The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) named Marco Hunt the conference’s Director of Officiating on June 1, 2023.
Hunt joins the CCHA after spending the last seven years as the primary assistant to the Supervisor of Officials at the Big Ten Conference. There, he assisted in the scheduling for regular season and postseason games, as well as contributed to the league’s supplementary discipline decisions. In addition, he conducted on-site reviews of game officials, video reviews of significant plays and weekly communication with coaches and officials to aid in improvement and development.
From 1997 to 2017, Hunt was an on-ice official for the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and Big Ten conferences, participating in WCHA Final 5, Big Ten Tournament and NCAA Tournament games for the final 11 years of his on-ice career. Throughout his career, he officiated in seven Frozen Fours, including 2002, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2015.
Hunt officiated Division III hockey games from 1994 to 2008, including national championship contests in 2006 and 2008. The St. Paul Hockey Officials Association President in 2001, he oversaw more than 200 referees and linesmen, managed schedules and section assignments, as well as recruited and trained new officials.
A native of Woodbury, Minn., where he currently resides, Hunt is a 1988 graduate of Bemidji State University, where he played four seasons for the Beavers and won a Division III National Championship in 1986. He earned his MBA from BSU in 1990.
Hunt will officially take over as the CCHA Director of Officiating on June 1, replacing Kevin Langseth, who is stepping down from the position at the end of May.