The Loudoun Knights are excited to announce Chad Watkins will return to the club as the Head Coach for the 10U UA team for the 2022/23 Season. The Knights will have three teams at the 10U level next season. The 10U UA team will compete in both the CBHL and the EJEPL.

   "Chad has given so much time, energy and passion to the growth and development of youth hockey at Ion ITC", says Loudoun Knights Hockey Director Craig Desjarlais. "Chad is a very knowledgeable and experienced coach and adds so much value to the grassroots players in our program. Chad emphasizes player development with a specialty in skating, puck skills and situational awareness, checking all the important boxes for what's necessary for 10U players to properly learn hockey fundamentals at this age".

 Chad is a Virginia native and a very accomplished youth player who played for the Reston Raiders before moving on to play Tier 1 hockey for the Washington Little Caps. After youth hockey, he played four years at Virginia Tech where he served as Team Captain and part time player coach in his senior year. 

   Chad has also worked as a certified player agent and family advisor, advising players and their families through junior and/or collegiate hockey and representing players from the NHL, AHL, and ECHL as well as several of the European leagues. Chad is the COO of XLNTbrain LLC and