BEMIDJI, Minn. — Jackson Keane knew he wanted to get into coaching.

After winning back-to-back Penrose Cups at UND in 2020 and 2021, Keane played one year of pro hockey for the Orlando Solar Bears in the ECHL.

Then, he touched base with UND coaches Brad Berry and Dane Jackson about his future.

"I remember Brad saying he thought I should go to the USHL and learn the recruiting side, learn the hockey side of coaching," Keane said. "When you're playing, you feel like you know what it's like to coach, but you really have no idea until you get into it."

Keane has picked it up quickly.

He spent one year as an assistant with the Winnipeg Blues in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League in 2022-23. He was then hired as an assistant by the Fargo Force in the United States Hockey League and won a Cla

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