News of Alumni: Duante Abercrombie ‘05

Duante Abercrombie ’05 was recently hired as an NCAA assistant coach at Stevenson University, a Division III school in Pikesville, Maryland. In this position, he is now one of four black coaches in NCAA hockey.

Duante began playing hockey at age six with Washington's Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club, a Hockey Is For Everyone affiliate that's the oldest minority-oriented program of its type in North America. While at Gonzaga, he helped lead the hockey team to four Maryland Student Hockey League/Mid-Atlantic Prep Hockey League championships. He went on after Gonzaga to play three seasons professionally in New Zealand, as well as with Brewster (New York) and Pittsburgh of the Federal Hockey League.

Since then, he has been the coach of the Washington Little Capitals 16U National Team since 2018 and also coaches high school hockey at Georgetown Preparatory School and conducts private clinics and lessons.

Duante was profiled on the NHL’s website on a blog called the Color of Hockey. You can read the full profile here.

Congratulations, Duante!