Adam Krug of Adrian Is Edward Jeremiah Award Winner As 2021-22 AHCA Division II-III Men’s Coach of the Year
For leading Adrian College into the NCAA Men’s Division III Frozen Four at Lake Placid, NY, Adam Krug has been named winner of the 2022 Edward Jeremiah Award as the CCM/AHCA Division III Men’s Coach of the Year. It is the first such award for Krug and Adrian.
Adam Krug is in his eighth season as head coach of the Adrian College men’s hockey team. The Bulldogs enter the Frozen Four with a 29-1 record and sit on a 29-game winning streak entering Friday’s NCAA semifinal vs. Augsburg University.
As a coach, Krug has won multiple NCHA regular season titles and NCHA playoff titles. He led the Bulldogs to an NCHA Regular Season Peters Cup Championship and an NCHA Tournament Harris Cup Championship in the 2021-22 season. He was named NCHA Coach of the Year for the fourth time in his career. Earlier this season, he recorded his 168th career win to become the winningest coach in Adrian College (NCAA) men’s hockey history after passing former head coach Ron Fogarty. Krug enters the weekend with a career coaching record of 178-40-11. The 2021-22 season marks the fourth Frozen Four appearance for the Bulldogs, the third with Krug at the helm of the program.
Krug is a 2012 alumnus of Adrian College and sits near the top in multiple categories of the Adrian College record book. Krug played from 2007-09 with the Bulldogs, totaling 129 points, with 52 goals and 77 assists. He scored 77 of his career points during the 2007-08 season.
The Edward Jeremiah Award is named in honor of the great Dartmouth College head coach and was first presented in 1970. Krug was assisted this year by Adam Phillips, Jeremy Symington and Rob Hodnicki. The runner-up for this year’s Jeremiah Award was Kevin Swallow of the University of New England.
Mandigo was assisted this year by Ashley Salerno. The runner-up for this year's award was Chris Baudo of Nazareth College.
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Winners of the Edward Jeremiah Award CCM/AHCA Division III Coach of the Year |
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1970 | Sid Watson, Bowdoin |
1971 | Sid Watson, Bowdoin |
1972 | Jack Canniff, Massachusetts |
1973 | Jim Cross, Vermont |
1974 | Barry Urbanski, Boston State |
1975 | Wendall Forbes, Middlebury |
1976 | Don Roberts, Gustavus Adolphus |
1977 | Bill Riley, Jr., Lowell |
1978 | Sid Watson, Bowdoin |
1979 | Don Brose, Mankato State |
1980 | Steve Stirling, Babson |
1981 | Herb Hammond, Plattsburgh State |
1982 | Steve Stirling, Babson |
1983 | Mike Gibbons, Bemidji State Peter Van Buskirk, Holy Cross |
1984 | Bob Peters, Bemidji State |
1985 | Rob Riley, Babson |
1986 | Terry Meagher, Bowdoin |
1987 | Tony Mariano, Norwich |
1988 | Glenn Thomaris, Elmira |
1989 | Terry Meagher, Bowdoin |
1990 | Bill Beaney, Middlebury |
1991 | Glenn Thomaris, Elmira |
1992 | Bruce Marshall, Connecticut |
1993 | Joe Baldarotta, WI-Stevens Point |
1994 | Jeff Meredith, Fredonia |
1995 | Bill Beaney, Middlebury |
1996 | Dean Talafous, WI-River Falls |
1997 | Mike McShane, Norwich |
1998 | Mike Schwartz, Augsburg |
1999 | Mike McShane, Norwich |
2000 | Mike McShane, Norwich |
2001 | Wayne Wilson, RIT |
2002 | Dan Stauber, WI-Superior |
2003 | George Roll, Oswego State |
2004 | Bill Beaney, Middlebury |
2005 | Terry Skrypek, St. Thomas |
2006 | Bill Beaney, Middlebury |
2007 | Ed Gosek, Oswego State |
2008 | Tim Coghlin, St. Norbert College |
2009 | Dominick Dawes, Neumann College |
2010 | Mike McShane, Norwich |
2011 | Tim Coghlin, St. Norbert College |
2012 | Jack Arena, Amherst College |
2013 | Matt Loen, UW-Eau Claire |
2014 | Chris Schultz, Geneseo |
2015 | Jack Arena, Amherst College |
2016 | Chris Schultz, Geneseo Peter Belisle, UMass Boston |
2017 | Mike McShane, Norwich |
2018 | Blaise MacDonald, Colby College |
2019 | Tyler Krueger, UW-Stevens Point |
2020 | Cam Ellsworth, Norwich |
2021 | Not Awarded |
2022 | Adam Krug, Adrian College |