Brian Blank is in his sixth season as UNH alpine head coach in 2012-13.  Brian is a 1995 UNH graduate with over 10 years of experience as an alpine ski racing coach as well as 15 years experience as an alpine ski racer. He lettered on the UNH ski team from 1991-95 and served as team captain in 1994-95.

The 2012 season featured a third-place finish at the EISA Championships and a full allotment of six alpine racers competing at the NCAA Championships: Paul Atkinson, Taylor Vest-Burton and Zach Clayton for the men's team; Marie-Elaine Lepine, Jenna Kantor and Laura Rozinowicz on the women's side. Four other skiers -Catherine Blanchard, Sam Coffey, Chad Lawrence and Coley Oliver- qualified for NCAAs but did not compete due to the three-skier limit per discipline. Atkinson and Lepine were named to the EISA All-East Team.

In 2011, Blank mentored a pair of All-Americans in Zach Clayton (slalom, giant slalom) and Sam Coffey (slalom), helping the Wildcats post an eighth-place finish at the NCAAs, the school’s best showing in 11 years. Further, junior Paul Atkinson was named to the All-East First Team.

Under Blank’s guidance, the 2010 alpine team boasted of a pair of All-America selections in seniors Veronique Archambault-Leger and Dylan McGuffin.