Spencer Penrose Award

The Spencer Penrose Award is awarded yearly to the top coach in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey by the American Hockey Coaches Association.

Spencer Penrose Award

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	The most outstanding coach in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey.
History
First award	1951
Most recent	Pat Ferschweiler

The finalists for each year's award comprise the conference Coach of the Year winners from each Division I men's ice hockey conference, plus the coaches of the four Frozen Four teams.

Spencer Penrose was a philanthropist who helped construct The Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where the first ten college ice hockey championships were held.

Several coaches have won the award more than once but Len Ceglarski and George Gwozdecky are the only people to have done so for different teams. Mike Hastings is the only coach to win the award in consecutive seasons (As of 2023).

Award Winners

Award winners [1] Year Coach Team 1951 Eddie Jeremiah Dartmouth 1952 Cheddy Thompson Colorado College 1953 John Mariucci Minnesota 1954 Vic Heyliger Michigan 1955 Cooney Weiland Harvard 1956 William Harrison Clarkson 1957 Jack Riley Army 1958 Harry Cleverly Boston University 1959 John "Snooks" Kelley Boston College 1960 Jack Riley Army 1961 Murray Armstrong Denver 1962 Jack Kelley Colby 1963 Tony Frasca Colorado College 1964 Tom Eccleston Providence 1965 James Fullerton Brown 1966 Amo Bessone Michigan State Len Ceglarski Clarkson 1967 Eddie Jeremiah Dartmouth 1968 Ned Harkness Cornell 1969 Charlie Holt New Hampshire 1970 John MacInnes Michigan Tech 1971 Cooney Weiland Harvard 1972 John "Snooks" Kelley Boston College 1973 Len Ceglarski Boston College 1974 Charlie Holt New Hampshire 1975 Jack Parker Boston University

Award winners Year Coach Team 1976 John MacInnes Michigan Tech 1977 Jerry York Clarkson 1978 Jack Parker Boston University 1979 Charlie Holt New Hampshire 1980 Rick Comley Northern Michigan 1981 Bill O'Flaherty Clarkson 1982 Fernie Flaman Northeastern 1983 Bill Cleary Harvard 1984 Mike Sertich Minnesota–Duluth 1985 Len Ceglarski Boston College 1986 Ralph Backstrom Denver 1987 John Gasparini North Dakota 1988 Frank Anzalone Lake Superior State 1989 Joe Marsh St. Lawrence 1990 Terry Slater Colgate 1991 Rick Comley Northern Michigan 1992 Ron Mason Michigan State 1993 George Gwozdecky Miami 1994 Don Lucia Colorado College 1995 Shawn Walsh Maine 1996 Bruce Crowder Massachusetts–Lowell 1997 Dean Blais North Dakota 1998 Tim Taylor Yale 1999 Dick Umile New Hampshire 2000 Joe Marsh St. Lawrence 2001 Dean Blais North Dakota

Award winners Year Coach Team 2002 Tim Whitehead Maine 2003 Bob Daniels Ferris State 2004 Scott Sandelin Minnesota–Duluth 2005 George Gwozdecky Denver 2006 Enrico Blasi Miami 2007 Jeff Jackson Notre Dame 2008 Red Berenson Michigan 2009 Jack Parker Boston University 2010 Wayne Wilson RIT 2011 Nate Leaman Union 2012 Bob Daniels Ferris State 2013 Norm Bazin Massachusetts–Lowell 2014 Rick Bennett Union 2015 Mike Hastings Minnesota State 2016 Rand Pecknold Quinnipiac 2017 Jim Montgomery Denver 2018 Jeff Jackson Notre Dame 2019 Greg Carvel Massachusetts 2020 Brad Berry North Dakota Mike Schafer Cornell 2021 Mike Hastings Minnesota State 2022 Mike Hastings Minnesota State 2023 Bob Motzko Minnesota 2024 Greg Brown Boston College 2025 Pat Ferschweiler Western Michigan

Winners by school School Winners Boston College 5 Boston University 4 Clarkson 4 Denver 4 New Hampshire 4 North Dakota 4 Colorado College 3 Harvard 3 Minnesota State 3 Army 2 Cornell 2 Dartmouth 2 Ferris State 2 Maine 2 Miami 2 Michigan 2 Michigan State 2 Michigan Tech 2 Minnesota 2 Minnesota–Duluth 2 Northern Michigan 2 Notre Dame 2 St. Lawrence 2 Massachusetts–Lowell 2 Union 2 Brown 1 Colby 1 Colgate 1 Lake Superior State 1 Massachusetts 1 Northeastern 1 Providence 1 Quinnipiac 1 RIT 1 Western Michigan 1 Yale 1

Multiple Wins School Winners Len Ceglarski 3 Mike Hastings 3 Charlie Holt 3 Jack Parker 3 Dean Blais 2 Rick Comley 2 Bob Daniels 2 George Gwozdecky 2 Jeff Jackson 2 Eddie Jeremiah 2 John "Snooks" Kelley 2 John MacInnes 2 Joe Marsh 2 Jack Riley 2 Cooney Weiland 2

See also

Edward Jeremiah Award