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.
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 Year Coach Team 1951 Eddie Jeremiah 1952 Cheddy Thompson 1953 John Mariucci 1954 Vic Heyliger 1955 Cooney Weiland 1956 William Harrison 1957 Jack Riley 1958 Harry Cleverly 1959 John "Snooks" Kelley 1960 Jack Riley 1961 Murray Armstrong 1962 Jack Kelley 1963 Tony Frasca 1964 Tom Eccleston 1965 James Fullerton 1966 Amo Bessone Len Ceglarski 1967 Eddie Jeremiah 1968 Ned Harkness 1969 Charlie Holt 1970 John MacInnes 1971 Cooney Weiland 1972 John "Snooks" Kelley 1973 Len Ceglarski 1974 Charlie Holt 1975 Jack Parker
+ Award winners Year Coach Team 1976 John MacInnes 1977 Jerry York 1978 Jack Parker 1979 Charlie Holt 1980 Rick Comley 1981 Bill O'Flaherty 1982 Fernie Flaman 1983 Bill Cleary 1984 Mike Sertich 1985 Len Ceglarski 1986 Ralph Backstrom 1987 John Gasparini 1988 Frank Anzalone 1989 Joe Marsh 1990 Terry Slater 1991 Rick Comley 1992 Ron Mason 1993 George Gwozdecky 1994 Don Lucia 1995 Shawn Walsh 1996 Bruce Crowder 1997 Dean Blais 1998 Tim Taylor 1999 Dick Umile 2000 Joe Marsh 2001 Dean Blais
+ Award winners Year Coach Team 2002 Tim Whitehead 2003 Bob Daniels 2004 Scott Sandelin 2005 George Gwozdecky 2006 Enrico Blasi 2007 Jeff Jackson 2008 Red Berenson 2009 Jack Parker 2010 Wayne Wilson 2011 Nate Leaman 2012 Bob Daniels 2013 Norm Bazin 2014 Rick Bennett 2015 Mike Hastings 2016 Rand Pecknold 2017 Jim Montgomery 2018 Jeff Jackson 2019 Greg Carvel 2020 Brad Berry Mike Schafer 2021 Mike Hastings 2022 Mike Hastings 2023 Bob Motzko 2024 Greg Brown 2025 Pat Ferschweiler 2026 Reid Cashman
Winners by school School Winners 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Multiple Wins School WinnersLen Ceglarski 3Mike Hastings 3Charlie Holt 3Jack Parker 3Dean Blais 2Rick Comley 2Bob Daniels 2George Gwozdecky 2Jeff Jackson 2Eddie Jeremiah 2John "Snooks" Kelley 2John MacInnes 2Joe Marsh 2Jack Riley 2Cooney Weiland 2
See also Edward Jeremiah Award
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