Craig Larson has nearly 30 years of coaching and scouting experience in junior, high school and professional hockey.
Most recently, he was an assistant coach with the Minnesota Wilderness, who won a Midwest Division title and reached the NAHL Robertson Cup Championship. Before that he spent three seasons with the Aberdeen Wings as a scout and director of player personnel. He also spent nine years as head boys’ hockey coach of the Northern Lakes Lightning, leading the program to its first Minnesota State Tournament in 2021, and held coaching and management roles in the NA3HL and MNJHL from 2007 to 2022.
Craig has worked at Minnesota Hockey Camps since 2003 and became a part-owner in 2020. He’s also a private skills coach, a Pacific North Camps evaluator, a Minnesota High Performance program coach and a scout for the USHL’s Youngstown Phantoms.
He lives in Nisswa, Minnesota, with his wife, son and four dogs.
