What's new
By:
USCHO Fan Forum

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

  • The USCHO Fan Forum has migrated to a new plaform, xenForo. Most of the function of the forum should work in familiar ways. Please note that you can switch between light and dark modes by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right of the main menu bar. We are hoping that this new platform will prove to be faster and more reliable. Please feel free to explore its features.

The Greatest Coaches of All-Time

Re: The Greatest Coaches of All-Time

Bob Corkum.
Jim Montgomery.

One of these two guys is going to return Maine to the promised land. Either way, Maine would not lose a single game with either of these guys coaching. The Maine fans said so. So I think they should be considered on this thread.
 
Re: The Greatest Coaches of All-Time

Too bad that only D1 counts in this thread as Bill Riley at Lowell won 3 D2 titles and took the Lowell program to D1 when Hockey East was formed. Lowell had atrocious facilities back in those days and he always got the best out of his teams.
 
Re: The Greatest Coaches of All-Time

co14ers said:
What other criteria are you using for rating coaches? Such potential categories may include All-Americans produced, graduation rates of players, academic achievement, "turning" a program around, etc.
Click to expand...

I like York's chances if this is the case, especially when you consider what he's done at three programs.

GoldenBear said:
Joe Marsh. There isn't a coach in the nation who does more with less every single season, a program in the nation who wouldn't want him on board
Click to expand...

As an assistant? Sure, I'll take him.
 
Re: The Greatest Coaches of All-Time

I have a soft spot for Woog. He's got to be near the top of the coaches who never managed to get the title.
 
Re: The Greatest Coaches of All-Time

Fighting Sioux 23 said:
What I'm going to do, is open this thread up for people to nominate who they want to include.
Click to expand...

I would suggest that any coach that has won the Spencer Penrose Award should be on the list of those to evaluate. Many of them already are, of course.


Powers &8^]
 
Re: The Greatest Coaches of All-Time

LtPowers said:
I would suggest that any coach that has won the Spencer Penrose Award should be on the list of those to evaluate. Many of them already are, of course.


Powers &8^]
Click to expand...


Oh! Oh! Whitehead has one of those!.....

.....when he was the interim head coach playing the season entirely with Shawn's players running carryover systems.... :)
 
Re: The Greatest Coaches of All-Time

LtPowers said:
I would suggest that any coach that has won the Spencer Penrose Award should be on the list of those to evaluate. Many of them already are, of course.


Powers &8^]
Click to expand...

Fair request. That adds the following that had not yet been nominated...

Wayne Wilson
Scott Sandelin
Bob Daniels
Bruce Crowder
Terry Slater
Ralph Backstrom
Mike Sertich
Ferny Flaman
Bill O'Flaherty
Jim Fullerton
Tom Eccleston
Tony Frasca
William Harrison
 
Re: The Greatest Coaches of All-Time

AntiActionJoe said:
I would like to nominate Gary Wright of AIC. 27 seasons and is the all time winningest coach for the team. Only Jack Parker has a longer tenure at one school than Gary Wright. That should put him in the top ten, no problem.

GO AIC!!
50274_64358112816_5197991_n.jpg
Click to expand...
All that PLUS "Dream Weaver"? He can't lose! :D
 
Re: The Greatest Coaches of All-Time

Why would guys who might have been national coach of the year once be candidates for greatest coach of all time?
 
Gainzo said:
Too bad that only D1 counts in this thread as Bill Riley at Lowell won 3 D2 titles and took the Lowell program to D1 when Hockey East was formed. Lowell had atrocious facilities back in those days and he always got the best out of his teams.
Click to expand...

Just do a D2 version.
 
Re: The Greatest Coaches of All-Time

BassAle said:
http://board.uscho.com/showthread.p...-of-All-Time&p=5047072&viewfull=1#post5047072

although I have to believe this was a joke to get Maine fans going...
Click to expand...

He won the Penrose in in 2002, so by that standard, he's eligible.

I'd say including that as a criteria gives the multiple winners a leg up: Parker (3), Holt (3), Ceglarski (3), Snooks Kelley, Weiland, Riley, Blais, Gwozdecky, Comley.

Holt, Parker and Ceglarski each won multiple awards at the same school (New Hampshire, Boston University and Boston College), but several of the multiple winners got the award for different programs. At least in my mind, that's a bit of extra validation, showing that the coach had an impact, rather than just a position at a program already operating at a high level. Gwozdecky won for Miami and Denver, Ceglarski for Clarkson and Boston College.

Ceglarski, winning a total of 3 times and with two different programs, may be the front-runner there.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top