Joe Hartwell joined the Knights prior to the 2011 season after previously spending five years as an assistant at his alma mater Gustavus Adolphus College. He was a NSCAA First-Team All-American central defender for the Gusties in 2004. Hartwell secured MIAC Player of the Year honors as he scored five goals and added two assists in addition to anchoring a defense that yielded just four goals in 23 games during that campaign. He was inducted into the Gustavus Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022. Hartwell has served as a club coach for nearly two decades and currently coaches at Minnesota Thunder Academy. He and his wife, Jessica, live in Rosemount, Minn.
