Head Coach: Bob Krosky
Bob has been coaching in the Barons Organization for more than 7 years. He has coached two different teams to Mid-Am District Championships (2006 and 2005 birth years) and 2 National Championship bids. He also has ran the 8U Program for 8 years developing the younger players. He will be taking on the Head Coaching position of the 2013 Elite Team for the 2024-2025 Season. Bob played NCAA Division 1 College Hockey at Kent State University where he amassed 102 points in four years. His coaching career goes back to 1996 as the head coach of Western Michigan University ACHA D2 Club team where his team won the National Championship. In 1997 - as head coach they competed at the ACHA D1 Club Nationals and finished in the final 8. After that time, he has coache
Head Coach: Matt Eldred
Matt Eldred grew up in Rocky River and played his youth hockey in the Cleveland area (Rocky River and Cleveland Americans). In High School, Matt was a 3 year member of the Culver Military Academy (Culver,IN) prep team, where he earned a 4 year athletic scholarship to Bowling Green State University (Division 1 - CCHA- 4 year letter winner). After his collegiate career, he played professionally (AHL,IHL,ECHL,Europe) as a defenseman and played in 366 games over 5 years. Following his professional career, Matt was the head coach of the Team Ohio Pre/Post high school team (2003-2005). Over the past four years, he has been a coach with the Strongsville ADM and Barons programs. Matt’s coaching influences are World Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Jerry York (Boston College), current Boston Bruins Head Coach Bruce Cassidy and former Columbus Blue Jackets/Winnipeg Jets Head Coach Claude Noel. He has completed his level 4 USA Hockey certification and is in the process of earning USA Hockey’s level 5 certification. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Bowling Green State University and a Master of Business Administration from Case Western Reserve University. Currently, Matt is a manager with Boston Scientific (Cardiology Division) and lives in Copley with his wife Christine and two children Katherine and Joseph.