Ronn Tomassoni (born March 1958) is a retired American ice hockey player and coach. Tomassoni was part of the coaching staff at Harvard for 17 years in various capacities and helped the team with its only national title in 1989.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 1958 Eveleth, Minnesota, US |
| Playing career | |
| 1976–1980 | Rensselaer |
| Position(s) | Right Wing |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1982–1990 | Harvard (assistant) |
| 1990–1999 | Harvard |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 145-115-24 (.553) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1992 ECAC Hockey Champion 1993 ECAC Hockey Champion 1994 ECAC Hockey Champion 1994 ECAC Hockey tournament champion | |
Career
editRonn Tomassoni played for Rensselaer in the late 1970s, posting average numbers over four seasons. After graduating in 1980 Tomassoni continued his involvement with hockey by becoming an assistant coach for Bill Cleary at Harvard in 1982.[1] Tomassoni's arrival coincided with the Crimson's return to prominence as they began to make the NCAA Tournament annually. As time went on Cleary began to rely on Tomassoni more heavily, promoting him to associate status and effectively turning over the recruiting responsibilities to him.[2] Tomassoni was part of Harvard's national title team in 1989 and was named as head coach when Cleary became athletic director after the 1989-90 season.[3]
The early years under Tomassoni were very good in Cambridge as Harvard won three consecutive regular season titles, an ECAC title and made it to the 1994 Frozen Four. After 1994, however, Tomassoni could not get Harvard to produce a winning season. He held onto the job for five seasons before deciding to resign after the 1998–99 season. Tomassoni returned to his native Minnesota afterwards, settling in Duluth.[4]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1976–77 | Rensselaer | ECAC Hockey | 24 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Rensselaer | ECAC Hockey | 27 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Rensselaer | ECAC Hockey | 13 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Rensselaer | ECAC Hockey | 27 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NCAA totals | 84 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard Crimson (ECAC Hockey) (1990–1999) | |||||||||
| 1990-91 | Harvard | 19-12-1 | 14-8-0 | 3rd | ECAC Semifinals | ||||
| 1991-92 | Harvard | 14-7-6 | 13-3-6 | 1st | ECAC Quarterfinals | ||||
| 1992-93 | Harvard | 22-6-3 | 16-3-3 | 1st | NCAA East regional quarterfinals | ||||
| 1993-94 | Harvard | 24-5-4 | 16-2-4 | 1st | NCAA Frozen Four | ||||
| 1994-95 | Harvard | 14-14-2 | 12-9-1 | t-3rd | ECAC Quarterfinals | ||||
| 1995-96 | Harvard | 13-20-1 | 9-12-1 | 6th | ECAC Runner-Up | ||||
| 1996-97 | Harvard | 11-18-3 | 9-11-2 | 7th | ECAC Quarterfinals | ||||
| 1997-98 | Harvard | 14-17-2 | 10-11-1 | 5th | ECAC third-place game (win) | ||||
| 1998-99 | Harvard | 14-16-2 | 8-12-2 | 8th | ECAC first round | ||||
| Harvard: | 145-115-24 | 107-71-20 | |||||||
| Total: | 145-115-24 | ||||||||
|
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
| |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Tomassoni Resigns Harvard Post". USCHO.com. 1999-05-15. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
- ^ "Tomassoni Resigns as Men's Hockey Head Coach". The Harvard University Gazette. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
- ^ "Harvard Team History". College Hockey News. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ "Denfeld's Tomassoni gets coaching at all levels". Denfeld Academy. 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
- ^ "Ronn Tomassoni". Hockey DB. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
- ^ "2008-09 Harvard Crimson Media Guide" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database