Keith Allain

Keith Allain
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamYale Bulldogs
ConferenceECAC
Biographical details
Born (1958-09-26) September 26, 1958 (age 66)
Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materYale University
Playing career
1976–80Yale Bulldogs
1980–82Väsby IK
Position(s)Goaltender
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–85Yale Bulldogs (Assistant)
1993–1997Washington Capitals (Assistant)
2002–2003Worcester IceCats (Goalie Coach)
2003St. Louis Blues (Goalie Coach)
2003–2005Worcester IceCats (Goalie Coach)
2005–2006St. Louis Blues (Goalie Coach)
2006–presentYale Bulldogs
Head coaching record
Overall276–233–51 (.538)
Tournaments6–5 (.545)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2009 ECAC Champion
2009 ECAC Tournament champion
2010 ECAC Champion
2011 ECAC tournament champion
2013 NCAA National Champion
Ivy League Champion (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016)
Awards
2009 Tim Taylor Award
2× Ivy League Coach of the Year (2015, 2016)
Records
Most wins in one season in Yale history (28)

Keith Allain (born September 26, 1958) is an American ice hockey coach. He is currently the head coach of the Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey team.[1] He took over the program following Tim Taylor in 2006. In 2013, he led Yale to its first ever NCAA men's ice hockey National Championship.

Allain, who played as a goaltender with the Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey team, was an assistant coach in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals from 1993–1997, and also served as the goaltending coach for the St. Louis Blues from 1998 to 2006.[2]

Allain served as an assistant coach with the United States men's national ice hockey team at the 1992, 2006, and 2018 Winter Olympics.

Allain led teams have struggled against Quinnipiac since the NCAA championship game in 2013, compiling a record of 0-20-3. Yale's lone victory during this span came when Allain was in South Korea for the 2018 Winter Olympics.