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Glenn Thomaris
Current position
Team	Elmira Mammoth
Biographical details
Born	Potsdam, New York, USA
Alma mater	Clarkson University
Playing career
1974–1977	Clarkson
Position(s)	Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978–1982	Potsdam State (assistant)
1982–1984	Northwood School
1984–1987	Clarkson (assistant)
1987–2001	Elmira
2001–2007	Potsdam State
2013–2016	Elmira Jackals (assistant)
2022-Present	Elmira Mammoth
Head coaching record
Overall	316–198–23 (.610)
Tournaments	8–12–2 (.409)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
	1988 Edward Jeremiah Award; 1991 Edward Jeremiah Award

Glenn Thomaris is an American ice hockey coach who was twice named as the NCAA Division III coach of the year.^[1] He is the current head coach of the Elmira Mammoth of the Federal Prospects Hockey League.^[2]

Career

Thomaris played parts of three seasons for Clarkson. In his final year he helped the team finish atop the ECAC Hockey standings but the team fell in the conference semifinals and missed out on a berth into the NCAA Tournament. After graduating in 1977, Thomaris returned home and joined the coaching staff at Potsdam State a year later. The Bears were playing just their third season and saw little success early on. However, in 1981 the team posted its first non-losing season and nearly repeated the feat the next season. After four years with the team, Thomaris left to become the head coach at Northwood School.

In 1984, Thomaris returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach He helped the Golden Knights produce three winning seasons before being offered his second head coaching job. In 1987, Brian McCutcheon left Elmira to take the top job at Cornell and Thomaris was chosen as his replacement. In his very first season, Thomaris led the team to a program record 27-win season and reached the 1988 championship game. He was named as the Division III coach of the year for the tremendous season. After a small decline in year two, Thomaris had the Eagles return to the national tournament for five consecutive years, winning at least 20 games each time. He got Elmira back into the Frozen Four twice more and tied his own wins record in 1991. The team flagged in the mid-90s and, while they only had one losing season, Elmira made just one NCAA appearance over a seven-year period.^[3]

In 2001, Thomaris left Elmira and returned to Potsdam. A year later he was behind the bench at Potsdam State, this time as the head coach. On the ice, the wins decreased each season and Thomaris decided to resign and return home to his family in Elmira after the 2007 season.

Thomaris returned to Elmira afterwards and became a junior hockey coach. In 2013 he was brought on by the Elmira Jackals, a minor professional outfit, as an assistant and worked for the team for three years. As of 2021, he's working as a coach and physical education instructor at the Notre Dame High School.^[4]

Thomaris was inducted into the Elmira College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2021.^[5] On June 7, 2022, Thomaris was named the first head coach of the Elmira Mammoth of the Federal Prospects Hockey League.^[2]

The Mammoth announced on Monday, January 2, 2023 that Thomaris would be taking a leave of absence due to family matters. The team posted a 5-16 record during his time at the helm.^[6]

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1974–75	Clarkson	ECAC Hockey	25	5	5	10	4	—	—	—	—	—
1975–76	Clarkson	ECAC Hockey	31	12	13	25	14	—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	Clarkson	ECAC Hockey	30	3	6	9	16	—	—	—	—	—
NCAA totals			86	20	24	44	34	—	—	—	—	—

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Elmira Soaring Ealges (ECAC West) (1987–2001)
1987–88	Elmira	27–6–0	20–2–0	1st	NCAA Runner-Up
1988–89	Elmira	19–10–0	14–7–0	6th	ECAC West Semifinal
1989–90	Elmira	24–8–1	19–3–1	2nd	NCAA Quarterfinals
1990–91	Elmira	27–6–0	23–3–0	1st	NCAA Third Place Game (loss)
1991–92	Elmira	21–10–0	18–4–0	2nd	NCAA Quarterfinals
1992–93	Elmira	26–7–0	19–5–0	2nd	NCAA Third Place Game (win)
1993–94	Elmira	21–6–2	19–1–0	1st	NCAA Quarterfinals
1994–95	Elmira	9–13–4	2–4–2	4th	ECAC West Semifinal
1995–96	Elmira	13–13–0	4–4–0	4th	ECAC West Semifinal
1996–97	Elmira	15–9–5	5–3–2	3rd	NCAA Quarterfinals
1997–98	Elmira	14–11–0	4–6–0	5th
1998–99	Elmira	16–8–2	4–1–1	2nd	ECAC West Semifinal
1999–00	Elmira	21–6–0	5–1–0	T–1st	ECAC West Runner-Up
2000–01	Elmira	16–10–0	3–3–0	2nd	ECAC West Semifinal
Elmira:		269–123–14	159–47–6
Potsdam State Bears (SUNYAC) (2002–2007)
2002–03	Potsdam State	14–13–2	7–6–1	T–4th	SUNYAC Semifinals
2003–04	Potsdam State	11–14–2	9–4–1	T–2nd	SUNYAC Semifinals
2004–05	Potsdam State	10–14–3	6–6–2	T–4th	SUNYAC Quarterfinals
2005–06	Potsdam State	7–15–4	6–7–1	6th	SUNYAC Quarterfinals
2006–07	Potsdam State	5–19–1	3–10–1	8th
Potsdam State:		47–75–12	31–33–6
Total:		316–198–23
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