CCHA Coach of the Year

CCHA Coach of the Year
SportIce hockey
Awarded forThe Coach of the Year in the CCHA
History
First award1976 (on hiatus, 2014–2021)
Most recentTom Serratore

The CCHA Coach of the Year is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association regular season to the best coach in the conference as voted by the coaches of each CCHA team.[1]

The longest continually conferred award in CCHA history, the 'Coach of the Year' was first awarded in 1976 and every year thereafter until 2013 when the original CCHA was dissolved as a consequence of the Big Ten Conference forming its men's ice hockey conference.[2] After the CCHA was revived in 2021–22 by seven schools that left the men's Western Collegiate Hockey Association,[3] the Coach of the Year award was reinstated.[4]

Ron Mason and Jeff Jackson are the only coaches to win the award with multiple teams.

Award winners

Year Winner School
1975–76 Ron Mason Bowling Green
1976–77 Bill Selman St. Louis
1977–78 Ron Mason Bowling Green
1978–79 Ron Mason Bowling Green
1979–80 Rick Comley Northern Michigan
1980–81 Rick Comley Northern Michigan
1981–82 Jerry York Bowling Green
1982–83 Jerry Welsh Ohio State
1983–84 Bill Wilkinson Western Michigan
1984–85 Ron Mason Michigan State
1985–86 Bill Wilkinson Western Michigan
1986–87 Val Belmonte Illinois–Chicago
1987–88 Frank Anzalone Lake Superior State
1988–89 Ron Mason Michigan State
1989–90 Ron Mason Michigan State
1990–91 Jeff Jackson Lake Superior State
1991–92 George Gwozdecky Miami
1992–93 George Gwozdecky Miami
1993–94 Red Berenson Michigan
1994–95 Buddy Powers Bowling Green
1995–96 Bill Wilkinson Western Michigan
Year Winner School
1996–97 Mark Mazzoleni Miami
1997–98 John Markell Ohio State
1998–99 Ron Mason Michigan State
1999–00 Scott Borek Lake Superior State
2000–01 Enrico Blasi Miami
2001–02 Guy Gadowsky Alaska–Fairbanks
2002–03 Bob Daniels Ferris State
2003–04 Enrico Blasi Miami
2004–05 Mike Kemp Nebraska–Omaha
2005–06 Enrico Blasi Miami
2006–07 Jeff Jackson Notre Dame
2007–08 Red Berenson Michigan
2008–09 Dallas Ferguson Alaska
2009–10 Enrico Blasi Miami
2010–11 Jeff Jackson Notre Dame
2011–12 Bob Daniels Ferris State
2012–13 Enrico Blasi Miami
2021–22 Mike Hastings Minnesota State
2022–23 Joe Shawhan Michigan Tech
2023–24 Tom Serratore Bemidji State

Winners by school

School Winners
Miami 8
Bowling Green 5
Michigan State 4
Lake Superior State 3
Western Michigan 3
Alaska 2
Ferris State 2
Michigan 2
Northern Michigan 2
Notre Dame 2
Ohio State 2
Bemidji State 1
Illinois–Chicago 1
Michigan Tech 1
Minnesota State 1
Omaha 1
Saint Louis 1

Multiple Winners

Coach Awards
Ron Mason 7
Enrico Blasi 5
Jeff Jackson 3
Bill Wilkinson 3
Rick Comley 2
George Gwozdecky 2
Red Berenson 2
Bob Daniels 2

See also

References

General

  • "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
  • "NCAA (CCHA) Coach of the Year". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2013-07-25.

Specific

  1. ^ "Henderson and Odegard Recipients of CCHA Major Awards". Alaska Nanooks. 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  2. ^ "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  3. ^ Johnson, Randy (February 18, 2020). "CCHA will be new name for seven teams leaving WCHA in 2021-22". Star Tribune. Minneapolis. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  4. ^ "CCHA to announce annual awards this week" (Press release). Central Collegiate Hockey Association. March 13, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

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