After spending six seasons as an assistant coach at Brown University, Mark Workman joins the Colonials this year to begin his first RMU campaign. As a former top assistant for the Brown Bears and a head coach at St. Scholastica for six seasons, Workman adds a great deal of experience and knowledge to the Robert Morris hockey program.

"Mark brings a lot of experience to our program as a Ivy League Assistant Coach and a Division III Head Coach," said head coach Derek Schooley. "He is a very knowledable hockey guy with strong recruiting connections and very good references not only as a coach but a person. We are very fortunate to have added Mark to our staff."

While at Brown, Workman was responsible for player development, video scouting, game strategies, conditioning programs and bench management while overseeing the team's defensive corps. Under Workman's guidance, one Brown player received All-American distinction and five were named Academic All-Americans. In 2004, the Bears were led by NHL goalie Yann Danis, a Hobey Baker finalist, as they won the Ivy League Championship.

Workman served as the Assistant Coach at his alma mater, St. Scholastica, from 1993-1995, and was the Head Coach for St. Scholastica from 1995-2001, coaching five All-League Players in six years and 45 All-Academic players. Workman has also served as an NCAA representative at the 2000 and 2001 Division III Men's Ice Hockey Quarterfinal Games, and on the NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey West Region Ranking Committee from 1998-2001.

Over the past few years, Workman has coached at the Minnesota Model Camp. For the past nine years, Workman has worked with the US Hockey Select program, Workman was a Head Coach at the US Select 14 Festival.

Workman was a four-year varsity player at St. Scholastica, serving as the team's Assistant Captain as a junior and as the Captain as a senior in 1993. He earned the team's Most Improved Player Award in 1992 and the Coaches' Award in 1993, while playing in 105 of 107 games, on the blueline.

Workman, a Stillwater, Minnesota native, received a B A in Exercise Science from the College of St. Scholastica in 1993.