Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Coach of the Year

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Big Ten Coach of the Year
Sport Ice hockey
Awarded forThe Coach of the Year in the Big Ten
History
First award2014
Most recent Adam Nightingale

The Big Ten Coach of the Year is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Big Ten regular season to the best coach in the conference as voted by a media panel and the head coaches of each team. [1]

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The Player of the Year was first awarded in 2014 and is a successor to the CCHA Coach of the Year which was discontinued after the conference dissolved due to the 2013–14 NCAA conference realignment. [2]

Award winners

YearWinnerSchool
2013–14 Don Lucia Minnesota
2014–15 Guy Gadowsky Penn State
2015–16 Red Berenson Michigan
2016–17 Tony Granato Wisconsin
2017–18 Steve Rohlik Ohio State
2018–19 Steve Rohlik Ohio State
2019–20 Bob Motzko Minnesota
2020–21 Tony Granato Wisconsin
2021–22 Bob Motzko Minnesota
2022–23 Bob Motzko Minnesota
2023–24 Adam Nightingale Michigan State

Winners by school

SchoolWinners
Minnesota 4
Ohio State 2
Wisconsin 2
Michigan 1
Michigan State 1
Penn State 1

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References

  1. "All-Big Ten hockey team announced". Big Ten Network. 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  2. "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-07-23.