| Herb Brooks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hockey Hall of Fame, 2006 (Builder) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Brooks with the New York Rangers in 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
August 5, 1937 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
August 11, 2003 (aged 66) near Forest Lake, Minnesota, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Biographical details | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1955–1959 | Minnesota | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1971 | Minnesota (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | Minnesota Junior Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1979 | Minnesota | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | US Olympic Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1981 | HC Davos | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1985 | New York Rangers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | St. Cloud State | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Minnesota North Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Utica Devils | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | New Jersey Devils | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2002 | Pittsburgh Penguins (scout) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | France Olympic Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Pittsburgh Penguins | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | US Olympic Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Pittsburgh Penguins (Dir. of Player Development) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coaching record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 192–107–19 (.634) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 8–1 (.889) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accomplishments and honors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 Big Ten Champion 1974 WCHA Tournament Champion 1974 NCAA National Champion 1975 Big Ten Champion 1975 WCHA Regular Season Champion 1975 WCHA Tournament Champion 1976 WCHA Tournament Champion 1976 NCAA National Champion 1979 Big Ten Champion 1979 WCHA Tournament Champion 1979 NCAA National Champion 1987 NCHA Regular Season Champion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Awards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 WCHA Coach of the Year | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Herbert Paul Brooks (August 5, 1937 – August 11, 2003) was an American ice hockey player and coach. His most notable achievement came in 1980 as head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team at Lake Placid. At the Games, Brooks' American team upset the heavily favored Soviet team in a match that came to be known as the "Miracle on Ice."
Brooks also coached multiple National Hockey League (NHL) teams, as well as the French team at the 1998 Winter Olympics. He ultimately returned to coach the U.S. men's team to a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. When Brooks died in a car accident in 2003, he was the director of player personnel for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Brooks was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990 and the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999. He was honored posthumously with the Wayne Gretzky International Award in 2004 and inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2006.