Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award explained

Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award
Sport:	Ice hockey
Givenfor:	to the head coach who is considered to have demonstrated the highest number of significant accomplishments over the course of the season as voted by the conference's head coaches.^[1]
First:	1985
Mostrecent:	Greg Brown (Boston College)

The Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Hockey East regular season to the best coach in the conference as voted by the head coaches of each Hockey East team.^[2] The award was renamed in honor of Bob Kullen who served as head coach of New Hampshire in the late-80's before heart disease forced him to receive a heart transplant and subsequently retire shortly before his death in 1990.^[3]

The Coach of the Year was first awarded in 1985 and every year thereafter.

The award has been shared once, in 2009–10, between Merrimack's Mark Dennehy and New Hampshire's Dick Umile. (as of 2022)

Award winners

Year	Winner	School	Ref
		New Hampshire
			^[4]
			^[5]
			^[6]

Winners by school

School	Winners
	7
	7
	6
	6
	5
	4
	2
	2
	1
	1

Multiple Winners

Position	Winners
	6
	5
	5
	4
	3
	3

See also

• Hockey East Awards

References

^[7]

General

• News: Hockey East Awards. Hockey East Online. 2013-08-16. 2012-04-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20120413200503/http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/hea/awards.php. dead.
• News: Hockey East Awards. College Hockey Historical Archives. 2013-08-16.

Specific

External links

• Hockey East Awards (Incomplete)

Notes and References

1. News: Hockey East Awards . Hockey East Online . 2013-08-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120413200503/http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/hea/awards.php . 2012-04-13 .
2. News: UMaine’s Abbott named Hockey East Player of the Year, Hobey Baker finalist . The Maine Campus . 2012-03-15 . 2013-08-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131102232834/http://mainecampus.com/2012/03/15/umaines-abbott-named-hockey-east-player-of-the-year-hobey-baker-finalist/ . 2013-11-02 .
3. News: Robert A. Kullen '71. Bowdoin Athletics. 2013-08-16.
4. Web site: Bobby Trivigno Named Hockey East Player of the Year - Hockey East Association . 2022-03-19 . hockeyeastonline.com . en.
5. Web site: Devon Levi Named Hockey East Player of the Year - Hockey East Association . 2023-03-16 . hockeyeastonline.com . en.
6. Web site: Devon Levi Named Hockey East Player of the Year - Hockey East Association . 2024-04-04 . hockeyeastonline.com . en.
7. Web site: Bob Kullen Award (Hockey East Coach of the Year) - Hockey East Association . 2023-03-12 . hockeyeastonline.com . en.