Mike McShane

Mike McShane (born September 27, 1947) is an American college men's ice hockey coach. He ranks ninth all-time among NCAA men's ice hockey coaches with 653 wins in 30 years as a head coach. As the head coach at Norwich University from 1996 to 2018, he led his teams to the Frozen Four nine times and NCAA Division III national championships in 2000, 2003, 2010 and 2017.

Athlete McShane grew up in Wakefield, Massachusetts and attended Wakefield High School and Tabor Academy.

Coaching career

Exeter and New Hampton After graduating from UNH in 1971, McShane coached at Exeter Academy for one year and for six years at New Hampton School in New Hampton, New Hampshire. In six years at New Hampton, McShane compiled a 122-26-2 record and led the school to three Division I Prep Championships.

Providence College In July 1985, McShane signed a multiyear contract to serve as the head ice hockey coach at Providence College. At the time of his hiring, Providence College athletic director Lou Lamoriello called McShane "probably one of the strongest people I've met in the coaching ranks ... a tireless worker and, most important, he's the type of person we want to represent us at Providence College." He was named the New England Coach of the Year in 1989. After a 12–12 record in his first season at Norwich, McShane has strung together 21 consecutive winning seasons from 1997 to 2017. His Norwich teams advanced to the Frozen Four eight times and won NCAA Division III national championships in 2000, 2003, 2010, and 2017.

In 2014, McShane's longtime assistant coach Steve Mattson was honored as the recipient of the prestigious Terry Flanagan Award. The Flanagan Award presented by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) and is named in honor of the former New Hampshire player and Bowling Green assistant coach and has been given annually since 1997 to honor an assistant coaches' career body of work. Mattson is just the second Division III coach to win the award in the 18-year history.

McShane announced his retirement from Norwich as Head Coach on June 15, 2018.

Career records and honors In 36 years as a head coach, McShane compiled a record of 721 wins, 343 losses, and 66 ties. The award is presented each year by the American Hockey Coaches Association to the Division III men's ice hockey Coach of the Year.

McShane has coached a number of players who went on to professional hockey careers, including Tom Fitzgerald, Rob Gaudreau, Craig Darby, Chris Therien, Joe Hulbig, Hal Gill, Chris Terreri, Keith Aucoin, Randy Sexton, Marc Bellemare, and Kurtis McLean.

Head coaching record

College

† Providence finished the season in 3rd place but was surpassed by Boston University after Maine was retroactively forced to forfeit 13 games.

Family McShane is married to Shawn McShane and resides in Montpelier, Vermont. He has two adult children, Daniel and Megan.