University of New Hampshire Athletics
Men's Soccer

- Title:
- Sports Psychology
- Email:
- tim.churchard@unh.edu
- Phone:
- 603-862-2451
Tim Churchard works with UNH Athletics programs in the area of Sport Performance. Churchard works on a one-on-one basis with student-athletes, helping them achieve maximum performance through psychological and psycho-physiological preparation.
Churchard spent seven seasons as the Wildcats’ men's hockey volunteer assistant coach. His primary responsibilities included on-ice practices and working with the Wildcat defensive corps.
Churchard was a multi-sport athlete at UNH, playing as a member of the varsity men's hockey team under A. Barr “Whoop” Snively from 1963-65 and as a running back for the football team under Chief Boston and Andy Mooradian. He earned his undergraduate degree from UNH in Liberal Arts in 1967 before embarking on a career in education and human resource management/consultation.
A native of Saugus, Mass., Churchard was a three-time league all-star and all-state selection as a senior at Saugus High School. He captained the hockey team and served as a co-captain of the football squad his senior year and was inducted into the Saugus Hall of Fame in 1990.
Churchard’s coaching career began at his hometown high school. He assisted the Saugus hockey program from 1970-73, he went on to assist Spaulding High School in Rochester and later served as head coach at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. He earned his Master’s Degree in Education from Salem State in 1972 and a GAGS in Education in 1984 from UNH.
Churchard began teaching at UNH in 1984, serving as an instructor in the education department. In addition to those duties, he worked as an instructor at UNH’s Whittemore School of Business and Economics and Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics.