Don Brose

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Don Brose
Biographical details
Born1940 (age 83–84)
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1958–1962 Concordia College
1969–1983 Minnesota State
1984–2000Minnesota State
Head coaching record
Overall539–362–78 (.590)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Division II National Champion (1980)
4× NCHA Champion (1981, 1986, 1987, 1991)
Awards
1979 Edward Jeremiah Award
1987 NCHA Coach of the Year
2000 WCHA Coach of the Year
2004 John MacInnes Award
2006 Minnesota State Hall of Fame

Don Brose is a retired American ice hockey coach. Brose was the head coach at Minnesota State University, Mankato from 1969 to 2000. He previously served as the head coach at Concordia College (Minnesota) from 1958 to 1962. In 34 years as a head coach, Brose compiled a record of 540 wins, 363 losses, and 79 ties. At the end of the 2009–2010 hockey season, Brose ranked 14th all-time among college men's ice hockey coaches. [1]

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Career

Brose began his coaching career at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. [2] Brose's Concordia teams won only four games in four years. [3] He was an undergraduate student while coaching at Concordia, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1962, and also playing on the ice hockey, baseball and football clubs. [4] Brose also received a master's degree from the University of Maryland, College Park and then joined the staff of the Mankato State College athletic department.

When Mankato State established a men's ice hockey program in 1969, Brose was given the task of building the program from the ground up. [5] After an uninspiring inaugural year, the Mankato Mavericks dominated the competition in 1970–71, going 15–2–1 as an Independent. Over the next 20 years under Brose, Mankato State had only one losing season. When the first NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Championship was held in 1978, the recently rechristened Mankato State University was a part of it, finishing in third place. [5] The next year, the Mavericks were again invited to the tournament and finished in second place. During the 1979–80 season, the Mavericks recorded their first 30-win season and won the Division II National Championship.

Brose coached the Mavericks to the Division II tournament three more times and led the team into the NCHA conference. Brose took a year off during the 1983–84 season and returned to the team the following year. Upon his return, the Division II ranking collapsed due to a lack of sponsoring colleges, necessitating both Mankato State and their conference to drop down to Division III. The Mavericks continued to excel during this time, winning three regular season conference titles and making the Division III tournament five time (the final four three times) in eight seasons. When the Division II level was re-established for the 1992–93 season, Mankato State left the NCHA to play at the Division II level. Beginning in the 1996–97 season, Mankato State jumped to Division I as an independent.

In Mankato State's first season in Division I, Brose led the team to a 17–14–3 mark. Due to Northern Michigan leaving the WCHA after the 1996–97 season, Mankato State was invited to participate in the conference tournament despite not being a full member. [6] With the Mavericks set to officially join the conference for the 1999–00 season, Brose delayed his retirement so that he could remain with the program as it became acclimated to the new conference. [7] In his final season with the program, Brose led the newly renamed Minnesota State to a fourth-place finish in the conference and helped them advance out of the first round for the first time, receiving the WCHA Coach of the Year honors, as much for the season as his body of work leading up to his final year. [8] He was replaced the following year by former assistant Troy Jutting.

In 2004, Brose was awarded the John MacInnes Award by the American Collegiate Hockey Association. [4] He was inducted into the Minnesota State Hall of Fame in 2006. [9]

Head coaching record

The following tables list coaching details. [10]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Concordia Cobbers (WCHA)(2000–2012)
1958–59 Concordia 1–7–0
1959–60 Concordia 0–9–0
1960–61 Concordia 2–7–0
1961–62 Concordia 1–5–0
Concordia:4–28–0
Mankato State Mavericks Independent(1969–1981)
1969–70 Mankato State 5–8–1
1970–71 Mankato State 15–2–1
1971–72 Mankato State 13–6–1
1972–73 Mankato State 14–4–1
1973–74 Mankato State 8–11–2
1974–75 Mankato State 14–8–0
1975–76 Mankato State 20–11–1
1976–77 Mankato State 17–10–1
1977–78 Mankato State 17–16–1 NCAA Third Place Game (Win)
1978–79 Mankato State 25–12–1 NCAA Runner-Up
1979–80 Mankato State 30–9–1 NCAA National Champion
Mankato State:178–97–12
Mankato State Mavericks(NCHA (D-II))(1980–1983)
1980–81 Mankato State 28–11–311-5-01st NCAA Third Place Game (Win)
1981–82 Mankato State 22–9–111–6–12nd NCAA Quarterfinals
1982–83 Mankato State 26–10–114–5–1T–2nd NCAA Quarterfinals
Mankato State:76–30–536–16–2
Mankato State Mavericks(NCHA (D-III))(1984–1992)
1984–85 Mankato State 19–12–48–7–33rd NCAA Quarterfinals
1985–86 Mankato State 26–9–311–5–2T–1st NCAA Third Place Game (Loss)
1986–87 Mankato State 21–10–113–6–1T–1st NCHA Semifinals
1987–88 Mankato State 18–11–314–8–24th NCHA Semifinals
1988–89 Mankato State 13–13–410–10–45th NCHA Semifinals
1989–90 Mankato State 15–14–813–9–23rd NCAA Frozen Four
1990–91 Mankato State 23–7–616–3–5T–1st NCAA Runner-Up
1991–92 Mankato State 17–14–311–7–23rd NCAA Quarterfinals
Mankato State:152–90–3296–55–21
Mankato State Mavericks(Independent (D-II))(1992–1996)
1992–93 Mankato State 12–17–7
1993–94 Mankato State 11–15–1
1994–95 Mankato State 19–12–0
1995–96 Mankato State 16–12–4
Mankato State:58–56–12
Mankato State Mavericks(Independent (D-I))(1996–1999)
1996–97 Mankato State 17–14–3
1997–98 Mankato State 15–17–6 WCHA First Round
1998–99 Mankato State 18–16–5 WCHA First Round
Mankato State:50–47–14
Minnesota State-Mankato Mavericks(WCHA)(1999–2000)
1999–00 Minnesota State-Mankato 21–14–415–10–34th WCHA Quarterfinal
Minnesota State-Mankato:21–14–415–10–3
Total:539–362–78

      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

  1. ↑ "All-Time Coaching Records". USCHO. Archived from the original on 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  2. ↑ "Don Brose Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  3. ↑ "Don Brose Historical Record". College Hockey News. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  4. 1 2 "Don Brose, Bruce McLeod and George Crowe Headline List of AHCA Major Award Winners for 2004". American Hockey Coaches Association. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  5. 1 2 "Minnesota State Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  6. ↑ "2009–10 WCHA Yearbook 113–128" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  7. ↑ "Maverick Head Coach Brose Resigns". USCHO.com. 2000-02-14. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  8. ↑ "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  9. ↑ "Don Brose". Minnesota State Mavericks. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  10. ↑ "2011–12 Minnesota State Media Guide" (PDF). Minnesota State Mavericks. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Edward Jeremiah Award
1978–79 		Succeeded by
Preceded by WCHA Coach of the Year
1999–2000 		Succeeded by
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