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Lance West became the sixth head coach in program history on July 22, 2020, as he leads the Chargers into the 2020-21 campaign.

West joined the UAH hockey program prior to the 2018-19 season as assistant coach following one season as interim head coach at Alaska Fairbanks.

West – a four-year letterwinner for the UAH hockey team from 1991-95 – returned to Huntsville in 2018-19 after a 10-season stint at fellow WCHA member Alaska Fairbanks where he was an assistant for nine campaigns before guiding the squad to the conference playoffs as interim head coach this past season.
 
Overall in his time with the Nanooks, West helped lead the team to six winning seasons in addition to the program's first-ever NCAA tournament appearance in 2009-10.
 
Prior to Alaska Fairbanks, West served as an assistant coach for UAH for a total of seven seasons from 2000-07 when he helped the team to a pair of College Hockey America regular season championships, four conference tournament appearances and one NCAA tournament berth. Moreover, West was a volunteer assistant coach for the Chargers from 1995-98 following his playing career, aiding the squad in winning the NCAA Division II National Championships in 1996 and 1998.
 
During his playing career with the Chargers, the Penticton, British Columbia, native appeared in 106 career games and amassed 108 points on 43 goals and 65 assists over four seasons as a forward on the squad.