The Terry Flanagan Award is given each year by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) to an assistant hockey coach. The award is intended to recognize the coach's entire body of work, not just his performance in one season. The first recipient was Terry Flanagan, an assistant coach at Bowling Green.
The award's recipients:
Year Recipient Program(s) 1997 Terry Flanagan Bowling Green 1998 Bob Saunders Holy Cross, RPI, UMass–Boston, Northeastern 1999 Glenn Kulyk Minnesota–Duluth 2000 Mel Pearson Michigan 2001 Brian Durocher Boston University 2002 Kevin Houle SUNY Plattsburgh 2003 Stu Irving Merrimack 2004 Tom Newton Western Michigan, Michigan State 2005 Grant Standbrook Maine 2006 Bill Powers Michigan 2007 David Lassonde New Hampshire, Miami (OH), Wisconsin 2008 Dave Peters Providence, Dartmouth 2009 Steve Miller Miami, Denver 2010 Andy Slaggert Notre Dame 2011 Brian Hills RIT, Bowling Green 2012 Drew Famulak Ferris State University 2013 Mike Cavanaugh Boston College 2014 Steve Mattson Norwich University 2015 Brent Brekke Miami (OH) 2016 Mike Gibbons Bemidji State, Northern Michigan, Colorado College, Denver, St. Cloud State 2017 Mike Guentzel Minnesota, Colorado College, Omaha 2018 Ben Syer Quinnipiac, Cornell 2019 Kevin Patrick Union, Bowling Green, Wisconsin, Vermont 2020 Keith Fisher 2021 Mark Kaufman 2022 Kris Heeres 2023 Todd Knott 2024 Joe Dumais 2025 Ron Rolston 2026 Jason Tapp
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