Doug Woog

Doug Woog
Biographical details
Born(1944-01-28)January 28, 1944
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedDecember 14, 2019(2019-12-14) (aged 75)
Lakeville, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
Playing career
1963–1966Minnesota
1966–1967U.S. Nationals
1967–1968Minnesota Nationals
1968US National Team
Position(s)Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1972Minnesota Junior Stars
1973–1977St. Paul Vulcans
1982US World Junior Team (assistant)
1984US Olympic Team (assistant)
1985US World Junior Team
1985–1999Minnesota
Head coaching record
Overall388–187–40 (.663)
Tournaments21–17 (.553)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1988 WCHA Regular Season Champion
1989 WCHA regular season champion
1992 WCHA regular season champion
1993 WCHA Tournament champion
1994 WCHA tournament champion
1995 WCHA regular season champion
1996 WCHA tournament champion
1997 WCHA regular season champion
Awards
1990 WCHA Coach of the Year
2002 US Hockey Hall of Fame
2008 John MacInnes Award

Douglas William Woog (January 28, 1944 – December 14, 2019) was an American ice hockey coach and broadcaster. He was a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, inducted in 2002. Woog was coach of the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers ice hockey team from 1985 to 1999. He was assistant coach of the 1984 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team.

He was a broadcaster for Gopher hockey games for FSN North through the 2009 to 2010 season. In 2008, he was awarded the John MacInnes Award for his work in amateur hockey in the United States. Woog died December 14, 2019.[1]

  1. ^ "Longtime Gopher Hockey Coach Doug Woog Dies at 75". December 14, 2019. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2019.