Edward Jeremiah Award


The Edward Jeremiah Award is awarded yearly to the top coach in Division III men's college [ice hockey|ice hockey] by the American Hockey Coaches Association.
The finalists for each year's award comprise the conference Coach of the Year winners from each Division III men's ice hockey conference, plus the coaches of the ice hockey tournament|Frozen Four] teams.
The award was originally given to the top college division coach but when the NCAA changed to numerical divisions in 1973 the honor became available to any coach at the Division II or Division III level. The Division II ice hockey level has only occurred sporadically and thus the Edward Jeremiah Award is only officially awarded to the much more stable D-III level of competition.
Eddie Jeremiah was the long-time coach for Dartmouth College who, in addition to winning 308 college games, wrote an instructional text considered the hockey bible by many.

Award Winners

YearCoachTeam
1969–70 NCAA [College Division men's ice hockey season|1970]Sid Watson[Bowdoin Polar Bears|]
1971Sid Watson[Bowdoin Polar Bears|]
1972Jack Canniff[UMass Minutemen ice hockey|]
1973Jim Cross[Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey|]
1974Barry Urbanski[Salem State Vikings|]
1975Wendall Forbes[Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey|]
1976Don Roberts[Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties|]
1977Bill Riley Jr.[UMass Lowell River Hawks men's ice hockey|]
1978Sid Watson[Bowdoin Polar Bears|]
1979Don Brose[Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey|]
1980Steve Stirling[Babson Beavers|]
1981Herb Hammond[Plattsburgh State Cardinals|]
1982Steve Stirling[Babson Beavers|]
1983Mike Gibbons[Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey|]
1983Peter Van Buskirk[Holy Cross Crusaders men's ice hockey|]
1984Bob Peters[Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey|]
1985Rob Riley[Babson Beavers|]
1986Terry Meagher[Bowdoin Polar Bears|]
1987Tony Mariano[Norwich Cadets|]
1988Glenn Thomaris[Elmira Soaring Eagles|]
1989Terry Meagher[Bowdoin Polar Bears|]
1990Bill Beaney[Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey|]
1991Glenn Thomaris[Elmira Soaring Eagles|]
1992Bruce Marshall[UConn Huskies men's ice hockey|]
1993Joe Baldarotta[Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers|]
1994Jeff Meredith[Fredonia Blue Devils|]
1995Bill Beaney[Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey|]
1996Dean Talafous[Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons men's ice hockey|]
1997Mike McShane[Norwich Cadets|]

YearCoachTeam
1998Mike Schwartz[Augsburg Auggies|]
1999Mike McShane[Norwich Cadets|]
2000Mike McShane[Norwich Cadets|]
2001Wayne Wilson[RIT Tigers men's ice hockey|]
2002Dan Stauber[Wisconsin–Superior Yellowjackets|]
2003George Roll[Oswego State Lakers|]
2004Bill Beaney[Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey|]
2005Terry Skrypek[St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies men's ice hockey|]
2006Bill Beaney[Middlebury Panthers men's ice hockey|]
2007Ed Gosek[Oswego State Lakers|]
2008Tim Coghlin[St. Norbert Green Knights|]
2009Dominick Dawes[Neumann Knights|]
2010Mike McShane[Norwich Cadets|]
2011Tim Coghlin[St. Norbert Green Knights|]
2012Jack Arena[Amherst Mammoths|]
2013Matt Loen[Wisconsin–Eau Claire Blugolds|]
2014Chris Schultz[Geneseo State Knights|]
2015Jack Arena[Amherst Mammoths|]
2016Chris Schultz[Geneseo State Knights|]
2016Peter Belisle[UMass Boston Beacons|]
2017Mike McShane[Norwich Cadets|]
2018Blaise MacDonald[Colby Mules|]
2019Tyler Krueger[Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers|]
2020Cam Ellsworth[Norwich Cadets|]
2022Adam Krug[Adrian Bulldogs|]
2023Mark Taylor[Hobart Statesmen|]
2024Mark Taylor[Hobart Statesmen|]
2025Peter Roundy[Curry Colonels men's ice hockey|]