Shannon Miller Named AHCA Women's Division I Coach Of The Year
Shannon Miller of Minnesota-Duluth was named AHCA Women's Coach of the Year. |
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April 10, 2003
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She led her Bulldogs to their third straight NCAA Championship, surviving what many have already called the greatest game in the history of women's NCAA ice hockey. For this, Shannon Miller is the 2003 AHCA Women's University Division Coach of the Year. UMD prevailed in this year's epic NCAA title game over Harvard, 4-3, in double overtime.
The win, before more than 5,000 fans in her home building, gave Miller a three-peat and a final record of 31-3-2 for the year.
A native of Melfort, SK, Miller has compiled a career record of 108-19-13 in four years at Minnesota-Duluth. Her winning percentage of .818 is the best alltime among NCAA women's coaches.
The runner-up for this year's AHCA Women's Division I Coach of the Year award was Brian McCloskey, the first-year coach of the University of New Hampshire.
College hockey's Coach of the Year recipients are chosen by members of the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA). Winners will receive their awards at the annual AHCA Coach of the Year Banquet, held in conjunction with the AHCA Convention in Naples, FL. This year's banquet is scheduled for Saturday, April 26.
Finalists for the AHCA Women's University Division Coach of the Year Award: Laura Halldorson, Minnesota; Mark Johnson, Wisconsin; Brian McCloskey, New Hampshire; Shannon Miller, MN-Duluth; Judy Oberting, Dartmouth; Mike Sisti, Mercyhurst; Katey Stone, Harvard; Hillary Witt, Yale.
Winners of the AHCA Women's Division I Coach of the Year Award
1998 Laura Halldorson, Minnesota
1999 Katey Stone, Harvard University
2000 Judy Oberting, Dartmouth College
2001 Paul Flanagan, St. Lawrence
2002 Laura Halldorson, Minnesota
2003 Shannon Miller, Minnesota-Duluth
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