EBEL Game Day 1: Against all odds (12 Sep 2015)
Tom Pokel appointed as new head coach of Italy (18 Jan 2013)
Tom Pokel

- Position: defender
- Player status: coach
- Gender: male
- Nationality: USA

- Birth date: 02.09.1967 (58 years)
- Birth place: Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States
- Height: 178 cm / 5' 10"
- Weight: 90 kg / 198 lbs
- Shoots: right
- Trivia:
Named DEL Coach of the Year 2019-20
| Season | Team | League | Pos | LPos | W | L | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Straubing Tigers | Spengler Cup | Head Coach | |||||
| 2024-25 | Straubing Tigers | Champions Hockey League | Head Coach | |||||
| 2024-25 | Straubing Tigers | DEL | Head Coach | 21 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Left: 04.02.2025 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 | Straubing Tigers | DEL | Head Coach | |||||
| 2022-23 | Straubing Tigers | Champions Hockey League | Head Coach | |||||
| 2022-23 | Straubing Tigers | DEL | Head Coach | 4. | 34 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2021-22 | Straubing Tigers | DEL | Head Coach | |||||
| 2020-21 | Straubing Tigers | DEL | Head Coach | |||||
| 2019-20 | Straubing Tigers | DEL | Head Coach | 3. | 34 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2018-19 | Straubing Tigers | DEL | Head Coach | 8. | 27 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2017-18 | Straubing Tigers | DEL | Head Coach | |||||
| Hired: 26.10.2017 | ||||||||
| 2016-17 | Bolzano | EBEL | Head Coach | |||||
| 2015-16 | Bolzano | EBEL | Head Coach | |||||
| Hired: 10.08.2015 | ||||||||
| 2014-15 | Vienna | Champions Hockey League | Head Coach | |||||
| 2014-15 | Vienna | EBEL | Head Coach | |||||
| Hired: 24.05.2014 | Left: 24.02.2015 | Reason of leaving: fired | ||||||||
| Note: replaced by Jim Boni | ||||||||
| 2013-14 | Italy | World Championship | Head Coach | 15. | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Leavel reached: relegated | ||||||||
| 2013-14 | Bolzano | EBEL | Head Coach | |||||
| Leavel reached: champion | ||||||||
| 2012-13 | Italy | World Championship d1A | Head Coach | 2. | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Leavel reached: promoted | ||||||||
| 2012-13 | Italy | Olympic Qual. | Head Coach | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hired: 18.01.2013 | ||||||||
| 2012-13 | HC Alleghe | Coppa Italia | Head Coach | 3. | ||||
| Leavel reached: lost semifinal | ||||||||
| 2012-13 | HC Alleghe | Serie A | Head Coach | 4. | 17 | 11 | 16 | |
| Leavel reached: lost playoffs quarterfinals | Hired: 09.05.2012 | ||||||||
| 2011-12 | Pontebba | Serie A (Play-off) | Head Coach | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2011-12 | Pontebba | Serie A Master Round | Head Coach | 3. | 19 | 17 | 0 | |
| Leavel reached: playoffs quarter finals | ||||||||
| 2011-12 | Netherlands | World Championship D1B | Assistant Coach | 3. | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Leavel reached: bronze medalist | ||||||||
| 2011-12 | Pontebba | Serie A | Head Coach | 3. | 19 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2010-11 | Pontebba | Serie A (Play-off) | Head Coach | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2010-11 | Pontebba | Serie A | Head Coach | 6. | 15 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2009-10 | Pontebba | Serie A (Play-off) | Head Coach | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2009-10 | Pontebba | Serie A | Head Coach | 5. | 21 | 19 | 0 | |
| 2008-09 | Zell am See | Nationalliga (AUT) (Play-off) | Head Coach | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2008-09 | Zell am See | Nationalliga (AUT) | Head Coach | 3. | 16 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2007-08 | Graz | EBEL (Play-out) | Head Coach | 3. | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2007-08 | Austria | WJC18 B (U18) | Head Coach | 3. | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Leavel reached: bronze medalists | ||||||||
| 2007-08 | Graz | EBEL | Head Coach | 9. | 15 | 21 | 0 | |
| Hired: 11.12.2007 | ||||||||
| 2006-07 | EC Supergau Feldkirch | Nationalliga (AUT) (Play-off) | Head Coach | 9 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Leavel reached: champions | ||||||||
| 2006-07 | EC Supergau Feldkirch | Nationalliga (AUT) | Head Coach | 2. | 21 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2005-06 | EHC Feldkirch 2000 | Nationalliga (AUT) (Play-off) | Head Coach | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2005-06 | EHC Feldkirch 2000 | Nationalliga (AUT) | Head Coach | 1. | 22 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2004-05 | EHC Lustenau | Nationalliga (AUT) (Play-off) | Head Coach | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Leavel reached: runners-up | ||||||||
| 2004-05 | EHC Lustenau | Nationalliga (AUT) | Head Coach | 2. | 27 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2003-04 | EC Supergau Feldkirch | EBEL | Head Coach | 6. | 19 | 29 | 0 | |
| Hired: 12.2003. | ||||||||
| 2003-04 | ERC Ingolstadt | DEL | Assistant Coach | |||||
| Left: 12.2003. | ||||||||
| 2002-03 | Schwenningen | DEL (Play-out) | Head Coach | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2002-03 | Schwenningen | DEL | Head Coach | 14. | 10 | 31 | 11 | |
| 2001-02 | Schwenningen | DEL (Play-out) | Assistant Coach | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2001-02 | Schwenningen | DEL | Assistant Coach | 16. | 20 | 40 | 0 | |
| 2000-01 | SC Bietigheim/Bissingen | 2. Bundesliga (Play-off) | Head Coach | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2000-01 | SC Bietigheim/Bissingen | 2. Bundesliga | Head Coach | 4. | 24 | 20 | 0 | |
| 1999-00 | SC Bietigheim/Bissingen | 2. Bundesliga (Play-off) | Head Coach | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1999-00 | SC Bietigheim/Bissingen | 2. Bundesliga | Head Coach | 8. | 25 | 25 | 0 | |
| 1998-99 | SC Bietigheim/Bissingen | 1.Liga Süd (D) (Play-off) | Head Coach | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1998-99 | SC Bietigheim/Bissingen | 1.Liga Süd (D) | Head Coach | 1. | 30 | 14 | 0 | |
| Leavel reached: champions | ||||||||
| 1997-98 | ESC Plätt Devils Trier | 2. Bundesliga | Head Coach | 11. | 15 | 19 | 0 | |
| 1996-97 | ETC Timmendorfer Strand | 1.Liga Nord (D) (Play-off) | Head Coach | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1996-97 | ETC Timmendorfer Strand | 1.Liga Nord (D) | Head Coach | 4. | 25 | 6 | 13 | |
| 1995-96 | ETC Timmendorfer Strand | 1.Liga Nord (D) (Play-off) | Head Coach | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1995-96 | ETC Timmendorfer Strand | 1.Liga Nord (D) | Head Coach | 2. | 28 | 9 | 7 | |
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-91 | SUNY-Fredonia | SUNYAC | |||||||
| 1989-90 | SUNY-Fredonia | SUNYAC | |||||||
| 1988-89 | SUNY-Fredonia | SUNYAC | |||||||
| 1987-88 | University of Lowell | H-East | |||||||
| 1986-87 | Des Moines Buccaneers | USHL | |||||||
| 1985-86 | Des Moines Buccaneers | USHL |
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05 Feb 2025
Straubing Tigers
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10 Aug 2015
Spusu Vienna Capitals
HC Bolzano 
Note: fired by Capitals in February 2015 -
04 Mar 2012
Ice Hockey Aquile Friuli Venezia Giulia
Netherlands 
Note: Will become assistant coach during World Championships
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