| Damon Whitten | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Lake Superior State |
| Current Conference: | CCHA |
| Birth Date: | 5 April 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Brighton, Michigan |
| Alma Mater: | Michigan State University |
| Player Years1: | 1995–1996 |
| Player Team1: | Detroit Freeze (NAHL) |
| Player Years2: | 1996–1997 |
| Player Team2: | St. Michael's Buzzers (OPJHL) |
| Player Years3: | 1997–2001 |
| Player Team3: | Michigan State |
| Player Years4: | 2001–2002 |
| Player Team4: | Greenville Grrrowl (ECHL) |
| Player Years5: | 2002–2003 |
| Player Team5: | Arkansas RiverBlades (ECHL) |
| Player Years6: | 2003–2004 |
| Player Team6: | Lansing Ice Nuts (IIHL) |
| Player Positions: | Left wing |
| Coach Years1: | 2004–2005 |
| Coach Team1: | Michigan State (asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 2005–2006 |
| Coach Team2: | Wayne State (asst.) |
| Coach Years3: | 2006–2008 |
| Coach Team3: | Alaska Anchorage (asst.) |
| Coach Years4: | 2008–2010 |
| Coach Team4: | Michigan State (Dir. of Hockey Ops.) |
| Coach Years5: | 2010–2014 |
| Coach Team5: | Michigan Tech (asst.) |
| Coach Years6: | 2014–present |
| Coach Team6: | Lake Superior State |
| Overall Record: | 143–196–31 |
| Tournament Record: | 0–1 |
| Championships: | 2021 WCHA Tournament champion |
Damon Whitten (born April 5, 1977) is an American ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the men's hockey head coach of the Lake Superior State Lakers.
Whitten played junior hockey for the Detroit Freeze of the North American Hockey League in 1995–96 before moving to the St. Michael's Buzzers in the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League the following season. Beginning in the 1997–98 season, Whitten played four years for the Michigan State Spartans, and was named alternate captain in his senior season. After college, he turned pro, playing two seasons in the ECHL: in 2001–02 for the Greenville Grrrowl (winning the league championship Kelly Cup) and 2002–03 for the Arkansas RiverBlades.[1]
Whitten returned to Michigan State in 2004–05 to serve as an assistant coach under head coach Rick Comley. He then spent one season as an assistant at Wayne State before moving to Alaska Anchorage for two seasons. In 2006, he returned to his alma mater where he was named Director of Hockey Operations. Whitten returned to the bench in 2010, when he was an assistant coach at Michigan Tech. On April 26, 2014, Whitten was named head coach at Lake Superior State.[2]