2021-22 Division I Women’s Coach of the Year Finalists Announced
Seven coaches who enjoyed on-ice success during the 2021-22 season have been named finalists for the CCM/AHCA Division I Women’s Ice Hockey Coach of the Year Award. The award will be announced on Thursday, March 17. Five of the finalists are former Coach of the Year honorees, two of them at the Division III level. Winners of this award: Maura Crowell of Minnesota Duluth (2017); Paul Flanagan of Syracuse (2001 while at St. Lawrence); and Dave Flint of Northeastern, last year's winner. Division III honorees are Yale's Mark Bolding (2010-12, 2018 at Norwich) and Vermont's Jim Plumer (2009 at Amherst).
To be a finalist for this award, one must either be voted Coach of the Year in your conference, or advance to the NCAA semifinals. The award will be presented on April 22 at the AHCA Convention in Naples, FL.
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2021-22 CCM/AHCA Women’s Ice Hockey Division I Coach of the Year Finalists
(* Past Winners of the Division I Coach of the Year Award; #Past Winner at Division III Level)
Mark Bolding, Yale# — ECAC Coach of the Year and NCAA Semifinalist
Maura Crowell, Minnesota Duluth* — NCAA Semifinalist
Paul Flanagan, Syracuse* — CHA Coach of the Year
Dave Flint, Northeastern* — NCAA Semifinalist
Nadine Muzerall, Ohio State — WCHA Coach of the Year and NCAA Semifinalist
Jim Plumer, Vermont# — Hockey East Coach of the Year
David Stockdale, Franklin Pierce — NEWHA Coach of the Year
| Winners of the Women's Division I Coach of the Year | |
| 1998 | Laura Halldorson, Minnesota |
| 1999 | Katey Stone, Harvard |
| 2000 | Judy Oberting, Dartmouth |
| 2001 | Paul Flanagan, St. Lawrence |
| 2002 | Laura Halldorson, Minnesota |
| 2003 | Shannon Miller, Minnesota-Duluth |
| 2004 | Laura Halldorson, Minnesota |
| 2005 | Mike Sisti, Mercyhurst |
| 2006 | Mark Johnson, Wisconsin |
| 2007 | Mark Johnson, Wisconsin |
| 2008 | Jim Fetter, Wayne State |
| 2009 | Mark Johnson, Wisconsin |
| 2010 | Doug Derraugh, Cornell |
| 2011 | Mark Johnson, Wisconsin |
| 2012 | Chris Wells, St. Lawrence |
| 2013 | Brad Frost, Minnesota |
| 2014 | Brad Frost, Minnesota |
| 2015 | Katie King Crowley, Boston College |
| 2016 | Katie Crowley, Boston College |
| 2017 | Maura Crowell, Minnesota Duluth |
| 2018 | Greg Fargo, Colgate |
| 2019 | Doug Derraugh, Cornell |
| 2020 | Doug Derraugh, Cornell |
| 2021 | Dave Flint, Northeastern |
