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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 19, 1919 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | September 19, 2008 (aged 89) Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Ice hockey | |
| 1949–1963 | RPI |
| 1963–1970 | Cornell |
| 1970–1971 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1975–1978 | Union |
| Lacrosse | |
| 1945–1958 | RPI |
| 1966–1968 | Cornell |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1971–1974 | Detroit Red Wings (GM) |
| 1979–1982 | Adirondack Red Wings (GM) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 384–131–11 (college ice hockey) 147–27–2 (college lacrosse) 12–22–24 (NHL) |
| Tournaments | 9–5 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1952 NCAA National Champion (Lacrosse) 1953 Tri-State League Champion 1954 Tri-State League Champion 1954 NCAA National Champion 1957 Tri-State League Champion 1967 ECAC Tournament Champion 1967 NCAA National Champion 1968 ECAC Champion 1968 ECAC Tournament Champion 1969 ECAC Champion 1969 ECAC Tournament Champion 1970 ECAC Champion 1970 ECAC Tournament Champion 1970 NCAA National Champion | |
| Awards | |
| 1968 Spencer Penrose Award 1981 Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame 1982 Rensselaer Athletic Hall of Fame 1993 Lake Placid Hall of Fame 1994 US Hockey Hall of Fame 1998 Hobey Baker Legend of College Hockey Award 2001 National Lacrosse Hall of Fame 2007 Rensselaer Hockey Ring of Honor | |
| Records | |
| 1970 Highest Winning Percentage (1.000) | |
Nevin Donald Harkness (September 19, 1919 – September 19, 2008) was an NCAA head coach of ice hockey and lacrosse at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Cornell University and of ice hockey at Union College. Harkness was also head coach of the Detroit Red Wings and later was the team's general manager. He was inducted into the Lake Placid Hall of Fame in 1993, the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2001 and into the RPI Hockey Ring of Honor in 2007. He is also a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in Eveleth, Minnesota, having been inducted in 1994.[1]
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