Peter Roundy of Curry College Selected Edward Jeremiah Division II-III Men’s CCM Coach of the Year

For leading Curry College to the top seed of the NCAA Men’s Division III Frozen Four, Peter Roundy has been named winner of the 2025 Edward Jeremiah Award as the CCM/AHCA Division III Men’s Coach of the Year. He is the first Curry coach to earn this honor and the first from the Conference of New England (formerly the Commonwealth Coast Conference.)

Named the conference Coach of the Year in each of the last two years, Roundy has taken the Curry men’s hockey team to new heights. Over his four years at Curry, he has gone 84-24-4, including a 60-16-2 record in conference play. He has led the Colonels to the NCAA Quarterfinals in each of the past three seasons, finally breaking through to the Frozen Four this season.

This season he has helped lead the program to new highs in all the prominent rankings, and entered the NCAA Tournament as the #1 overall seed with a record of 25-3-0.They are currently riding a 17 game winning streak entering their Frozen Four semifinal against host Utica at 7:00 p.m. ET Friday night. Defending champion Hobart plays Geneseo in the 3:00 semifinal.

Roundy came to Curry after spending six seasons coaching at the College of the Holy Cross, including as associate head men’s hockey coach in his final two seasons. Prior to his time at Holy Cross, Roundy spent four seasons at Trinity College. He served as an assistant coach his first two seasons and as the Bantams associate head coach his final two seasons. During the four years that Coach Roundy was at Trinity the teams posted a 68-30-6 record.

Roundy started his coaching career at Becker College where he served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Hawks in 2010-2011. He helped guide the Hawks to a 7-4-3 mark against conference opponents and played a pivotal role in helping Becker complete one of the most successful seasons in the school’s history, as the team reached the conference semifinals for only the second time.

A native of Simsbury, CT, Roundy earned a bachelor’s degree in Health Care Administration with a minor in Business Administration from Stonehill College in 2010. At Stonehill, Roundy was a four-year member and two-time captain of the hockey team, which won the 2007 Northeast-10 Championship, it’s first in school history. He ranks among the top-ten assist leaders in Stonehill program history. He earned his master’s degree in Public Policy Studies at Trinity in 2013. In addition to his coaching duties, at Curry, Roundy serves as a Game Administrator and Scheduling Coordinator. Roundy and his wife, Patrice, have two daughters, Elle and Shea.

The Edward Jeremiah Award is named in honor of the great Dartmouth College head coach and was first presented in 1970. Roundy was assisted this year by Mike Sones and Clayton Adams. The runner-up for this year’s Jeremiah Award was Mark Taylor of Hobart College, recipient of this award the last two seasons.

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Winners of the Edward Jeremiah Award
CCM/AHCA Division III Coach of the Year
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
2023 Mark Taylor, Hobart College
2024 Mark Taylor, Hobart College
2025 Peter Roundy, Curry College