Tavis MacMillan

Tavis MacMillan
Current position
Title	Assistant Coach
Team	Denver Pioneers
Biographical details
Born	September 9, 1970 (age 56); Milk River, Alberta, Canada
Playing career
1990–1994	Alaska-Fairbanks
1994–1995	Greensboro Monarchs
1995–1996	Alaska Gold Kings
Position	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1996	Alaska Gold Kings (assistant GM)
1996–2003	Alaska-Fairbanks (assistant)
2004–2007	Alaska
2007–2011	Atlanta Thrashers (scout)
2011–2015	Winnipeg Jets (scout)
2015–present	Denver Pioneers (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	46-54-15 (.465)

Tavis MacMillan (born September 9, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach. He has previously served as both assistant and head coach for Alaska after having played for the Nanooks for four seasons. In 2026, he became the first general manager of the Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey team.

Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1990–91	Alaska-Fairbanks	NCAA	34	10	16	26	29	—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Alaska-Fairbanks	NCAA	27	7	28	35	52	—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Alaska-Fairbanks	NCAA	36	16	41	57	88	—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Alaska-Fairbanks	NCAA	38	23	51	74	66	—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Greensboro Monarchs	ECHL	8	2	1	3	20	—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Alaska Gold Kings	WCHL	55	40	46	86	91	—	—	—	—	—
NCAA totals			135	56	136	192	235	—	—	—	—	—

Head coaching record

Record table
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Alaska–Fairbanks Nanooks (CCHA) (2004–2006)
2004-05	Alaska–Fairbanks	17-16-4	11-14-3	8th	CCHA third-place game (win)
2005-06	Alaska–Fairbanks	18-16-5	11-13-4	9th	CCHA Quarterfinals
Alaska–Fairbanks:		35-32-9	22-27-7
Alaska Nanooks (CCHA) (2006–2007)
2006-07	Alaska	11-22-6	7-16-5	11th	CCHA Quarterfinals
Alaska:		11-22-6	7-16-5
Total:		46-54-15
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

↑ "Tavis MacMillan". Elite Prospects. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
↑ Knabenbauer, Eon. "Tavis MacMillan Named DU Hockey's First General Manager". Denver Pioneers. Retrieved July 18, 2026.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

Awards and achievements

Preceded by

Paul Kariya

NCAA Ice Hockey Scoring Champion
1993–94 (with Dean Fedorchuk)

Succeeded by

Brendan Morrison

[1] "Tavis MacMillan". Elite Prospects. Retrieved August 7, 2014.

[2] Knabenbauer, Eon. "Tavis MacMillan Named DU Hockey's First General Manager". Denver Pioneers. Retrieved July 18, 2026.

v t e Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey
Formerly the Alaska Agricultural College Polar Bears, Alaska–Fairbanks Polar Bears and Alaska–Fairbanks Nanooks
Playing venues	Carlson Center (1990–present)
Head coaches	Alfred Bastress (1935–1939) Joe Gerlach (1940–1941) Jim Welsch (1949–1950) Coach Urick (1950–1951) Coach Gilhooley (1953–1954) Chris Christensen (1954–1955) Ken Smith (1956–1957) Bill Borland (1957–1958) Bill Daltri (1960–1963) Larry Bidlake (1963–1964) Jack Peterson (1964–1965) Ed Armstrong (1965–1966) Jim Perry (1967–1969) Fred Stevenson (1969–1971) Gary Weitz (1971–1972) Ray Korkiala (1972–1973) Bob Gaddis (1973–1974) Tim Homan (1977–1978) Ric Schafer (1980–1987) Don Lucia (1987–1993) Dave Laurion (1993–1999) Guy Gadowsky (1999–2004) Tavis MacMillan (2004–2007) Doc DelCastillo (2007–2008) Dallas Ferguson (2008–2017) Lance West (2017–2018) Erik Largen (2018–present)
Seasons	1925–26 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1950–51 1953–54 1954–55 1956–57 1957–58 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1977–78 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 ~~2020–21~~ 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Conference affiliations	Great West (1985–1988) CCHA (1995–2013) WCHA (2013–2021)
Rivalries	Alaska Anchorage Seawolves
NCAA Tournament appearances	2010 (vacated)
University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK