Boston College Athletics
Jerry York Honored With John MacInnes Award
January 19, 2024 | Men's Hockey
Long-time BC head coach recognized by American Hockey Coaches Association.
Jerry York is the winningest coach in college hockey history and is the most decorated coach ever to work a college bench. His 1,123 career wins dwarf the pack, no one else having reach 1,000 victories. He is the only NCAA coach to be enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto and is also a member of U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame, as well as numerous other halls.
York, a member of the Boston College Class of 1967, was hired at his alma mater in 1994 after coaching for 15 years at Bowling Green University (1979-1994) where he won the national championship in 1984. He began his head coaching career at Clarkson University at the age of 27, leading the Golden Knights from 1972-1979.
York is one of only three coaches to have won NCAA titles with two different schools—Bowling Green in 1984, and BC in 2001, 2008, 2010, and 2012. He also led the Eagles to 12 Frozen Four appearances, nine Hockey East Tournament titles, 12 Hockey East regular season championships, and nine Beanpot titles. His 41 NCAA Tournament victories are the most ever, and he was named Hockey East Coach of the Year five times, most recently in 2021.
York coached four Hobey Baker Award winners in his career. Eighteen of his former players were selected in the first round of the NHL draft, and 58 have appeared in at least fifty games in the NHL. In 2019, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. And in 2020 he was named to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.
A star player at Boston College High School before coming to the Heights to play for Coach John "Snooks" Kelley, York was named First-Team All-America in 1967 and won the Walter Brown Award for the top American-born player in New England that same year. He scored 134 points as a player (84 goals, 70 assists) and led the Eagles to a 60-29 record, the 1965 Beanpot title, and a second-place finish in the 1965 NCAA Tournament. He still ranks among BC's all-time leaders in points, goals, and assists.
