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Marty Quarters, Head Coach
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Marty Quarters enters his first season as head coach for the Yellowstone Quake
hockey team. Well known for a tireless work ethic and knowledge of the amateur
player ranks, Quarters has a proven ability to recruit top-notch prospects and
to help players develop and reach their highest potential. Twenty of his former
players have been drafted by NHL teams, including four first-round picks.
Quarters comes to the Quake with 15 years of coaching experience.
Quarters spent the last season with the Bozeman Icedogs, where he served as
assistant coach. While in Bozeman Marty also served as the head coach to the
high school team where he lead them to a record of 29-3-2 and a state
championship.
In 2005, Marty was recruited by Merrimack College a Division I Hockey East
team. His responsibilities at Merrimack included director of recruiting,
assistant coach, and team travel coordinator.
Before Merrimack, Quarters spent three seasons with the Sioux City Musketeers
of the USHL. Thirty-two of his players from Sioux City have gone on to play at
NCAA Division I institutions. Eight of those players have played at Hockey East
institutions. While at Sioux City, Quarters coached the defense and produced
the video breakdown during games. He coordinated and oversaw draft and try-out
camp and helped the team reach the playoffs in all three seasons, including an
appearance in the Clark Cup finals in 2005. Quarters also served as the
Director of the Sioux Land Youth Hockey Organization.
Prior to his stint at Sioux City, Quarters was the head coach and director of
player development with the Motor City Chiefs in the CSHL for one season and
served several roles with the Cleveland Barons Junior A team in the NAHL for
three seasons. Quarters was the associate coach and recruiting coordinator for
all three seasons at Cleveland and the general manager for one season. He also
served as the head coach of the Cleveland Barons Midget Major AAA team for
three seasons, leading the team to a Michigan National Hockey League
championship, two Mid-Am Regional championships, and competed in two U.S.
National Championships. Quarters was also to the Director of Youth Hockey and
Skill Development for the AAA program.
Quarters spent one season coaching Honeybaked ’87 AAA, leading the team to a
67-4-3 record and a state championship in 1997-98, and was the head coach of
Little Caesar’s ’82 AAA for four seasons. Quarters has continued his
involvement with youth hockey, serving as on ice director of the Elite
Prospects Hockey Camp in Detroit, which attracts the top players in North
America, for the last four summers.
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