Mike Sertich

Mike Sertich
Biographical details
Born	Virginia, Minnesota
Playing career
1966-69	Minnesota-Duluth
Position(s)	Defenceman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982–2000	Minnesota-Duluth
2000–2003	Michigan Tech
2010–2012	St. Scholastica College (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	375-397-53
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	WCHA Regular Season Championship (1984); WCHA Tournament Championship (1984); WCHA Regular Season Championship (1985); WCHA Tournament Championship (1985); WCHA Regular Season Championship (1993)
Awards
	1983 WCHA Coach of the Year; 1984 WCHA Coach of the Year; 1985 WCHA Coach of the Year; 1993 WCHA Coach of the Year; 1984 Spencer Penrose Award

Last updated February 01, 2022

Mike Sertich (born 1947) is an American ice hockey coach. He was the head coach of Minnesota-Duluth from 1983 through to 2000.^[1] He continued coaching for several years after resigning before retiring.^[2]

Career

Mike Sertich began his career at Minnesota-Duluth in the mid-1960s, playing three years as a defenseman for the Bulldogs.^[3] After his playing days were over he got behind the bench at Grand Rapids High School with Gus Hendrickson, a man he would eventually replace as head coach.^[4] In 1975 both Sertich and Hendrickson would join the staff at his alma mater though Hendrickson, as head coach, saw very little success, having only one winning season in seven years.^[5] Sertich was chosen to replace Hendrickson for the 1982-83 season and brought about an immediate change.

In Sertich's first season at the helm, Minnesota-Duluth posted a 28-win season, the most victories the team had accumulated in one year to that point, and amassed the best record since it had joined the WCHA in 1965. Additionally they made their first NCAA Tournament appearance. The next season saw a slight improvement when the Bulldogs won the 1984 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament before marching all the way to the 1984 National Championship game but ended up losing to Bowling Green in quadruple overtime. Sertich saw more gains the following year with a second consecutive conference title and an outstanding 36-win season (UMD's only 30-win season to date) (as of 2014). Duluth finished the 1985 NCAA Tournament in third place, losing in the semifinal to eventual champion Rensselaer though this time only in triple overtime. For his exemplary record in his first three years as head coach Sertich was named WCHA coach of the Year each season (no other coach has ever won in consecutive years) and the national coach of the year in 1984.

After those early years, however, the Bulldogs fell back to the rest of the pack. After another successful season in 1985-86, Minnesota-Duluth would only have two winning seasons over the next nine years, one of which coming in 1992-93 when Sertich won both his last regular season title and coach of the year award (both from the WCHA). After a brief renaissance in the mid-1990s with three consecutive winning seasons the Bulldogs won only 7 games in 1998-99, their lowest total in 30 years, and while they improved the following season, it wasn't enough to keep Sertich around as he announced, mid-season, that the 2000 campaign would be his last.^[6]

Less than a year later Sertich was suddenly back in the college ranks after taking over at Michigan Tech in the middle of the season.^[7] Sertich replaced an ineffective Tim Watters after the latter began the year 1-7-1 and sought to fix the fortunes of the once-great Huskies, salvaging the season by going 7-17-3 the rest of the way. Sertich spent two more years in Houghton calling it quits a second time and while the results weren't shown in the standings, there was a definite improvement with the character of the team.^[8] Several years later Sertich signed on as an assistant at St. Scholastica College in Minnesota, but left after only two seasons, presumably (though not definitively) for good this time.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs (WCHA)(1982–2000)
1982-83	Minnesota-Duluth	28-16-1	14-12-0	4th	NCAA Quarterfinals
1983-84	Minnesota-Duluth	29-12-2	19-5-2	1st	NCAA Runner-Up
1984-85	Minnesota-Duluth	36-9-3	25-7-2	1st	NCAA Third Place
1985-86	Minnesota-Duluth	26-13-3	21-12-1	4th	WCHA Semifinals
1986-87	Minnesota-Duluth	11-27-1	11-23-1	8th	WCHA First Round
1987-88	Minnesota-Duluth	18-21-2	15-18-2	t-6th	WCHA Third Place (loss)
1988-89	Minnesota-Duluth	15-23-2	12-21-2	7th	WCHA First Round
1989-90	Minnesota-Duluth	20-19-1	13-15-0	t-5th	WCHA First Round
1990-91	Minnesota-Duluth	14-19-7	11-15-6	t-5th	WCHA First Round
1991-92	Minnesota-Duluth	15-20-2	14-16-2	5th	WCHA First Round
1992-93	Minnesota-Duluth	27-11-2	21-9-2	1st	NCAA West Regional Semifinals
1993-94	Minnesota-Duluth	14-21-3	12-17-3	7th	WCHA First Round
1994-95	Minnesota-Duluth	16-18-4	13-15-4	7th	WCHA First Round
1995-96	Minnesota-Duluth	20-17-1	16-15-1	t-4th	WCHA First Round
1996-97	Minnesota-Duluth	18-16-4	15-13-4	6th	WCHA First Round
1997-98	Minnesota-Duluth	21-17-2	14-12-2	5th	WCHA Quarterfinal
1998-99	Minnesota-Duluth	7-27-4	4-20-4	9th	WCHA First Round
1999-00	Minnesota-Duluth	15-22-0	10-18-0	8th	WCHA First Round
Minnesota-Duluth:		350-328-44	260-263-38
Michigan Tech Huskies (WCHA)(2000–2003)
2000-01	Michigan Tech	7-17-3†	2-15-3†	10th	WCHA First Round
2001-02	Michigan Tech	8-28-2	4-22-2	10th	WCHA First Round
2002-03	Michigan Tech	10-24-4	7-18-3	9th	WCHA First Round
Michigan Tech:		25-69-9	13-55-8
Total:		375-397-53
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

↑ "Mike Sertich Year-By-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
↑ "Old Friends in a New Game". digital editions. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
↑ "Sertich Gains 300th Win". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
↑ "Minnesota-Duluth Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
↑ "Gus Hendrickson Year-By-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
↑ "UMD Head Coach Mike Sertich Resigns". USCHO.com. 2000-02-22. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
↑ "Watters Out, Sertich In at MTU". USCHO.com. 2000-11-07. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
↑ "Postcard: So Long, Sertie". Inside College Hockey. 2003-03-18. Retrieved 2014-06-09.

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by John Gasparini Brad Buetow	WCHA Coach of the Year 1982–83 / 1983–84 / 1984–85 1992–93	Succeeded by Ralph Backstrom Don Lucia
Preceded by Bill Cleary	Spencer Penrose Award 1983–84	Succeeded by Len Ceglarski
Preceded by Rick Comley	Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award 2021	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[1] "Mike Sertich Year-By-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-06-09.

[2] "Old Friends in a New Game". digital editions. Retrieved 2014-06-13.

[3] "Sertich Gains 300th Win". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-06-09.

[4] "Minnesota-Duluth Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-06-13.

[5] "Gus Hendrickson Year-By-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-06-09.

[6] "UMD Head Coach Mike Sertich Resigns". USCHO.com. 2000-02-22. Retrieved 2014-06-09.

[7] "Watters Out, Sertich In at MTU". USCHO.com. 2000-11-07. Retrieved 2014-06-09.

[8] "Postcard: So Long, Sertie". Inside College Hockey. 2003-03-18. Retrieved 2014-06-09.

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v t e Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Duluth Amphitheater (1930–1932) Duluth Curling and Skating Club (1946–1966) DECC Arena (1966–2010) AMSOIL Arena (2010–present)
Head coaches	Frank Kovach (1930–32) Joe Oven (1946–47) Hank Jensen (1947–51) Gord Eddolls (1951–54) Bob Boyat (1954–55) Connie Pleban (1955–59) Ralph Romano (1959–68) Bill Selman (1968–70) Terry Shercliffe (1970–75) Gus Hendrickson (1975–82) Mike Sertich (1982–2000) Scott Sandelin (2000–present)
Seasons	1930–31 1931–32 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
Conference affiliations	WCHA (1965–2013) NCHC (2013–present)
Rivalries	Minnesota
Culture & lore	North Star College Cup
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Dan Lempe (222 Points) Thomas Milani (100 Goals) Hunter Shepard (76 Wins)
Retired numbers	9 Keith Christiansen 14 Bill Watson 29 Brett Hull
National championships	2011 2018 2019
Frozen Four appearances	1984 1985 2004 2011 2017 2018 2019 2021
NCAA Tournament appearances	1983 1984 1985 1993 2004 2009 2011 2012 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021
Conference Tournament titles	WCHA: 1984 1985 2009 NCHC: 2017 2019
Hobey Baker winners	Tom Kurvers (1984) Bill Watson (1985) Chris Marinucci (1994) Junior Lessard (2004) Jack Connolly (2012) Scott Perunovich (2020)
University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN

v t e Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey
Formerly the Michigan College of Mines Huskies
Playing venues	Dee Stadium (1943–72) MacInnes Student Ice Arena (1972–present)
Head Coaches	E. R. Lovel (1919–20) Elmer Siotte (1920–21, 1923–24) Mike Fay (1921–22) Bill Murdoch (1922–23) Leon Harvey (1924–26) Carlos Haug (1926–29) Bert Noblet (1929–36) Joe Savini (1936–38) Ed Maki (1938–41, 1945–48) Elwin Romnes (1941–43) Amo Bessone (1948–51) Al Renfrew (1951–56) John MacInnes (1956–82) Jim Nahrgang (1982–85) Herb Boxer (1985–90) Newell Brown (1990–92) Bob Mancini (1992–96) Tim Watters (1996–2000) Mike Sertich (2000–03) Jamie Russell (2003–11) Mel Pearson (2011–17) Joe Shawhan (2017–present)
Seasons	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
Conference affiliations	WCHA (1951–58, 1959–81, 1984–2021) CCHA (1981–84, 2021–Present)
Rivalries	Northern Michigan
Culture & lore	Great Lakes Invitational Huskies Pep Band
All-time leaders	Mike Zuke (310 Points) Mike Zuke (133 Goals) Bruce Horsch (58 Wins)
National Championships	1962 1965 1975
Frozen Four appearances	1956 1960 1962 1965 1969 1970 1974 1975 1976 1981
NCAA Tournament appearances	1956 1960 1962 1965 1969 1970 1974 1975 1976 1981 2015 2017 2018
Conference Tournament titles	WCHA: 1960 1962 1965 1969 1970 1974 1975 1976 1981 2017 2018
Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI