Lennie Childs completed his first season on the bench with the Union College men's hockey team in 2022-23.
In his first season at Union, Childs helped guide the team to a 14-19-2 record and a home playoff game in the first round of the ECAC Hockey Tournament. The team posted 11 victories at Messa Rink during the season, tied for the third most by the team since 2013-14, including a 3-2 win over nationally ranked Northeastern University in December, and also kept the Mayor's Cup in Schenectady with a decisive 6-0 victory over Rensselaer in January at MVP Arena. Four of the team's top five scorers on the year were newcomers to the program, and first-years John Prokop and Nate Hanley became the first rookie tandem to lead the team in scoring since 2007-08.
At the time of his hiring, Childs was just the third active black men’s assistant coach in NCAA Division I hockey, joining Leon Hayward of University of St. Thomas and Paul Jerrard at University of Nebraska Omaha.
Before coming to Schenectady, Childs most recently served as an assistant coach with the Des Moines Buccaneers of the USHL where he primarily led player development, the penalty kill units, and offensive zone production. Prior to his time with the Buccaneers, Childs spent two seasons with the Janesville Jets as an assistant coach before being promoted to associate head coach in his third season. In addition to player development and working with the defense, he was responsible for camps, recruiting, and the day-to-day operations of the team. Under his coaching, the Jets had one of the best defensive cores in the NAHL, with the second-ranked penalty kill in the 2020-21 season.
During the 2017-18 season, Childs served as the head coach for the Skipjacks Hockey Club of the USPHL where he guided the team to a 27-10-7 record.
Childs played four years of collegiate hockey at Concordia University of Wisconsin where he graduated in 2016 with a degree in marketing.
