The Terry Flanagan Award is given each year by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) to an assistant hockey coach. The award is intended to recognize the coach's entire body of work, not just his performance in one season.[1] The first recipient was Terry Flanagan, an assistant coach at Bowling Green.[1]
The award's recipients:[1][2][3]
| Year |
Recipient |
Program(s)
|
| 1997 |
Terry Flanagan |
Bowling Green
|
| 1998 |
Bob Saunders |
Holy Cross, RPI, UMass–Boston, Northeastern
|
| 1999 |
Glenn Kulyk |
Minnesota–Duluth
|
| 2000 |
Mel Pearson |
Michigan
|
| 2001 |
Brian Durocher |
Boston University
|
| 2002 |
Kevin Houle |
SUNY Plattsburgh
|
| 2003 |
Stu Irving |
Merrimack
|
| 2004 |
Tom Newton |
Western Michigan, Michigan State
|
| 2005 |
Grant Standbrook |
Maine
|
| 2006 |
Bill Powers |
Michigan
|
| 2007 |
David Lassonde |
New Hampshire, Miami (OH), Wisconsin
|
| 2008 |
Dave Peters |
Providence, Dartmouth
|
| 2009 |
Steve Miller |
Miami, Denver
|
| 2010 |
Andy Slaggert |
Notre Dame
|
| 2011 |
Brian Hills |
RIT, Bowling Green
|
| 2012 |
Drew Famulak |
Ferris State University
|
| 2013 |
Mike Cavanaugh |
Boston College
|
| 2014 |
Steve Mattson |
Norwich University
|
| 2015 |
Brent Brekke |
Miami (OH)
|
| 2016 |
Mike Gibbons |
Bemidji State, Northern Michigan, Colorado College, Denver, St. Cloud State
|
| 2017 |
Mike Guentzel |
Minnesota, Colorado College, Omaha
|
| 2018 |
Ben Syer |
Quinnipiac, Cornell
|
| 2019 |
Kevin Patrick |
Union, Bowling Green, Wisconsin, Vermont
|
| 2020 |
Keith Fisher
|
| 2021 |
Mark Kaufman
|
| 2022 |
Kris Heeres
|
| 2023 |
Todd Knott
|