Doug Pottinger Explained

Doug Pottinger
Birth Date:	18 September 1973
Birth Place:	Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Curling Club:	St Paul CC, Minnesota
Member Association:	Manitoba (1992-1993) Wisconsin (1999-2003) Washington (2003-2005; 2008-2009) Minnesota (2005-2007; 2009-present)
World Championship Appearances:	1
Show-Medals:	yes

Doug Pottinger (born September 18, 1973) is a Canadian-American curler from Eden Prairie, Minnesota. He is originally from Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.

At the national level, he is a 2004 United States men's curling champion.

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
1992–93		Doug Pottinger					CJCC 1993 (9th)
1999–00	Doug Pottinger	Troy Schroeder	Greg Johnson		Kurt Johnson		USMCC 2000 (DNQ)^[1]
2001–02	Doug Pottinger	Troy Schroeder	Greg Johnson	Bill Todhunter	Nate Gebert		USOCT 2001 (5th)^[2] ^[3]
	Doug Pottinger					USMCC 2002 (3rd)^[4]
2002–03	Craig Brown	Doug Pottinger	Jon Brunt	John Dunlop
2003–04		Doug Pottinger
	Doug Pottinger		Bill Todhunter			USMCC 2004 (9th)
2004–05	Jason Larway	Doug Pottinger	Joel Larway	Bill Todhunter			CCC 2004 USOCT 2005 (7th)
2005–06		Doug Pottinger					USMCC 2006 (4th)
2006–07	Pete Fenson	Shawn Rojeski		Doug Pottinger			CCC 2006 USMCC 2007 (5th)^[5]
2007–08			Doug Pottinger				USMCC 2008 (4th)
2008–09	Greg Romaniuk	Doug Pottinger	Leon Romaniuk	Troy Schroeder			USMCC 2009/ USOCT 2009 (5th)
2009–10	Troy Schroeder	Doug Pottinger	?
2010–11	Todd Birr	Greg Romaniuk	Doug Pottinger		Kevin Birr
2011–12	Todd Birr	Greg Romaniuk	Doug Pottinger	Tom O'Connor	Kevin Birr		USMCC 2012 (7th)
2012–13	Todd Birr	Doug Pottinger	Tom O'Connor	Kevin Birr
Todd Birr	Doug Pottinger	Greg Romaniuk	Tom O'Connor	Kevin Birr		USMCC 2013 (9th)
2013–14	Todd Birr	Doug Pottinger	Tom O'Connor	Troy Schroeder
2014–15	Todd Birr	Doug Pottinger	Greg Johnson	Tom O'Connor
2015–16	Todd Birr	Doug Pottinger		Tom O'Connor			USMCC 2016 (5th)

Pottinger met his wife Allison at the 1995 World Women's Curling Championship, where he was working on the ice crew and she was the alternate for Lisa Schoeneberg's team.^[6] Allison is a two-time Olympian and 2003 World Champion. They have two daughters.

He started curling in 1983 when he was at the age of 10.

Pottinger works as business manager for BRANDT.^[7]

Web site: Competitors . USA Curling . March 24, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20010411194724fw_/http://www.usacurl.org/Ogden/ogframe.html . April 11, 2001.
Web site: U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Curling – Teams. USA Curling. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20020618095140fw_/http://www.usacurl.org/ot2001/Teams.html. June 18, 2002. May 13, 2020.
Web site: Brown second, Baird third in curling Trials. December 16, 2001. USA Curling. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20021218041004/http://www.usacurl.org/Press%20Release/tiebreaker.htm. December 18, 2002. May 13, 2020.
News: Wisconsin II takes curling title. March 13, 2002. 9. Portage Daily Register. April 4, 2020.
Web site: U.S. National Championships – Teams . CurlingZone . March 24, 2021.
News: Gomez. Brian. In this case, love on the rocks is good. February 25, 2009. The Gazette. April 3, 2020.
Web site: Doug Pottinger - Brandt . April 1, 2016 . April 4, 2020 .