CCHA Coach of the Year

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]

CCHA Coach of the Year

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	The Coach of the Year in the CCHA
History
First award	1976 (on hiatus, 2014–2021)
Most recent	Luke Strand

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 2024–25 Luke Strand Minnesota 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 Minnesota State 2 Northern Michigan 2 Notre Dame 2 Ohio State 2 Bemidji State 1 Illinois–Chicago 1 Michigan Tech 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

• CCHA Awards