Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award

The Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East regular season to the best coach in the conference as voted by the head coaches of each Hockey East team.^[2] The award was renamed in honor of Bob Kullen who served as head coach of New Hampshire in the late-80's before heart disease forced him to receive a heart transplant and subsequently retire shortly before his death in 1990.^[3]

Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	to the head coach who is considered to have demonstrated the highest number of significant accomplishments over the course of the season as voted by the conference's head coaches.[1]
History
First award	1985
Most recent	Mike Cavanaugh (UConn)

The Coach of the Year was first awarded in 1985 and every year thereafter. The award has been shared once, in 2009–10, between Merrimack's Mark Dennehy and New Hampshire's Dick Umile.

Award winners

Year Winner School Ref 1984–85 Len Ceglarski Boston College 1985–86 Jack Parker Boston University 1986–87 Bill Riley Jr. UMass Lowell 1987–88 Shawn Walsh Maine 1988–89 Fern Flaman Northeastern 1989–90 Shawn Walsh Maine 1990–91 Dick Umile New Hampshire 1991–92 Jack Parker Boston University 1992–93 Shawn Walsh Maine 1993–94 Bruce Crowder UMass Lowell 1994–95 Shawn Walsh Maine 1995–96 Bruce Crowder UMass Lowell 1996–97 Dick Umile New Hampshire 1997–98 Bruce Crowder Northeastern 1998–99 Dick Umile New Hampshire 1999–00 Jack Parker Boston University 2000–01 Paul Pooley Providence 2001–02 Dick Umile New Hampshire 2002–03 Don Cahoon Massachusetts 2003–04 Jerry York Boston College

Year Winner School Ref 2004–05 Jack Parker Boston University 2005–06 Jack Parker Boston University 2006–07 Dick Umile New Hampshire 2007–08 Kevin Sneddon Vermont 2008–09 Greg Cronin Northeastern 2009–10 Mark Dennehy Merrimack Dick Umile New Hampshire 2010–11 Jerry York Boston College 2011–12 Norm Bazin UMass Lowell 2012–13 Norm Bazin UMass Lowell 2013–14 Jerry York Boston College 2014–15 David Quinn Boston University 2015–16 Nate Leaman Providence 2016–17 Norm Bazin UMass Lowell 2017–18 Jerry York Boston College 2018–19 Greg Carvel Massachusetts 2019–20 Red Gendron Maine 2020–21 Jerry York Boston College 2021–22 Jerry Keefe Northeastern [4] 2022–23 Jay Pandolfo Boston University [5] 2023–24 Greg Brown Boston College [6] 2024–25 Mike Cavanaugh UConn [7]

Winners by school School Winners Boston University 7 Boston College 7 New Hampshire 6 UMass Lowell 6 Maine 5 Northeastern 4 Massachusetts 2 Providence 2 Merrimack 1 UConn 1 Vermont 1

Multiple Winners Position Winners Dick Umile 6 Jerry York 5 Jack Parker 5 Shawn Walsh 4 Norm Bazin 3 Bruce Crowder 3

See also

• Hockey East Awards