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S&B Hockey Camps, LLC was founded in the spring of 2020 in an effort to continue providing a summer hockey camp experience for Ithaca and surrounding community hockey players. The Cornell Men's Ice Hockey Staff, Coach Flanagan, Coach Brown, Coach Clarke and Coach Robinson will be continuing the Rising Red Hockey Camp again this summer along with Coach Jones appearances! Read more about them below (from the Cornell Men's Ice Hockey Biography Page):
SEAN FLANAGAN
SEAN FLANAGAN
Sean Flanagan is entering his ninth season as an assistant coach on the men's hockey team for the 2024-25 season. During Flanagan's time on East Hill, the Big Red has posted a gaudy 151-56-27 (.703) record.
Flanagan oversees Cornell's power play unit, which has converted at a 20 percent clip or better in four of the last six seasons. In 2022-23, Cornell posted a 24.6 power-play percentage that led all ECAC Hockey programs and ranked seventh nationally. During the 2019-20 season, Cornell posted a 26.4 conversion rate that ranked second in ECAC Hockey and fifth among Division I programs.
In addition to overseeing Cornell's power play, Flanagan has played a pivotal role in working with the team's centers on faceoffs. The Big Red has ranked in the top 10 nationally in faceoff win percentage each of the last three years and five of the last six seasons. Cornell had the fifth-highest faceoff win percentage in 2022-23 behind its 54.4 conversion rate. During the 2023-24 campaign, Cornell won 54.2 percent of its draws, highlighted by Gabriel Seger '24 winning 488 faceoffs, ranking fifth nationally. Seger's .588 faceoff win percentage was seventh among Division I players with 600-plus faceoffs taken.
Flanagan helped Cornell post the nation's highest winning percentage in 2017-18 (.788) and 2019-20 (.862). The Big Red has won three Cleary Cups, awarded annually to the team that wins the circuit's regular-season championship, and a 2024 ECAC Hockey Championship title with Flanagan behind Cornell's bench.
Cornell was a stellar 23-2-4 in the 2019-20 regular season before the remainder of the campaign was canceled nationwide due to COVID-19 concerns.
Flanagan joined the Big Red after serving as the director of hockey operations at UMass Lowell during the 2015-16 season. Prior to his time there, Flanagan was an assistant coach at Hobart — a Division III school in Geneva, N.Y. — for three seasons (2012-15), working under former Cornell assistant coach Mark Taylor.
While with the Statesmen, Flanagan helped build a team that won ECAC West titles in 2015 and 2016 and reached the NCAA Tournament, where it was the No. 1 seed in the East Region in 2016.
No stranger to ECAC Hockey, Flanagan appeared in 121 career games over his five-year playing career with St. Lawrence, amassing 52 points (12 goals, 40 assists) with the Skating Saints. During his time in Canton, where he was born and raised, Flanagan was apart of three St. Lawrence teams that made championship weekend appearances at the ECAC Hockey Championship (2007, 2009, and 2010). Flanagan served as an alternate captain during his final season at St. Lawrence before playing professionally in part of two seasons with the Las Vegas Wranglers and Quad City Mallards in the ECHL (2011-13).
Flanagan graduated from St. Lawrence in 2010 with a bachelor of arts degree in history and a minor in sports studies and exercise sciences. He also earned a master of education degree from St. Lawrence in 2011.
Flanagan and his wife, Heather, have two children, a daughter, Shea, and a son, Cam.
CHRIS BROWN
Chris Brown joined the Cornell men's hockey coaching staff in June 2025 and is entering his first season as an assistant coach with the Big Red.
Brown joined the Big Red coaching staff after four seasons as the associate head coach at Alaska Fairbanks under Erik Largen. During Brown's tenure with the Nanooks, Alaska posted a record of 65-56-13 (.534), including a 22-10-2 mark in the 2022-23 season, finishing just one spot short of qualifying for the NCAA Tournament. The team's success was largely attributed to its defense, where Brown served as the primary development coach for defensemen, with the Nanooks ranking fourth in team defense, allowing an average of 2.20 goals per game.
Over Brown's four years at Alaska, the Nanooks recorded eight victories over ranked opponents, highlighted by wins against No. 6 (2021-22) and No. 3 (2024-25) Minnesota, as well as triumphs over top-ranked Denver in 2022-23 and No. 9 Michigan Tech in 2023-24.
Before his time in Fairbanks, Brown spent 16 years at Augsburg, a Division III program located in Minneapolis, where he served as an assistant coach for the 2005-06 season before being promoted to head coach the following year.
Across his 15-year tenure as the Auggies' head coach, Brown compiled a record of 192-153-30 (.552), including a 117-84-24 (.573) mark in conference play, and earned three MIAC Coach of the Year awards (2007, 2016, 2019). He led Augsburg to four consecutive MIAC championships and NCAA Division III Men's Hockey Tournament appearances from 2016 to 2019, guiding the Auggies to three consecutive trips to the NCAA quarterfinals from 2016 to 2018.
In addition to excelling on the ice — developing 12 All-Americans, two MIAC Players of the Year, and 40 All-MIAC selections — Augsburg also impressed in the classroom under Brown's leadership, having 129 Academic All-MIAC selections from 2010 to 2021, along with 71 AHCA/Krampade All-American Scholars during Brown's final four years as head coach. Augsburg led the MIAC in academic all-conference honorees for 12 consecutive seasons.
Brown arrived at Augsburg after serving as the head coach at Marian College (2000-04) and Hamline University (2004-05). At Marian, he had an overall record of 65-36-7 (.634) and 51-8-3 (.847) ledger in Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association (MCHA) play. He led the Sabres to MCHA Tournament championships in his first two seasons and was named MCHA Coach of the Year twice (2001 and 2003). Additionally, he served as the head men's golf coach at Marian, where he received Coach of the Year honors in 2003.
Before taking the helm as head coach at Marian in 2000, Brown spent time as an assistant coach and sports information director at Augsburg for the 1996-97 season and also served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Alaska Anchorage from 1997 to 2000.
A four-year player on the men's hockey team at Wisconsin-River Falls from 1990-94, Brown captained the Falcons' national championship team in 1993-94. In his time with the Falcons, Brown accumulated 100 points (43-57—100) in 115 games and earned Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) All-Academic honors in 1993 as a junior and 1994 as a senior. He also received Wisconsin-River Falls' John Oostendorp Memorial Award twice, in 1991 and 1993, for having the team's highest cumulative grade point average.
Brown earned a bachelor's degree in print journalism with a minor in economics from Wisconsin-River Falls in 1994 and obtained a master's degree in organizational leadership and quality from Marian in 2003.
Originally from Minneapolis, Brown and his wife, Stacey, have a daughter, Corrine, and a son, Conner, who just completed his freshman season with Ferris State's men's hockey team.
CAM CLARKE
CAM CLARKE
Cam Clarke joined the Cornell men's hockey coaching staff in July 2025 and is entering his first season as an assistant coach with the Big Red.
Clarke joined the Big Red after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at Norwich, a Vermont-based Division III program. Besides his assistant coaching responsibilities, Clarke also served as the Cadets' head men's golf coach.
Working as an assistant under head coach Cam Ellsworth, Clarke led the Cadets to a 29-18-7 overall record (.602), including a 23-10-5 mark (.671) in New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) play, with consecutive appearances in the NEHC Tournament, highlighted by a run to this past year's championship game, where they lost to the eventual national champion, Hobart.
Responsible for managing Norwich's power play, the Cadets converted 25.4 percent of their opportunities during the 2024-25 season (17-for-67), ranking 14th among 85 Division III teams.
Before joining Norwich's coaching staff, Clarke spent three seasons playing professionally in the ECHL with the Wichita Thunder and Toledo Walleye. He tallied 67 points (12 goals, 55 assists) in 144 career games, primarily with Wichita (133 games), before concluding his pro career with Toledo.
A four-year player at Ferris State, Clarke scored 33 points (three goals, 30 assists) over 126 career games for the Bulldogs under legendary head coach Bob Daniels. He was drafted by the Boston Bruins in the fifth round (136th overall) of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft after a breakout season with the Lone Star Brahmas of the North American Hockey League (NAHL), where he posted 50 points (nine goals, 41 assists) in 59 regular-season games. Recognized for his performance, Clarke was named to the NAHL South All-Star Team, received the league's Defenseman of the Year award, and was named a First Team All-Star after finishing with 41 assists and 50 points — both the highest totals by any defenseman in the league.
Clarke earned his bachelor's degree in finance from Ferris State in 2020 and obtained a master's degree in organizational leadership from Norwich in 2025.
Originally from Tecumseh, Mich., Clarke and his wife, Claire, have two children, Scottie and Brady, and a dog, Banks.
JOSH ROBINSON
JOSH ROBINSON
Josh Robinson officially joined the Cornell men's hockey coaching staff in August 2025 and is entering his first season as the Big Red's director of hockey operations.
Robinson arrives on East Hill after spending the past eight seasons as a goaltending and video coach in the professional ranks between the ECHL and DEL.
He spent the past three seasons working in the DEL — Germany's top professional league — and spent the 2024-25 season with the Schwenninger Wild Wings, where he worked with the Wild Wings' goaltenders and helped develop the program's U13, U15, U17, and U20 goaltenders. In addition to his goaltending coach duties, he live-tagged games, created pre-scout sheets, made opposition goaltender pre-scout videos and sheets, and assisted in postgame breakdowns, including shot quality analysis.
His first two seasons in the DEL were spent with Löwen Frankfurt, where he also served as the team's goaltender and video coach. In addition to developing Frankfurt's goaltenders, he trained the goaltenders for the U17 and U20 programs while maintaining close relationships with the goaltenders on the Stuttgart Rebels, Frankfurt's affiliate.
Before heading overseas, Robinson served as the goaltending and video coach for the Everblades. During Robinson's four-season tenure with the team (2017-21), he mentored Jake Hildebrand, who was named the ECHL's Goaltender of the Year in 2021, and helped the Everblades win Brabham Cup championships in 2018 and 2021, awarded to the ECHL's regular-season champions. Robinson also worked with the ECHL's Kansas City Mavericks during the 2021-22 season.
Robinson, a four-year player at Michigan Tech, appeared in 90 games for the Huskies. As a senior in 2011-12, he posted a 15-14-4 record with a 2.83 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage.
After graduating from Michigan Tech in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in business administration, with a concentration in marketing, Robinson embarked on a six-year professional career in the American Hockey League (AHL) and the ECHL, as well as in Hungary and Norway.
He found success in his first professional season, posting a 27-8-4 record in 39 games with a 2.57 goals-against average and .925 save percentage with the ECHL's Idaho Steelheads during the 2012-13 season.
Robinson also had an impressive 2015-16 season, finishing with a 28-2-1 record, a 1.88 goals-against average, and a .931 save percentage with the ECHL's Missouri Mavericks. His 28 wins tied for the second-highest total in the league, while his goals-against average and save percentage ranked third and fourth, respectively.
Originally from Milwaukee, Wis., Robinson and his wife, Rebekah, have a daughter, Hollie, and two sons, Koa and Liam.
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