Melissa Samoskevich is an assistant coach for the University of Delaware women's ice hockey program in Newark, Delaware, and joined the Blue Hens in July 2024 as the program's first assistant coach.
In her first season at Delaware, the team showed steady progress and earned the first win in program history, a 2-1 victory over Holy Cross on October 5, 2025. The Blue Hens had 18 players record at least one point, 12 different goal scorers, and a power play that finished with 12 goals, including an 11-for-45 stretch over the final 14 games.
