![]() Large with Army in 2011 | |
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Canisius |
Conference | Atlantic Hockey |
Record | 100–119–23 (.461) |
Biographical details | |
Born | Brampton, Ontario, Canada | June 28, 1980
Playing career | |
1997–2000 | Brampton Capitals |
2000–2004 | Ferris State |
Position(s) | Right wing |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2006–2008 | American International (assistant) |
2008–2014 | Army (assistant) |
2014–2017 | Canisius (assistant) |
2017–present | Canisius |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 100–119–23 (.461) |
Tournaments | 0–1 (.000) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2023 Atlantic Hockey tournament | |
Trevor Large (born June 8, 1980) is a Canadian former ice hockey player who is currently the head coach at Canisius. [1]
Large played his college hockey at Ferris State for the "legendary" Bob Daniels. He played for years for the Bulldogs and was part of the programs first ever NCAA tournament appearance in 2002–03. [2] After graduating with a degree in computer information systems Large returned to the college ranks in 2006 simultaneously earning his MBA and serving as an assistant coach at American International. Once his graduate career was completed he moved to West Point to become an assistant with Army's hockey team. He served in that capacity for six seasons before moving across-state to Buffalo to become an assistant coach for Canisius under Dave Smith. Large remained at that post until Smith left to accept the top job at Rensselaer [3] and less than a month later was named as Smith's replacement. [4]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Canisius Golden Griffins (Atlantic Hockey)(2017–present) | |||||||||
2017–18 | Canisius | 19–17–2 | 17–11–0 | 2nd | Atlantic Hockey Semifinals | ||||
2018–19 | Canisius | 12–20–5 | 8–16–4 | 11th | Atlantic Hockey First Round | ||||
2019–20 | Canisius | 10–20–6 | 9–13–6 | 9th | Atlantic Hockey First Round | ||||
2020–21 | Canisius | 11–6–0 | 8–5–0 | 4th | Atlantic Hockey Runner-Up | ||||
2021–22 | Canisius | 16–16–3 | 13–11–2 | 2nd | Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals | ||||
2022–23 | Canisius | 20–19–3 | 13–10–3 | 4th | NCAA Regional Semifinal | ||||
2023–24 | Canisius | 12–21–4 | 10–12–4 | 8th | Atlantic Hockey First Round | ||||
Canisius: | 100–119–23 (.461) | 78–78–16 (.500) | |||||||
Total: | 100–119–23 (.461) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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