Eric enters his sixth season with the boys hockey program and will oversee the development of the forwards and their offensive game.
After his second seaons with Valor, Eric spent the 2018-19 hockey season as an assistant coach with the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League (USHL) helping lead the Bucs to the 2nd round of the USHL Playoffs.
The Littleton, Colorado native grew up playing Tier II hockey for Front Range Amateur Hockey Association, before advancing to play at the Tier I hockey for the Colorado Thunderbirds.
Following his youth hockey career, Eric attended the University of Colorado at Boulder, receiving his B.A. in Psychology, while playing for the University of Colorado ACHA Div. I team.
Coach Schlie is incredibly passionate about coaching, having ten plus years of coaching experience with local youth hockey programs including the Arapahoe Youth Hockey Association, Foothills Hockey Association, Colorado Select Girls Hockey Association and the Boulder Hockey Club. He has coached players from U8 to U18 age group and from recreational to the Tier I level and includes a stint as the Assistant Director/Director of Player Development for Boulder Hockey Club.
Eric is a staff coach for the annual summer USA Hockey Select 16 Development Camps and the USA Hockey U14 Western Regional Development Camps. In 2016 he worked the USA Hockey U15 Girls Development Camp.
Eric resides in Lakewood.
