Welcome our 2024-25 coaching staff! More to be announced.

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Coach Brad grew up in Rhode Island where he started his hockey journey at 8 years old. At the age of 13, Brad moved to Florida and played for the Gulf Coast Flames AA and AAA programs out of Ellenton. He quickly became one of the top goaltenders in the Southeast area. At the age of 16, Martin began coaching goalies at various hockey camps. He relocated to the Bay Area in December 2016 to be closer to his family and to work with the Oakland Bears.  Brad will be entering his sixth season as an Oakland Bears coach. He is also the head goalie coach for the University of California Bears ACHA Hockey team.

Currently, Coach Brad is the Oakland Hockey Manager and Oakland Bears Club President, he is focused on creating a fun and more competitive hockey program that builds a stronger, healthier, happier community here in Oakland.

Coach Eugene began playing hockey at the age of 4 in the Washington D.C area. His playing background includes AAA youth hockey with the Washington Little Capitals, Junior A in the WSHL, and ACHA D2. He was a student of many exceptional power skating and head coaches for over 20 years, many of whom he progressed to coaching with as a student and assistant coach. Eugene began coaching as a student coach at 16 teaching learn to skate and mini mite programs. What started out as a way to get more ice time developed into a passion for teaching the game he loves to play.  He continued to coach in a variety of roles throughout his playing career. After completing college Eugene relocated to the Bay Area for business and began coaching with the Bears in 2013 and started E3 Hockey & Power Skating in 2016. Coach Eugene also serves as Skating/Skills/camp lead coach with Planet Hockey Super Skills Camps and European Summit Tours. He previously head coached many teams with the Oakland Bears 2013 - 2020 and Santa Clara Blackhawks 14AA and served as assistant coach and assistant GM for the Tahoe Icemen Junior A team of the WSHL 2018 - 2019. Eugene returned to Oakland Bears in 2023-24 and will continue this coming 2024 season, assistant coaching 12U AA. 

Coach Errol grew up in the Bay Area playing for the Oakland Bears. Errol has coached hockey since 2009 with the Bears, Santa Clara Blackhawks, Oakland Tech, and De La Salle High School. After playing ACHA with Santa Rosa JC, he began working with youth development for the City of Oakland. Errol has been working with various organizations such as Boys and Girls Club, Parks and Rec, and Franklin Elementary to create sports teams and youth development classes (Brother’s on the Rise). 

Oakland Bears assistant coach 18A Midget 2010 NorCal Champion

Santa Clara Blackhawks 12B Pee Wee 2015 NorCal Champion

Oakland Bears 10B Squirt State Finalist 

Grace Ramsey is one of Oakland's longest-serving hockey coaches. She began teaching skating and hockey fundamentals to kids in the 1-2-3 program seven years ago. Aside from skills and practice coaching, she also volunteered as a travel hockey assistant coach.

Born and raised in Oakland, Grace began playing hockey at age 15 and continues to play today in a tournament league with friends and other women players. Providing opportunities for girls and young women to play hockey in Oakland is an important mission for Grace. It’s encouraging to her to see so many girls at nearly every level at the rink. Grace hopes the numbers continue to climb.
 

Coach Errol grew up in the Bay Area playing for the Oakland Bears. Errol has coached hockey since 2009 with the Bears, Santa Clara Blackhawks, Oakland Tech, and De La Salle High School. After playing ACHA with Santa Rosa JC, he began working with youth development for the City of Oakland. Errol has been working with various organizations such as Boys and Girls Club, Parks and Rec, and Franklin Elementary to create sports teams and youth development classes (Brother’s on the Rise). 

Oakland Bears assistant coach 18A Midget 2010 NorCal Champion

Santa Clara Blackhawks 12B Pee Wee 2015 NorCal Champion

Oakland Bears 10B Squirt State Finalist 

Chris will be entering his 10th season with the Oakland Bears Hockey Club. He was previously the Head and Assistant coach for the University of California Berkeley ACHA Hockey Team.

Chris ushered in the first tier programs in Bears history while coaching both the 16U and 18U AA teams. Before coming to Oakland, Chris lived in Pittsburgh PA, where he coached the U16AAA Pittsburgh Hornets and Des Moines Buccaneers AAA and has helped develop numerous Division 1 college and a professional hockey players.

His playing background spans both ice and roller hockey playing for Team USA roller and earning MVP at both the AAU National Championship and Junior Olympics. He grew up playing AAA hockey in Cleveland Ohio before moving on to play junior hockey in New York and Minnesota and then earning a degree at Iowa State University while playing for the D1 ACHA team.

Chris currently is a Group Creative Director for Huge Inc, a world class design agency. He focuses on mentoring and growing young talent to reach their full potential while helping launch and build some of the largest brands in the world.

His philosophy is centered around development and balance. Finding the best way to mentor and grow young men and women through teamwork, collaboration, and respect.
 

Yulia’s specialty is skating instruction with focus on improving balance, edge work, and agility. She has six years of professional ice skating instruction experience teaching both group and private lessons for the figure skaters from entry to mid-level. 

Having originally trained under the direction of Russia’s leading coaches, Yulia developed and teaches special classes and power skating clinics for hockey players to improve their speed and skating skills.

Yulia has Six years of competitive experience through the senior level in singles and ice dancing followed by a 15‐year career as a professional skating performer, including eleven years with St. Petersburg Theater on ice (principal skater) and four years with Disney on Ice (ensemble skater/understudy).

She is a Member of the Ice Sports Industry and Professional Skaters Association , USA Hockey member, Certified Level 1 hockey coach and Fluent in English and Russian!