David Quinn has been named an assistant coach for the U.S. Men's National Team that will compete in the 2012 International Ice Hockey Federation World Men's Championship from May 4-20 in Helsinki, Finland, and Stockholm, Sweden. The announcement came today from USA Hockey.

Quinn joins Head Coach Scott Gordon and Assistant Coach Greg Cronin, who were announced on April 10.

Quinn was an assistant coach for the U.S. Men's National Team at the 2007 IIHF Men's World Championship. Additionally, he was an assistant coach for the 2005 U.S. National Junior Team and also for the U.S. Women's National Teams that earned silver medals in the 1999 and 2000 IIHF Women's World Championships.

From 2002-04, Quinn was a head coach for USA Hockey's National Team Development Program. During his time in Ann Arbor, Mich., he was recognized as the 2003 USA Hockey Development Coach of the Year.

Currently, Quinn is the head coach for the American Hockey League's Lake Erie Monsters. In three years there he has compiled a record of 115-94-7-18 and led the team to its first Calder Cup playoff appearance in 2010-11.

In between the NTDP and Lake Erie, he spent five seasons (2004-09) as the associate head coach at Boston University, where he helped the Terriers capture the NCAA championship in 2009. Quinn's other collegiate coaching positions have been at Northeastern (1995-96) and Nebraska-Omaha (1996-2002).

In the midst of Quinn's four-year playing career at Boston University, he was selected to compete for the U.S. National Junior Team that won the bronze medal at the 1986 IIHF World Junior Championship.

For Team USA's most recent roster, click here.