Jerry York

Jerry York
	York in 2008
Biographical details
Born	July 25, 1945 (age 79); Watertown, Massachusetts
Playing career
1963–1967	Boston College
Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972–1979	Clarkson
1979–1994	Bowling Green
1994–2022	Boston College
Head coaching record
Overall	1,123–682–128 (.614)
Tournaments	41–24–1 (.629)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1984 NCAA Champion; 2001 NCAA Champion; 2008 NCAA Champion; 2010 NCAA Champion; 2012 NCAA Champion; ECAC regular season champion (1977); 4× CCHA regular season champion (1982, 1983, 1984, 1987); CCHA Tournament Champion (1988); 11× Hockey East regular season champion (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020); 9× Hockey East Tournament Champion (1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012); 9× Beanpot Champion (2001, 2004, 2008, 2010–2014, 2016)
Awards
	1977 Spencer Penrose Division I Coach of the Year; 1982 CCHA Coach of the Year; 5× Hockey East Coach of the Year (2004, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2021); 2010 Lester Patrick Trophy; 2019 Hockey Hall of Fame

Jerry York (born July 25, 1945) is an American former ice hockey coach who was the men's ice hockey coach at Boston College. York is the winningest coach in NCAA hockey, and leads the all-time list as the only Division I head coach with over 1,000 wins.^[1]^[2] He has won the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey title five times as a coach, at Bowling Green State University in 1984 and at Boston College in 2001, 2008, 2010 and 2012, tying him with Murray Armstrong for second-most all-time behind only Vic Heyliger (6). York received the Spencer Penrose Trophy for being named Division I Coach of the Year in 1977.^[3] On June 25, 2019, York was elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builders Category.^[4]

Background

The eighth of ten children, York is a "Triple Eagle", having graduated from Boston College High School in 1963 and Boston College in 1967, as well as earning a Master's degree from Boston College.^[3]^[5]

Coaching career

York's coaching career began at Clarkson as an assistant coach. In 1972, York became the head coach when he took over the job from Len Ceglarski who had accepted the head coaching job at BC.^[6] York coached at Clarkson for 7 years, winning the ECAC regular season title in 1977.

In 1979 York moved from Clarkson to Bowling Green, taking over from Ron Mason.^[6] In 15 seasons at the school, he compiled nine 20-win seasons, 4 CCHA regular-season titles, 1 CCHA tournament title, 6 NCAA tournament appearances, and a National Title in 1984.

York returned to his alma mater, Boston College, in 1994, and began rebuilding the program.^[7] In the 1997–98 season, Boston College surprised the college hockey world by reaching the NCAA title game. In 27 years, York has led the Eagles to eleven Hockey East regular-season titles in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020, nine Hockey East tournament titles in 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2012, nine Beanpot titles in 2001, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016, eighteen NCAA tournament appearances, twelve Frozen Four appearances and four national titles.^[3] The four championships came in 2001 by beating North Dakota, 2008 over Notre Dame, 2010 against Wisconsin, and in 2012 defeating Ferris State University. His 2001 title was BC's first national title since 1949, and only the second in the storied program's then 81-year history. York's Boston College teams have had twelve Frozen Four appearances in fifteen years from 1998 to 2016. During that span, Boston College has played in the national championship game eight times. Boston College lost four national title games – to Michigan in 1998, to North Dakota in 2000, to Wisconsin in 2006, and to Michigan State in 2007.

During the 2014–15 season at Boston College, York passed legendary John "Snooks" Kelley, whom he played under as a student-athlete, for most programs win all-time at Boston College. Kelley had 501 victories for the Eagles.

York became the winningest men's college ice hockey coach in history after passing Ron Mason's 924 wins on December 29, 2012.^[8]

On January 22, 2016, York earned his 1000th career win as a head coach, becoming the first coach in NCAA Division I ice hockey history to reach this milestone.^[9] He again achieved a new milestone of 1,100 wins on January 23, 2021.^[10]

After coaching his 28th year at Boston College and 50th year overall in the NCAA, York announced his retirement on April 14, 2022.^[11]^[12]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Clarkson Golden Knights (ECAC Hockey) (1972–1979)
1972–73	Clarkson	18–15–0	11–9–0	T-6th	ECAC Third-place game (win)
1973–74	Clarkson	12–14–1	9–11–1	9th
1974–75	Clarkson	13–15–1	9–9–1	8th	ECAC Quarterfinals
1975–76	Clarkson	18–12–1	16–8–1	4th	ECAC Quarterfinals
1976–77	Clarkson	26–8–0	19–4–0	1st	ECAC Third-place game (loss)
1977–78	Clarkson	19–11–0	16–7–0	3rd	ECAC Quarterfinals
1978–79	Clarkson	19–12–0	13–9–0	5th	ECAC Quarterfinals
Clarkson:		125–87–3 (.588)	93–57–3 (.618)
Bowling Green Falcons (CCHA) (1979–1994)
1979–80	Bowling Green	16–20–2	9–11–0	4th	CCHA Semifinals
1980–81	Bowling Green	13–24–2	10–12–0	4th	CCHA Semifinals
1981–82	Bowling Green	27–13–2	20–7–1	1st	NCAA Quarterfinals
1982–83	Bowling Green	28–8–4	24–5–3	1st	CCHA runner-up
1983–84	Bowling Green	34–8–2	22–4–2	1st	NCAA Champion
1984–85	Bowling Green	21–21–0	17–15–0	4th	CCHA consolation game (loss)
1985–86	Bowling Green	28–14–0	23–9–0	2nd	CCHA consolation game (win)
1986–87	Bowling Green	33–10–2	24–6–2	1st	NCAA Quarterfinals
1987–88	Bowling Green	30–13–2	19–11–2	2nd	NCAA Quarterfinals
1988–89	Bowling Green	26–18–3	15–14–3	5th	NCAA First round
1989–90	Bowling Green	25–17–2	20–10–2	3rd	NCAA First round
1990–91	Bowling Green	15–23–2	13–17–2	6th	CCHA Quarterfinals
1991–92	Bowling Green	8–21–5	7–20–5	9th
1992–93	Bowling Green	19–21–1	12–7–1	7th	CCHA Second round
1993–94	Bowling Green	19–17–2	15–13–2	6th	CCHA Second round
Bowling Green:		342–248–31 (.576)	250–161–20 (.603)
Boston College Eagles (Hockey East) (1994–2022)
1994–95	Boston College	11–22–2	8–14–2	8th	Hockey East Play-In
1995–96	Boston College	16–17–3	12–10–2	5th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
1996–97	Boston College	15–19–4	9–12–3	6th	Hockey East Third-place game (Tie)
1997–98	Boston College	28–9–5	15–5–4	2nd	NCAA runner-up
1998–99	Boston College	27–12–4	15–7–2	3rd	NCAA Frozen Four
1999–00	Boston College	29–12–1	15–8–1	3rd	NCAA runner-up
2000–01	Boston College	33–8–2	17–5–2	1st	NCAA Champion
2001–02	Boston College	18–18–2	10–13–1	6th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2002–03	Boston College	24–11–4	16–6–2	T-1st	NCAA Regional Finals
2003–04	Boston College	29–9–4	17–4–3	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
2004–05	Boston College	26–7–7	14–3–7	1st	NCAA Regional Finals
2005–06	Boston College	26–13–3	17–8–2	2nd	NCAA runner-up
2006–07	Boston College	29–12–1	18–8–1	2nd	NCAA runner-up
2007–08	Boston College	25–11–8	11–9–7	4th	NCAA Champion
2008–09	Boston College	18–14–5	11–11–5	6th	Hockey East Semifinals
2009–10	Boston College	29–10–3	16–8–3	2nd	NCAA Champion
2010–11	Boston College	30–8–1	20–6–1	1st	NCAA regional semifinals
2011–12	Boston College	33–10–1	19–7–1	1st	NCAA Champion
2012–13	Boston College	22–12–4	15–9–3	2nd	NCAA regional semifinals
2013–14	Boston College	28–8–4	16–2–2	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
2014–15	Boston College	21–14–3	12–7–3	T-2nd	NCAA regional semifinals
2015–16	Boston College	28–8–5	15–2–5	T-1st	NCAA Frozen Four
2016–17	Boston College	21–15–4	13–6–3	T-1st	Hockey East Finals
2017–18	Boston College	20–14–3	18–6–0	1st	Hockey East Semifinals
2018–19	Boston College	14–22–3	10–11–3	7th	Hockey East Runner-Up
2019–20	Boston College	24–8–2	17–6–1	1st	Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19
2020–21	Boston College	17–6–1	16–4–1	1st	NCAA Regional Finals
2021–22	Boston College	15–18–5	9–12–3	8th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
Boston College:		656–347–94 (.641)	388–209–73 (.634)
Total:		1123–682–128 (.614)	731–427–96 (.621)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team	1966–67
AHCA East All-American	1966–67
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Second Team	1967
Hockey Hall of Fame	2019

Personal life

York is married to fellow Boston College graduate Bobbie (née O'Brien). They have two adult children.^[13]

References

^ Kloke, Joshua (January 22, 2016). "Boston College coach Jerry York becomes first in NCAA to 1,000 wins". Sports Illustrated.
^ Santaniello, Gary (April 6, 2016). "Coach Has Long Association With Boston College and Success". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Jerry York Profile". Boston College Eagles Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on September 28, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2019-08-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "A special spirit". Boston College. November 29, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Dave Hendrickson (December 4, 1996). "Jerry York: The Road to 500 Wins". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 28, 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Kevin Armstrong (February 4, 2009). "Jerry York creates hockey power at Boston College". SI.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
^ Connelly, Jim (2012-12-29). "The legend becomes the leader: A retrospective on Boston College coach Jerry York's career". College Hockey | USCHO.com. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
^ Sullivan, Michael (January 22, 2016). "Jerry York Becomes First College Hockey Coach to Win 1,000 Games". The Heights.
^ Pulice, Nick (2021-01-24). "York Earns 1,100th Win With Victory Over UConn". The Heights. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
^ "Jerry York, All-Time Coaching Wins Leader, Retires". College Hockey News. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
^ Wyshynski, Greg (April 13, 2022). "Jerry York, 76, winningest coach in NCAA men's hockey history, retires from Boston College, saying it's 'the right time to do so'". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
^ "925 — Saluting College Hockey's Winningest Coach" (PDF). Boston College. January 2013.

External links

Coach Bio: Jerry York – bceagles.com Archived 2009-09-28 at the Wayback Machine

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Doug Ferguson	NCAA Ice Hockey Scoring Champion 1966–67 (with Herb Wakabayashi)	Succeeded by Delbert Dehate
Preceded by John MacInnes	Spencer Penrose Award 1977–78	Succeeded by Jack Parker
Preceded by Rick Comley	CCHA Coach of the Year 1981–82	Succeeded by Jerry Welsh
Preceded by Don Cahoon Mark Dennehy/Dick Umile Norm Bazin Norm Bazin Red Gendron	Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award 2003–04 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2020–21	Succeeded by Jack Parker Norm Bazin David Quinn Greg Carvel Jerry Keefe

[1] Kloke, Joshua (January 22, 2016). "Boston College coach Jerry York becomes first in NCAA to 1,000 wins". Sports Illustrated.

[2] Santaniello, Gary (April 6, 2016). "Coach Has Long Association With Boston College and Success". The New York Times.

[bc-3] "Jerry York Profile". Boston College Eagles Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on September 28, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2010.

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2019-08-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] "A special spirit". Boston College. November 29, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2018.

[uscho-6] Dave Hendrickson (December 4, 1996). "Jerry York: The Road to 500 Wins". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 28, 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

[7] Kevin Armstrong (February 4, 2009). "Jerry York creates hockey power at Boston College". SI.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2010.

[8] Connelly, Jim (2012-12-29). "The legend becomes the leader: A retrospective on Boston College coach Jerry York's career". College Hockey | USCHO.com. Retrieved 2021-03-22.

[9] Sullivan, Michael (January 22, 2016). "Jerry York Becomes First College Hockey Coach to Win 1,000 Games". The Heights.

[10] Pulice, Nick (2021-01-24). "York Earns 1,100th Win With Victory Over UConn". The Heights. Retrieved 2021-03-22.

[11] "Jerry York, All-Time Coaching Wins Leader, Retires". College Hockey News. Retrieved 2022-04-14.

[12] Wyshynski, Greg (April 13, 2022). "Jerry York, 76, winningest coach in NCAA men's hockey history, retires from Boston College, saying it's 'the right time to do so'". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 16, 2022.

[13] "925 — Saluting College Hockey's Winningest Coach" (PDF). Boston College. January 2013.

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v t e Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Ives Park (1920–1923, 1925–1938) Clarkson Rink (1923–1925) Walker Arena (1938–1991) Cheel Arena (1991–Present)
Head coaches	Gordon Croskery (1923–1929) Jack Roos (1929–1948) Bill Harrison (1948–1958) Len Ceglarski (1958–1972) Jerry York (1972–1979) Bill O'Flaherty (1979–1985) Cap Raeder (1985–1988) Mark Morris (1988–2002) Fred Parker (2002–2003) George Roll (2003–2011) Casey Jones (2011–2024) Jean-François Houle (2024–Present)
Seasons	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	Tri-State League 1950–1972 ECAC Hockey (1961–Present)
Rivalries	Rensselaer St. Lawrence
Culture & lore	North Country Thanksgiving Festival
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Dave Taylor (251 Points) Kevin Zappia (103 Goals) Dan Murphy (85 Wins)
Frozen Four appearances	1957 1958 1962 1963 1966 1970 1991
NCAA Tournament appearances	1957 1958 1962 1963 1966 1970 1981 1982 1984 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2007 2008 2018
Conference Tournament titles	1966 1991 1993 1999 2007
Clarkson University Potsdam, NY

v t e Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Slater Family Ice Arena (1969–present)
Head coaches	Jack Vivian (1969–1973) Ron Mason (1973–1979) Jerry York (1979–1994) Buddy Powers (1994–2002) Scott Paluch (2002–2009) Dennis Williams (2009–2010, 2024–present) Chris Bergeron (2010–2019) Ty Eigner (2019–2024)
Seasons	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	CCHA (1971–2013, 2021–present) WCHA (2013–2021)
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Nelson Emerson (294 Points) Jamie Wansbrough (127 Goals) Gary Kruzich (88 Wins)
National championships	1984
Frozen Four appearances	1978 1984
NCAA Tournament appearances	1977 1978 1979 1982 1984 1987 1988 1989 1990 2019
Conference Tournament titles	CCHA: 1973 1977 1978 1979 1988
Hobey Baker winners	George McPhee (1982) Brian Holzinger (1995)
Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH