goals and 23 assists for 31 points and collecting 176 penalty minutes. Drafted by his hometown Red Wings in 1985, he then accepted a scholarship to Michigan State where he enjoyed a four-year career with the Spartans, earning the team's "Dr. John Downs Outstanding Defensive Player Award" in 1988 and 1989. He spent 1989 to 1992 in the Red Wings organization before signing with the Ottawa Senators as a free agent. After one season in Ottawa, he was traded to the New York Islanders, where he finished his NHL career in 1996.^{[citation needed]}

Luongo was also a member of the U.S. squad at the 1996, 1997, and 2000 World Championships, winning the bronze medal in 1996.^{[citation needed]}

From 1997 to 2004, Luongo played in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga, playing for EV Landshut, Munich Barons, Nuremberg Ice Tigers and the Krefeld Pinguine.^{[citation needed]}

Luongo currently resides in Novi, Michigan, and his two sons, Anthony and Christopher. He also has a dog named Tyson.

Coaching

Luongo spent two seasons as an assistant coach with the Wayne State Warriors. In September 2008 he joined the UAH Chargers as an assistant coach under head coach Danton Cole, who was a teammate of Luongo's at Michigan State. In 2010, he was named head coach of the Chargers,^[3] and coached the team for two seasons.^{[citation needed]} After leaving UAH in 2012, he took a break from coaching until joining the National Team Development Program from 2015 to 2017 as assistant coach. Since 2017, Luongo has served as the assistant coach for the Michigan State men's hockey team under Cole.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1984–85	St. Clair Falcons	NAHL		41	2	27	29	—		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Michigan State University	CCHA		38	1	5	6	29		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Michigan State University	CCHA		27	4	16	20	38		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Michigan State University	CCHA		45	3	15	18	49		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Michigan State University	CCHA		47	4	21	25	42		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Phoenix Roadrunners	IHL		23	5	9	14	41		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		53	9	14	23	37		3	0	0	0	0
1990–91	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		4	0	1	1	4		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		76	14	25	39	71		2	0	0	0	7
1991–92	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		80	6	20	26	60		19	3	5	8	10
1992–93	Ottawa Senators	NHL		76	3	9	12	68		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	New Haven Senators	AHL		7	0	2	2	2		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	New York Islanders	NHL		17	1	3	4	13		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Salt Lake Golden Eagles	IHL		51	9	31	40	54		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	New York Islanders	NHL		47	1	3	4	36		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Denver Grizzlies	IHL		41	1	14	15	26		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	New York Islanders	NHL		74	3	7	10	55		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL		81	10	35	45	69		2	0	0	0	0
1997–98	EV Landshut	DEL		48	5	13	18	54		6	0	2	2	18
1998–99	EV Landshut	DEL		51	1	14	15	115		3	1	0	1	0
1998–99	Detroit Vipers	IHL		11	0	1	1	4		11	0	4	4	16
1999–00	Munich Barons	DEL		56	6	11	17	50		12	0	0	0	18
2000–01	Munich Barons	DEL		48	3	16	19	77		11	1	0	1	14
2001–02	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	DEL		60	7	19	26	50		4	0	0	0	2
2002–03	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	DEL		51	6	15	21	65		5	0	1	1	6
2003–04	Krefeld Pinguine	DEL		52	5	12	17	70		—	—	—	—	—
DEL totals				366	33	100	133	481		41	2	3	5	58
NHL totals				218	8	23	31	176		—	—	—	—	—

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1996	United States	WC		8	1	0	1	6
1998	United States	WC		6	0	0	0	2
2000	United States	WC		5	1	0	1	0
Senior totals				19	2	0	2	8

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Alabama-Huntsville Chargers Independent (2010–2012)
2010–11	Alabama–Huntsville	4–26–2
2011–12	Alabama–Huntsville	2–28–1
Alabama-Huntsville:		6–54–3
Total:		6–54–3
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

^[4]

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team	1987	[5]
All-CCHA Second Team	1988–89	[6]