B.A., Bowdoin College, 2007. While at Bowdoin, majored in economics and American government /legal studies and was an assistant captain on the men’s varsity hockey team. After Bowdoin, Coach McConnell played two years in the Central Hockey League for the Texas Brahmas where he was a member of a Ray Miron Cup championship team in 2009. He came to Holderness in the fall of 2009 from Prince Edward Island, Canada. Coach McConnell now  lives on campus in Webster dormitory, and works in the admission office.