ROCHESTER, N.Y. – New RIT Men's Hockey Coach Matt Thomas announced former All-American goaltender Shane Madolora '12 has been named Assistant Coach heading into the 2025-26 season.
 
Madolora graduated as RIT's Division I-era career leader with a .932 save percentage, which is still tied for 11th in NCAA history. He is also tops with a 1.97 goals against average, which remains tied for 20th in the NCAA record book.
 
"Shane was someone that I targeted right away," said Thomas, who enters his first season behind the Tiger bench. "His familiarity with RIT as both a player and coach coupled with his notable work with goaltenders was something that I knew would be an asset to our program.  He embodies the qualities and standards that has helped RIT elevate to a championship caliber program."
 
Madolora established single-season program records as a junior which still stand, leading the nation with a .935 save percentage to go along with a stingy 1.93. GAA on his way to Inside College Hockey Second-Team All-America honors. The following year, he tied his own record with a 1.93 GAA to go along with a .931 save percentage while tying for first nationally with a program-record seven shutouts.
 
Madolora remains first in Tiger history (and tied for 24th in NCAA history) with 13 career shutouts, as well as fourth with 1,727 saves, fifth with 36 wins, and tied for fifth with 65 appearances. His 18-9-5 record during the 2011-12 campaign tied for the second-highest single-season win total by a Tiger, completing his RIT career with a 36-14-2 record.
 
Madolora recorded three-straight shutouts during the 2011-12 campaign, which remain tied for the fourth-most in NCAA DI history, while the 211:01 scoreless stretch remains 21st.
 
Madolora was voted the 2010-11 Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Year after landing the first of back-to-back first-team all-conference nods. The team's Dan & Laurie Barrows "Fan's Choice Award" winner following the 2011-12 season, he was also tabbed the RIT Senior Athlete of the Year before graduating with a business administration management degree.
 
Madolora played professionally for four years following his RIT career, including training camp invites from the San Jose Sharks (NHL) and the Rochester Americans (AHL), along with appearances across the top leagues in France, England and Italy.
 
Madolora most recently spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Vermont, mentoring goaltender Gabriel Carrier to an NHL contract with the San Jose Sharks during his time in Burlington. He also served as a goaltending development coach from 2020-23, working with both the RIT men's and women's programs, along with the men's and women's programs at nearby Division III Nazareth as well as with the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) Buffalo Beauts.
 
The owner of Madolora Consulting and Development, he previously served as Head Coach/Director of Player Personnel for the Rochester Monarchs Tier 2 Junior A program. Following the end of his playing career, he spent three seasons as an assistant coach with the RIT women's hockey team from 2016-19.
 
Madolora lives in Rochester with his wife Lauren, who was a sprinter on the RIT women's track and field team from 2008-12, and their 1-year-old daughter, Juniper.