Coaching Staff

Evan Poulakidas has spent over 25 years coaching in the Bluehawks and GBN organizations winning two state championships and numerous Presidents Cups and NIHL championships at the Squirt, Peewee, and Bantam levels. He is in his 14th season as Head Coach for Glenbrook North where he has taken GBN to 4 state championship games, winning the title in 2015. He has also led GBN to 3 Scholastic Cup titles. Coach Evan was previously the Head Coach at St. Viator where he won a Scholastic Cup title in 2011 and at Lake Zurich High School.

Jeff grew up playing competitive travel hockey in the Chicagoland area. He played high school hockey at Maine East and three years of college hockey at Illinois State University. Jeff was a dual sport athlete in college including playing baseball at ISU. Jeff has been the GBN JV Head Coach for the past four seasons and coached GBN's Varsity Gold team last season. In that time, GBN has had much success including winning the 2020-2021 State and 2021-2022 championships. 

Paul has been coaching with Coach Evan for 18 years between GBN, St. Viator, and the Bluehawks programs. He played youth hockey for the Deerfield Falcons, the Chicago Minor Hawks, and Team Illinois and won State and National Championships with them. He also played Junior A in Canada before becoming a coach. 

Ben grew up in Northbrook and began playing hockey for the Northbrook Bluehawks at the age of five. He played one year of JV and two years of Varsity hockey at GBN and became Assistant Captain his senior year. He attended Indiana University.

Frankie grew up in Northbrook and began skating when he was 4 years old. He played 1 year on the GBN Hockey JV team and 3 years on Varsity. On Varsity, Frankie started in two state championship games and won the Inaugural SHL Championship his senior year. He continued his hockey career in college playing at Robert Morris University. While in college, he won 3rd place in the ACHA National Tournament his freshman year. 

Rob returns for his fifth season as goalie coach. In his first season, GBN Varsity goaltenders led the SHL in overall save percentage (.924) and JV goaltenders finished second in the league (.931). In a shortened season due to Covid, GBN Varsity Goaltenders put up an impressive .925 save percentage. Rob grew up in Barrington, Illinois playing youth hockey for the Redwings and Chargers. He attended St. Viator High School where he led the Lions to the 2011 Scholastic Cup Championship and 2012 State Finals. Rob received numerous accolades, including an All-State selection, Team MVP, and the Chicago Blackhawks Goalie of the Year. Rob continued his hockey career while attending the University of Illinois where he played for the Fighting Illini's ACHA D1 team and captured a CSCHL championship in 2013.