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. 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.
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 2022–23 Jay Pandolfo Boston University 2023–24 Greg Brown Boston College 2024–25 Mike Cavanaugh UConn
Winners by school School WinnersBoston University 7Boston College 7New Hampshire 6UMass Lowell 6Maine 5Northeastern 4Massachusetts 2Providence 2Merrimack 1UConn 1Vermont 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
References
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External links Hockey East Awards (Incomplete)