Jamestown (CSi) The University of Jamestown is advertising for a hockey coach, as the University plans to add a club hockey team to begin play in the 2016-17 school year.

After hiring the coach, UJ hopes to begin recruiting players for the 2016-17 season. Athletic director Sean Johnson was out of the country and unavailable for comment, and other school officials declined comment.

UJhockeyLogoThe university plans to hold a press conference on the new hockey program.

The team will play in the American College Hockey Association (ACHA) at the Division I level.

Other ACHA Division I teams include Minot State and North Dakota State. Minot State, who could potentially serve as a travel partner for Jamestown, won the ACHA Division I national championship in 2012-13.

Central Oklahoma is the reigning ACHA D-I national champ, beating Stony Brook University (N.Y.) in the championship game in March in Michigan. Arizona State was the 2014 champion.

Other notable schools that complete at the ACHA Division I level include Iowa State, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Illinois, Colorado, Colorado State, Syracuse, Arizona, and Navy among others.

The ACHA, established in 1991, currently has three men’s and two women’s divisions and includes approximately 450 teams in the U.S. Club teams do not offer athletic scholarships.