Stampede Hockey Names New Head Coach

Press Release sent to the World of Junior Hockey

Cheyenne, WY: Marty Quarters, a native of Southfield, Michigan, comes to the Stampede with nearly twenty years of successful coaching experience. His proven track record in coaching, recruiting, and player promotion spanning across teams at the NCAA D1, USHL, NAHL, Jr. A Tier 3, and AAA levels.

During the 2011-2012 season, Coach Quarters served as the Director of Recruiting for the prestigious Hill Academy in Toronto, Canada. During this time, he also served on the scouting staff for the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL.

Prior to the Hill Academy, Coach Quarters spent the 2010-2011 season as Assistant Coach and Recruiting Director for the Des Moines Buccaneers of the USHL. During this stint, Marty successfully moved multiple players on to NCAA D1 programs.
Before Des Moines, Quarters was responsible for the “worst to first” turnaround of the Yellowstone Quake of Cody, Wyoming. Under his tenure as Head Coach, The Quake experienced a dramatic turnaround which included the capture of the program’s first ever league championship and the promotion of over half of the team to higher leagues including NCAA D1, NCAA D3, USHL, NAHL, and WHL.

Coach Quarters also brings with him previous success and experience as assistant coach/recruiting coordinator with NCAA D1 Merrimack College and Sioux City Musketeers of the Tier 1 USHL. Quarters helped the Musketeers become one of the top teams in the USHL during his tenure, reaching the playoffs in all three of his seasons with the Musketeers, including a Clark Cup Championship in 2004 and another appearance in the Finals in 2005. Quarters recruited and helped produce over 40 players who have gone on to play at NCAA Division I institutions, and nine of his players have been drafted by NHL teams.


Prior to his stint at Sioux City, Quarters was the head coach and director of player development with the Motor City Chiefs in the Central States Hockey League (CSHL) for the 2001-02 season. He served as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for the Cleveland Barons Jr. A team in the North American Hockey League from 1998-2001 and was the team’s general manager in 2001. Quarters was the head coach for Cleveland’s Midget Major AAA team during the same time period, leading the team to two Mid-Am Regional championships, one Michigan National Hockey League championship, and two National Tournament appearances.

Coach Quarters began his coaching career with the prestigious Little Caesar’s AAA program and then Honeybaked AAA organization, serving as head coach and winning multiple state, league, and international tournament titles and consistently producing National Tournament appearances for the programs.

(Nathan can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)