Jeff Badalich joined the Culver Academies staff in 2007 as the Counselor of Black Horse Troop A.  He began coaching with the High School Varsity hockey program in 2008 and became Head Coach in 2010.  Badalich is a 1981 CMA graduate who played hockey under coach Al Clark.  Badalich went on to play for the University of Notre Dame, and legendary coach Lefty Smith, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance.  As an assistant to former CMA player and coach, Rich Holdeman, Badalich helped lead Indiana University's hockey club to eight MCHL championships and two second place finishes in the ACHA Nationals.

Badalich hails from Cottage Grove, Wisconsin.  He and his wife, Seana, CGA '81, have a daughter, Alina, attending CGA and sons, Dante and Jackson.