The Greatest Coaches of All-Time

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And to finish the countdown...

1. Jerry York - 342.7881 (293.7310)
2. Vic Heyliger - 288.3783
3. Jack Parker - 284.0480 (284.0473)
4. Murray Armstrong - 272.3241
5. Red Berenson - 214.6467 (213.5278)

With his 5th title, York cements his place at the top. Hard to argue against York being #1. Only Heyliger has more titles, and York has won more than 550 games than Heyliger. York's 37 NCAA Tournament wins are more than any other coach, and his 14 Frozen Four victories are third behind Heyliger (16) and Armstrong (15). York has also coached more All-Americans (52) and Hobey Baker Finalists (18) than any other coach. Who knows when York will retire, but he will almost assuredly retire as the #1 coach. He is putting up numbers that will be very difficult for any current coach to match.

As promised, Here are the top 10 coaches on a points/season basis:
1. Herb Brooks - 19.6898 points/season
2. Barry Thorndycraft - 14.8204 points/season
3. Murray Armstrong - 12.9678 points/season
4. Vic Heyliger - 12.5382 points/season
5. Jeff Jackson - 12.0933 points/season
6. Gino Gasparini - 11.1881 points/season
7. Jack Kelley - 10.5316 points/season
8. Dean Blais - 10.3925 points/season
9. Tom Bedecki - 10.2472 points/season
10. Shawn Walsh - 9.7727 points/season

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And to finish the countdown...

1. Jerry York - 342.7881 (293.7310)
2. Vic Heyliger - 288.3783
3. Jack Parker - 284.0480 (284.0473)
4. Murray Armstrong - 272.3241
5. Red Berenson - 214.6467 (213.5278)

With his 5th title, York cements his place at the top. Hard to argue against York being #1. Only Heyliger has more titles, and York has won more than 550 games than Heyliger. York's 37 NCAA Tournament wins are more than any other coach, and his 14 Frozen Four victories are third behind Heyliger (16) and Armstrong (15). York has also coached more All-Americans (52) and Hobey Baker Finalists (18) than any other coach. Who knows when York will retire, but he will almost assuredly retire as the #1 coach. He is putting up numbers that will be very difficult for any current coach to match.

As promised, Here are the top 10 coaches on a points/season basis:
1. Herb Brooks - 19.6898 points/season
2. Barry Thorndycraft - 14.8204 points/season
3. Murray Armstrong - 12.9678 points/season
4. Vic Heyliger - 12.5382 points/season
5. Jeff Jackson - 12.0933 points/season
6. Gino Gasparini - 11.1881 points/season
7. Jack Kelley - 10.5316 points/season
8. Dean Blais - 10.3925 points/season
9. Tom Bedecki - 10.2472 points/season
10. Shawn Walsh - 9.7727 points/season

Awesome job FS23! Thank you for putting this together, and for the extra work on the pts/season rankings

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Awesome job FS23! Thank you for putting this together, and for the extra work on the pts/season rankings

+1

[SteveF]

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4.) Parker (BU). His shine is starting to fade, but he still has 4 rings as a coach. I wanted to put Herb Brooks here, but I think Parker edges him out
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3 rings

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3 rings

I thought it was 5 rings, 4 calling birds and 3 French Hens

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I thought it was 1 ring to rule them all?