This is our guy...IMO
http://www.snc.edu/athletics/profiles/tim.coghlin.html
Can't really see any negatives with this guy...
He has...
appeared in 12 NCAA DIII appearances
appeared in 7 DIII frozen fours
been DIII national runner up 3 times
been DIII National Champions 2 times
been DIII National Champion as an AC
been DIII National Champion as a player
had two undefeated seasons as HC
been named coach of the year 5 times
Second on all time wins list as a
head coach, all NCAA divisions. No AC, second fiddle stuff going on there.
One might argue this is at the DIII level...bunch of BS...winning is winning and competing is competing at any level...you still have to get the job done.
SNC is a private school with no scholarship program and Coghlin consistently puts teams together so he knows how to recruit.
What about recruiting to Houghton you ask? I don't think we need to be looking for the top talent but the talent that will fit the program. Example: Herb Brooks and the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team. I believe, previous coaches at Tech have been able to do this but the program was wrong or the support was not there. It appears the support is there now. Find a coach with the right program, find a few key players, and make it happen...
Yeah, Eades and Pearson might be great targets on paper but ask yourself why they have never stepped out of the shadows of the AC position into the HC role after so many years...
Coghlin should be interviewed and considered a top candidate, again, IMHO...