Sport | Ice hockey |
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Awarded for | The Coach of the Year in the CHA |
History | |
First award | 2000 |
Final award | 2010 |
Most recent | Tom Serratore |
The CHA Coach of the Year was an annual award given out at the conclusion of the College Hockey America regular season to the best coach in the conference as voted by the coaches of each CHA team. [1]
The Coach of the Year was first awarded in 2000 and every year thereafter until 2010 when the CHA was disbanded when they could no longer retain their automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. [2]
School | Winners |
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Bemidji State | 5 |
Niagara | 3 |
Alabama–Huntsville | 1 |
Findlay | 1 |
Wayne State | 1 |
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