Phil Rose joined the Nazareth hockey staff as a part-time assistant coach for the 2013-14 season after coaching junior hockey in Boston with the New England Jr. Huskies and Islanders Hockey Club the year before. Rose was the inaugural head coach of the Islanders U18 team and assistant on the Islanders U16 team. His first year coaching was with the Huskies ESHL and Empire Jr. B teams in 2011-12.
Rose played collegiately for Chris Schultz at SUNY Geneseo and graduated in 2010 with a degree in Communications. Career highlights included being named Team Assistant Captain his senior season and playing in all 103 games during his four years at Geneseo.
A native of Pittsford, Rose played four seasons of hockey at Pittsford Mendon High School. He went on to earn a postgraduate degree in 2005 from Northwood Prep, where he served as team captain. He then played for the Valley Jr. Warriors of the Eastern Junior Hockey League before landing at Geneseo. He played one season professionally for the Mississippi Surge of the Southern Professional Hockey League.
At Nazareth, Rose is working toward his M.B.A. in management and works as a graduate assistant with the Community Service Department.
