Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award

Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award
History
Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	to the head coach who is considered to have demonstrated the highest number of significant accomplishments over the course of the season as voted by the conference's head coaches.^[1]
First award	1985
Most recent	Greg Brown (Boston College)

The Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East regular season to the best coach in the conference as voted by the head coaches of each Hockey East team.^[2] The award was renamed in honor of Bob Kullen who served as head coach of New Hampshire in the late-80's before heart disease forced him to receive a heart transplant and subsequently retire shortly before his death in 1990.^[3]

The Coach of the Year was first awarded in 1985 and every year thereafter.

The award has been shared once, in 2009–10, between Merrimack's Mark Dennehy and New Hampshire's Dick Umile. (as of 2022)

Award winners

Year	Winner	School
1984–85	Len Ceglarski	Boston College
1985–86	Jack Parker	Boston University
1986–87	Bill Riley Jr.	UMass Lowell
1987–88	Shawn Walsh	Maine
1988–89	Fern Flaman	Northeastern
1989–90	Shawn Walsh	Maine
1990–91	Dick Umile	New Hampshire
1991–92	Jack Parker	Boston University
1992–93	Shawn Walsh	Maine
1993–94	Bruce Crowder	UMass Lowell
1994–95	Shawn Walsh	Maine
1995–96	Bruce Crowder	UMass Lowell
1996–97	Dick Umile	New Hampshire
1997–98	Bruce Crowder	Northeastern
1998–99	Dick Umile	New Hampshire
1999–00	Jack Parker	Boston University
2000–01	Paul Pooley	Providence
2001–02	Dick Umile	New Hampshire
2002–03	Don Cahoon	Massachusetts
2003–04	Jerry York	Boston College

Year	Winner	School	Ref
2004–05	Jack Parker	Boston University
2005–06	Jack Parker	Boston University
2006–07	Dick Umile	New Hampshire
2007–08	Kevin Sneddon	Vermont
2008–09	Greg Cronin	Northeastern
2009–10	Mark Dennehy	Merrimack
2009–10	Dick Umile	New Hampshire
2010–11	Jerry York	Boston College
2011–12	Norm Bazin	UMass Lowell
2012–13	Norm Bazin	UMass Lowell
2013–14	Jerry York	Boston College
2014–15	David Quinn	Boston University
2015–16	Nate Leaman	Providence
2016–17	Norm Bazin	UMass Lowell
2017–18	Jerry York	Boston College
2018–19	Greg Carvel	Massachusetts
2019–20	Red Gendron	Maine
2020–21	Jerry York	Boston College
2021–22	Jerry Keefe	Northeastern	^[4]
2022–23	Jay Pandolfo	Boston University	^[5]
2023–24	Greg Brown	Boston College	^[6]

Winners by school

School	Winners
Boston University	7
Boston College	7
New Hampshire	6
UMass Lowell	6
Maine	5
Northeastern	4
Massachusetts	2
Providence	2
Merrimack	1
Vermont	1

Multiple Winners

Position	Winners
Dick Umile	6
Jerry York	5
Jack Parker	5
Shawn Walsh	4
Norm Bazin	3
Bruce Crowder	3

References

^[7]

General

"Hockey East Awards". Hockey East Online. Archived from the original on 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
"Hockey East Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-08-16.

Specific

^ "Hockey East Awards". Hockey East Online. Archived from the original on 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
^ "UMaine's Abbott named Hockey East Player of the Year, Hobey Baker finalist". The Maine Campus. 2012-03-15. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
^ "Robert A. Kullen '71". Bowdoin Athletics. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
^ "Bobby Trivigno Named Hockey East Player of the Year - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
^ "Devon Levi Named Hockey East Player of the Year - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
^ "Devon Levi Named Hockey East Player of the Year - Hockey East Association" (PDF). hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
^ "Bob Kullen Award (Hockey East Coach of the Year) - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.