Jerry York Position: Head Coach Experience: 18th Season Alma Mater: Boston College '67

AS A COACH

• Enters his 40th season as a head coach; spent seven years (1972-79) at Clarkson and 15 years (1979-94) at Bowling Green
• Begins the 2011-12 season as college hockey's second all-time winningest coach (first among active Division I coaches) with 880 wins
• Is one of only three coaches in NCAA history to lead two different schools to national titles; led Bowling Green to the 1984 NCAA title, and Boston College to the 2001, 2008 and 2010 NCAA titles
• Had his Boston College jersey retired on April 12, 2010 during the program's national championship celebration on O'Neill plaza
• Was awarded the Lester Patrick Trophy, presented for outstanding service to hockey in the United States, in October 2010
• Earned the 1976-77 Spencer Penrose Trophy as the nation's Division I Coach of the Year
• Twice earned Hockey East Coach of the Year honors - in 2003-04 and 2010-11; also earned 2003-04 New England Coach of the Year honors
• Earned CCHA Coach of the Year honors in 1981-82
• Has led 20 teams to 25 or more wins; has guided four teams to 30 or more victories
• Assumed the head coaching duties at Boston College, his alma mater, on June 15, 1994
• Has led Boston College to nine NCAA Tournament "Frozen Four" berths -- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010
• Has led the Eagles to eight Hockey East Tournament titles -- 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011
• Earned his 800th collegiate victory with a 5-2 win against Minnesota on March 29, 2008 in Worcester, Mass. ; earned his 850th collegiate victory with a 5-0 win against Wisconsin in the national championship game on April 10, 2010 in Detroit, Mich.
• Served as head coach of a US Select Team that competed in the Kitimat (British Columbia) Cup in the spring of 1995
• Assumed the head post at Bowling Green on April 10, 1979
• Led Bowling Green to six NCAA Tournament berths
• Led Bowling Green to four CCHA regular-season titles, including three consecutive crowns from 1981-84, and one CCHA tournament title
• Was inducted into the Bowling Green State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003
• Became the youngest head coach in the nation when he accepted the top job at Clarkson at age 26
• Guided Clarkson to 125 wins, six ECAC playoffs and one ECAC title in seven years
• Coached under Boston College's two legendary coaches; began his career as John "Snooks" Kelley's graduate assistant (1968-69), and served two years (1970-72) as Len Ceglarski's assistant coach at Clarkson

AS A PLAYER

• Earned All-America first team and All-New England honors in 1966-67
• Was the 1966-67 recipient of the Walter Brown Award (as the top American-born player in New England)
• Served as team captain and earned team MVP honors as a senior
• Was a three-year letterman at Boston College
• Led the Eagles to a 60-26 record, the 1965 Beanpot title and a second-place finish in the 1965 NCAA Tournament
• Earned All-East honors as a junior
• Scored 134 points (64 goals, 70 assists) in his 81-game collegiate career
• Ranks among the school's all-time leaders in: career points, career goals, career assists, single-season points and single-season assists
• Was inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 1982

EDUCATION

• Graduated from Boston College High School in 1963
• Earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Boston College in 1967
• Also earned a master's of education degree and a CAES in counseling psychology from Boston College

PERSONAL

• Born July 25, 1945 in Watertown, Mass.
• His wife, Bobbie, is a West Roxbury (Mass.) native and 1969 Boston College graduate
• They have two children - Laura and Brendan

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