Brian Riley (ice hockey)

Brian Riley
	Riley at Tate Rink in 2012
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Army
Conference	Atlantic Hockey
Biographical details
Born	July 19, 1959 (age 65); West Point, NY, USA
Playing career
1977–1978	New Hampton School
1978–1979	Waterloo Black Hawks
1979–1983	Brown
Position(s)	Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1987	SUNY-Plattsburgh (assistant)
1987–1988	Lowell (assistant)
1989–1996	Army (assistant)
1996–1998	Shattuck-Saint Mary's
1999–2004	Army (assistant)
2004–present	Army
Head coaching record
Overall	242–359–92 (.416)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	2008 Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Champion
Awards
	2006 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year ; 2007 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year; 2008 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year; 2021 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year

Last updated November 23, 2024

Brian Riley is an American ice hockey coach and the third consecutive member of his family to coach at Army.^[1]

Career

Brian Riley made his debut at the college ranks as a freshman for Brown in 1979. While the team didn't enjoy much success in his four years there,^[2] Riley was able to use the experience to begin a college coaching career a year after graduating in 1983 when he became an assistant at SUNY-Plattsburgh. After three seasons Riley jumped up to the Division I ranks with Lowell but remained at the job for only one season.

Riley returned to his hometown of West Point in 1989–90 as an assistant coach under his brother Rob, remaining there until 1996 when he left to take on his first head coaching job at Shattuck-Saint Mary's, a preeminent prep school. Riley coached the Sabres for two years before leaving to return to West Point, remaining as an assistant until his brother stepped down as head coach in 2004, making way for Brian to run the family business.^[3]

Since taking control of the team Riley has led the Black Knights through a relatively stable period in the program's history, having remained in the same conference for at least his first ten seasons and even producing a conference regular season title in 2007–08 (Army's first).^[4] On August 21, 2024, Riley announced that he would retire following the 2024–25 season.^[5]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Army Black Knights (Atlantic Hockey)(2004–present)
2004–05	Army	7–21–3	5–16–3	8th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2005–06	Army	12–18–6	10–12–6	5th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2006–07	Army	17–12–5	15–8–5	3rd	Atlantic Hockey Runner-Up
2007–08	Army	19–14–4	17–8–3	1st	Atlantic Hockey Semifinals
2008–09	Army	11–19–6	10–12–6	6th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2009–10	Army	11–18–7	10–12–6	6th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2010–11	Army	11–20–4	10–13–4	9th	Atlantic Hockey First Round
2011–12	Army	4–23–7	3–19–5	12th	Atlantic Hockey First Round
2012–13	Army	7–22–5	7–15–5	11th	Atlantic Hockey First Round
2013–14	Army	6–28–0	5–22–0	12th	Atlantic Hockey First Round
2014–15	Army	8–22–4	8–16–4	9th	Atlantic Hockey First Round
2015–16	Army	14–15–9	8–11–9	t-6th	Atlantic Hockey Semifinals
2016–17	Army	18–14–5	15–10–3	t-3rd	Atlantic Hockey Semifinals
2017–18	Army	15–15–6	12–10–6	t-3rd	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2018–19	Army	12–20–7	8–13–7	10th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2019–20	Army	17–13–3	14–11–3	4th	Tournament Cancelled
2020–21	Army	15–6–1	10–4–1	2nd	Atlantic Hockey Semifinals
2021–22	Army	14–17–4	12–11–3	3rd	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2022–23	Army	14–19–4	12–12–2	5th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2023–24	Army	10–23–2	8–16–2	10th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
Army:		242–359–92	199–251–83
Total:		242–359–92
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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References

↑ "Army Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
↑ "Brown Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
↑ "Brian Riley". Army Black Knights. Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
↑ "Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Standings". College Hockey Historical Archiveights. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
↑ "Army's Riley the Latest to Announce Retirement". collegehockeynews.com. August 21, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

External links

Army profile
Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com , or The Internet Hockey Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Rand Pecknold Eric Lang	Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08 2020–21 (with Derek Schooley)	Succeeded by Ryan Soderquist Eric Lang

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[1] "Army Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-08-09.

[2] "Brown Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-08-09.

[3] "Brian Riley". Army Black Knights. Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2014-08-09.

[4] "Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Standings". College Hockey Historical Archiveights. Retrieved 2014-08-09.

[5] "Army's Riley the Latest to Announce Retirement". collegehockeynews.com. August 21, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

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v t e Army Black Knights men's ice hockey
Formerly the Army Cadets
Playing venues	Lusk Reservoir (1903–1916, 1918–1919) Stuart Rink (1915–1918, 1919–1930) Smith Rink (1930–1985) Tate Rink (1985–Present)
Head coaches	Edward Leonard King (1903–1904) Robert Foy (1904–1907) George Russell (1907–1910) LeRoy Bartlett (1910–1912) Philip Gordon (1912–1914) Frank Purdon (1914–1917) Joseph Viner (1917–1918) Philip Day (1918–1920) Talbot Hunter (1920–1923) Ray Marchand (1923–1943) John Hines (1943–1944) Robert Lutz (1944–1945) Len Patten (1945–1950) Jack Riley (1950–1986) Rob Riley (1986–2004) Brian Riley (2004–present)
Seasons	1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	Pentagonal League (1946–1948) ECAC Hockey (1961–1973, 1980–1991) ECAC 2 (1973–1980) College Hockey America (1999–2000) MAAC (2000–2003) Atlantic Hockey (2003–2024) Atlantic Hockey America (2024–Present)
Rivalries	Air Force Falcons RMC Paladins
All-time leaders	Dave Rost (330 Points) George Clark (153 Goals) Tom Garver (75 Wins)
United States Military Academy West Point, NY

v t e Current head coaches of Atlantic Hockey America
Men's	Frank Serratore (Air Force) Eric Lang (American International) Brian Riley (Army) Andy Jones (Bentley) Trevor Large (Canisius) Bill Riga (Holy Cross) Rick Gotkin (Mercyhurst) Jason Lammers (Niagara) Wayne Wilson (RIT) Derek Schooley (Robert Morris) C. J. Marottolo (Sacred Heart)
Women's	Taylor Wasylk (Lindenwood) Michael Sisti (Mercyhurst) Jeff Kampersal (Penn State) Celeste Brown (RIT) Logan Bittle (Robert Morris) Britni Smith (Syracuse)