SUNY Cortland Athletics

Tom Cranfield returned as Cortland's men's ice hockey head coach for the 2013-14 season after previously coaching the program for six seasons from 2001-07. He is also Cortland's associate director of athletics - a role he's held since 2010 - and was an assistant athletic director from 2006-10.

Cranfield led the Red Dragons to four consecutive State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) playoff berths from 2002-05. His 2001-02 squad finished 14-11-4 and advanced to the SUNYAC semifinals. Three of his players moved on to professional hockey.

Prior to Cortland, Cranfield served as head ice hockey coach and taught physical education at the highly regarded Northfield Mount Hermon Prep School in Massachusetts from 1995-2001. He was an assistant coach at Cortland for two seasons from 1993-95.

A standout defenseman at Cortland from 1989-93, Cranfield is the school’s career assist leader (73) and ranks 13th in overall scoring with 93 points. As a senior in 1992-93, he earned first team All-SUNYAC honors as the Red Dragons finished 19-9 that season and advanced to the finals of the conference postseason tournament. Cranfield was a team captain and earned the program’s Red Letter Award in both his junior and senior seniors.

Cranfield earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1993 and a master’s degree in education from Cortland in 1995.

Cranfield and his wife, Tara, currently reside in Cortland with their daughter, Gabrielle, and son, Tyler.