George Gwozdecky (born July 17, 1953)[1] is a Canadian ice hockey coach. He resigned as an assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL) in June 2015. In August 2015, he accepted a job as the head hockey coach at Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, CO.[2]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Valor Christian High School |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 17, 1953 Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada |
| Playing career | |
| 1974–1978 | Wisconsin |
| Position(s) | Left wing |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1981–1984 | Wisconsin-River Falls |
| 1984–1989 | Michigan State (assistant) |
| 1989–1994 | Miami |
| 1994–2013 | Denver |
| 2013–2015 | Tampa Bay Lightning (assistant) |
| 2015–present | Valor Christian High School |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 592-390-85 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1977 NCAA National Champion 1982 WSUAC regular season champion 1983 WSUAC regular season champion 1983 NAIA National Champion 1984 WSUAC regular season champion 1986 NCAA national champion (assistant) 1993 CCHA regular season champion 1999 WCHA tournament champion 2002 WCHA regular season champion 2002 WCHA tournament champion 2004 NCAA national champion 2005 WCHA regular season champion 2005 WCHA tournament champion 2005 NCAA national champion 2008 WCHA tournament champion 2010 WCHA regular season champion | |
| Awards | |
| 1992 CCHA Coach of the Year 1993 CCHA Coach of the Year 1993 Spencer Penrose Award 1995 WCHA Coach of the Year 2002 WCHA Coach of the Year 2004 Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame 2005 WCHA Coach of the Year 2005 Spencer Penrose Award 2010 WCHA Coach of the Year | |
He was the head coach for the University of Denver Pioneers hockey team for 19 seasons, from 1994 until 2013. The Pioneers won 2 national championships (2004/2005) under his guidance, and won at least 20 games in each of the last 12 seasons in which he coached them.[3]
He is a member of the prestigious Miami University "Cradle of Coaches",[4] and is the only person to win the NCAA national championship as a player (with Wisconsin in 1977), assistant coach (at Michigan State in 1986), and head coach with Denver (2004 and 2005).[3]
Gwozdecky is a native of Thunder Bay, Ontario.[5]
Gwozdecky and his wife Bonnie have one daughter, Adrienne.
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons (NCHA / WSUAC) (1981–1984) | |||||||||
| 1981-82 | Wisconsin–River Falls | 21-13-0 | 3rd/1st | ||||||
| 1982-83 | Wisconsin–River Falls | 24-6-1 | 2nd/1st | NAIA National Champion | |||||
| 1983-84 | Wisconsin–River Falls | 21-10-1 | 3rd/1st | ||||||
| Wisconsin–River Falls: | 66-29-2 | ||||||||
| Miami Redskins (CCHA) (1989–1994) | |||||||||
| 1989-90 | Miami | 12-24-4 | 8-21-3 | 7th | CCHA quarterfinals | ||||
| 1990-91 | Miami | 5-29-3 | 3-26-3 | 9th | |||||
| 1991-92 | Miami | 18-16-6 | 12-14-6 | 5th | CCHA consolation game (loss) | ||||
| 1992-93 | Miami | 27-9-5 | 22-3-5 | 1st | NCAA West Regional Quarterfinals | ||||
| 1993-94 | Miami | 21-16-1 | 17-12-1 | 5th | CCHA second round | ||||
| Miami: | 83-94-19 | 62-76-18 | |||||||
| Denver Pioneers (WCHA) (1994–2013) | |||||||||
| 1994-95 | Denver | 25-15-2 | 18-12-2 | t-2nd | NCAA East Regional semifinals | ||||
| 1995-96 | Denver | 22-14-3 | 17-12-3 | 3rd | WCHA quarterfinals | ||||
| 1996-97 | Denver | 24-13-4 | 17-11-4 | t-4th | NCAA East Regional semifinals | ||||
| 1997-98 | Denver | 11-25-2 | 8-18-2 | 8th | WCHA first round | ||||
| 1998-99 | Denver | 26-13-2 | 15-11-2 | 3rd | NCAA East Regional Quarterfinals | ||||
| 1999-00 | Denver | 16-23-2 | 9-18-1 | 9th | WCHA first round | ||||
| 2000-01 | Denver | 19-15-4 | 14-11-3 | 6th | WCHA first round | ||||
| 2001-02 | Denver | 32-8-1 | 26-6-1 | 1st | NCAA West Regional semifinals | ||||
| 2002-03 | Denver | 21-14-6 | 11-11-6 | 7th | WCHA first round | ||||
| 2003-04 | Denver | 27-12-5 | 13-10-5 | t-4th | NCAA national champion | ||||
| 2004-05 | Denver | 32-9-2 | 19-7-2 | t-1st | NCAA national champion | ||||
| 2005-06 | Denver | 21-15-3 | 17-8-3 | t-2nd | WCHA first round | ||||
| 2006-07 | Denver | 21-15-4 | 13-11-4 | 4th | WCHA first round | ||||
| 2007-08 | Denver | 26-14-1 | 16-11-1 | 3rd | NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals | ||||
| 2008-09 | Denver | 23-12-5 | 16-8-4 | 2nd | NCAA West Regional semifinals | ||||
| 2009-10 | Denver | 27-10-4 | 19-5-4 | 1st | NCAA East Regional semifinals | ||||
| 2010-11 | Denver | 25-12-5 | 17-8-3 | 2nd | NCAA Midwest Regional Final | ||||
| 2011-12 | Denver | 25-14-4 | 16-8-4 | 6th | NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals | ||||
| 2012-13 | Denver | 20-14-5 | 13-9-5 | t-4th | NCAA Northeast Regional semifinals | ||||
| Denver: | 443-267-64 | 294-195-59 | |||||||
| Total: | 592-390-85 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Coaches Career" (Search for Gwozdecky under Player/Coach Search). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ^ "George Gwozdecky named head hockey coach at Valor Christian High School". Denver Post. 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ^ a b "Bio: George Gwozdecky". University of Denver. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ^ "George Gwozdecky To Join Miami's Cradle of Coaches Association". CBS College Sports Network. 2006-10-02. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ^ Hunt, Michael (1993-03-26). "Gwozdecky influenced by 'Badger Bob'". The Milwaukee Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ^ "2011-12 Miami RedHawks Hockey Record Book" (PDF). Miami RedHawks. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
- ^ "2013-14 Denver Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). Denver Pioneers. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database