Reid Cashman of Dartmouth College Is Named CCM/AHCA Division I Men’s Coach of the Year
For leading Dartmouth College to its first ECAC Hockey Tournament Championship, Reid Cashman
has been chosen the winner of the 2026 Spencer Penrose Award as Division I Men’s Ice Hockey
CCM/AHCA Coach of the Year by his peers. The honor is the first for Cashman and the first for the Big
Green since legendary coach Eddie Jeremiah earned the honor in 1967. It completes an impressive
“double” for the Dartmouth coaching staff as later this month Associate Head Coach Jason Tapp will
receive the AHCA’s Terry Flanagan Award recognizing career accomplishment.
Cashman had a historic fifth season behind the bench of the Big Green. Dartmouth won a program record 23 games while winning their first ECAC Hockey Tournament Championship. Dartmouth also made its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1980 while finishing sixth in NPI. The Red Wing, Minn. native was named Tim Taylor ECAC Coach of the Year in 2025-26 for the second time in three seasons. Cashman and his staff were also named Ivy League Coaching Staff of the Year for the second straight season following the regular season.
Since Cashman took over the Big Green program in 2020, Dartmouth has seen constant growth. After winning a combined 12 games in 2021-22 and 2022-23 the Big Green won 13 games in 2023-24 ,18 games in 2024-25, and a program best 23 games in 2025-26.
Under Cashman, the Big Green have seen multiple players flourish while also seeing multiple players sign NHL contracts. This season, Dartmouth’s Hayden Stavroff led the country in goals with 29 while being the program’s second Top 10 Hobey Baker Finalist. Since Cashman took over as bench boss, Clay Stevenson, Cooper Black, Luke Haymes, and Cooper Flinton have all signed NHL contracts while multiple former Dartmouth players are playing professional hockey.
rior to Dartmouth, Cashman spent four seasons in the Washington Capitals organization, in 2016-17 and 2017-18 he was an assistant coach for the Hershey Bears before moving up to the Capitals in 2018-19 and 2019-20.
A former defenseman, Cashman is a 2007 graduate of Quinnipiac, where he was an All-American, a First-Team All-ECAC Hockey selection and a Hobey Baker Top-10 Finalist (2005). Following his professional playing career, he returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach, helping the Bobcats reach two Frozen Fours in 2013 and 2016.
As a player, Cashman was a two-time captain at Quinnipiac in addition to his on-ice accolades. His 125 career assists and 148 points are both still school records for defensemen more than a dozen years after graduating. An All-American in each of his last three seasons with the Bobcats, Cashman was also recognized as a member of the ECAC Hockey All-Decade team for the 2000s and was named one of the top-50 players in league history.
After leaving Hamden, Cashman signed with the AHL’s Toronto Marlies. He would also play for the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins and Milwaukee Admirals in the AHL, while suiting up for Columbia, Wheeling and Cincinnati — where he won the 2010 Kelly Cup — of the ECHL before capping his pro career with EHC Black Wings Linz of the Austrian Erste Bank Ice Hockey League. Cashman resides in New Hampshire with his wife Stefanie and their three daughters Maggie, Sophia, and Gracie.
Assisting Cashman this season were Jason Tapp, Brian Fahey, Byron Pool and Director of Hockey Operations Brian Corcoran. The runner-up for this year’s Spencer Penrose Award was Dane Jackson of the University of North Dakota. The award will be presented at the 2026 AHCA Convention at the Hyatt Coconut Point Resort in Bonita Springs, FL, on Wednesday, April 29.
The Spencer Penrose Award is named in memory of the Colorado Springs benefactor who built the Broadmoor Hotel Complex, site
of the first 10 NCAA championship hockey tournaments. The CCM AHCA COACH of the YEAR AWARDS are sponsored by CCM HOCKEY and chosen by members of the AMERICAN
HOCKEY COACHES ASSOCIATION. CCM is the legendary hockey brand dedicated to the endless pursuit of performance by
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| Winners of the Spencer Penrose Award CCM/AHCA Division I Men's Coach of the Year |
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| 1951 | Edward Jeremiah, Dartmouth |
| 1952 | Cheddy Thompson, Colorado College |
| 1953 | John Mariucci, Minnesota |
| 1954 | Vic Heyliger, Michigan |
| 1955 | Ralph "Cooney" Weiland, Harvard |
| 1956 | William Harrison, Clarkson |
| 1957 | Jack Riley, Army |
| 1958 | Harry Cleverly, Boston University |
| 1959 | John "Snooks" Kelley, Boston College |
| 1960 | Jack Riley, Army |
| 1961 | Murray Armstrong, Denver |
| 1962 | Jack Kelley, Colby |
| 1963 | Tony Frasca, Colorado College |
| 1964 | Tom Eccleston, Jr., Providence |
| 1965 | Jim Fullerton, Brown |
| 1966 | Amo Bessone, Michigan State Len Ceglarski, Clarkson |
| 1967 | Edward Jeremiah, Dartmouth |
| 1968 | Ned Harkness, Cornell |
| 1969 | Charlie Holt, New Hampshire |
| 1970 | John Maclnnes, Michigan Tech |
| 1971 | Ralph "Cooney" Weiland, Harvard |
| 1972 | John "Snooks" Kelley, Boston College |
| 1973 | Len Ceglarski, Boston College |
| 1974 | Charlie Holt, New Hampshire |
| 1975 | Jack Parker, Boston University |
| 1976 | John Maclnnes, Michigan Tech |
| 1977 | Jerry York, Clarkson |
| 1978 | Jack Parker, Boston University |
| 1979 | Charlie Holt, New Hampshire |
| 1980 | Rick Comley, Northern Michigan |
| 1981 | Bill O'Flaherty, Clarkson |
| 1982 | Ferny Flaman, Northeastern |
| 1983 | Bill Cleary, Harvard |
| 1984 | Mike Sertich, Minnesota-Duluth |
| 1985 | Len Ceglarski, Boston College |
| 1986 | Ralph Backstrom, Denver |
| 1987 | John "Gino" Gasparini, North Dakota |
| 1988 | Frank Anzalone, Lake Superior |
| 1989 | Joe Marsh, St. Lawrence |
| 1990 | Terry Slater, Colgate |
| 1991 | Rick Comley, Northern Michigan |
| 1992 | Ron Mason, Michigan State |
| 1993 | George Gwozdecky, Miami |
| 1994 | Don Lucia, Colorado College |
| 1995 | Shawn Walsh, Maine |
| 1996 | Bruce Crowder, UMass Lowell |
| 1997 | Dean Blais, North Dakota |
| 1998 | Tim Taylor, Yale |
| 1999 | Richard Umile, New Hampshire |
| 2000 | Joe Marsh, St. Lawrence |
| 2001 | Dean Blais, North Dakota |
| 2002 | Tim Whitehead, Maine |
| 2003 | Bob Daniels, Ferris State |
| 2004 | Scott Sandelin, Minnesota-Duluth |
| 2005 | George Gwozdecky, Denver |
| 2006 | Enrico Blasi, Miami |
| 2007 | Jeff Jackson, Notre Dame |
| 2008 | Red Berenson, Michigan |
| 2009 | Jack Parker, Boston University |
| 2010 | Wayne Wilson, RIT |
| 2011 | Nate Leaman, Union |
| 2012 | Bob Daniels, Ferris State |
| 2013 | Norm Bazin, UMass Lowell |
| 2014 | Rick Bennett, Union |
| 2015 | Mike Hastings, Minnesota State |
| 2016 | Rand Pecknold, Quinnipiac |
| 2017 | Jim Montgomery, Denver |
| 2018 | Jeff Jackson, Notre Dame |
| 2019 | Greg Carvel, Massachusetts |
| 2020 | Brad Berry, North Dakota Mike Schafer, Cornell |
| 2021 | Mike Hastings, Minnesota State |
| 2022 | Mike Hastings, Minnesota State |
| 2023 | Bob Motzko, Minnesota |
| 2024 | Greg Brown, Boston College |
| 2025 | Pat Ferschweiler, Western Michigan |
| 2026 | Reid Cashman, Dartmouth |
