Don Lucia

Don Lucia
Current position
Sport(s)	Ice hockey
Title	Head Coach
Team	Minnesota
Biographical details
Born	(1958-08-20) August 20, 1958 Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1993	Alaska-Fairbanks
1993–1999	Colorado College
1999–Present	Minnesota
Head coaching record
Overall	680-381-105 (.628)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1988 Great West Champion 1994 WCHA Champion 1995 WCHA Champion 1996 WCHA Champion 2002 NCAA National Champion 2003 WCHA Tournament Champion 2003 NCAA National Champion 2004 WCHA Tournament Champion 2006 WCHA Champion 2007 WCHA Champion 2007 WCHA Tournament Champion 2012 WCHA Champion 2013 WCHA Champion 2014 Big Ten Champion 2015 Big Ten Champion 2015 Big Ten Tournament Champion 2016 Big Ten Champion
Awards
1994 WCHA Coach of the Year 1994 Spencer Penrose Award 1996 WCHA Coach of the Year 2006 WCHA Coach of the Year 2014 Big Ten Coach of the Year

Don Lucia (born August 20, 1958) is the head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's hockey team.^[1] He has twice led the Golden Gophers to the NCAA National Championship title, in 2002 and 2003.^[2] Under Lucia, the Golden Gophers have won four MacNaughton Cups (awarded to the WCHA's regular season champion), the Broadmoor Trophy three times (awarded to the WCHA playoff champion),^[1] and the Big Ten regular season championship in each of that league's first three seasons. He has coached one Hobey Baker Award winner, Jordan Leopold.^[3] He is one of 10 coaches to record more than 600 NCAA men's ice hockey wins, and one of four to win national titles in consecutive years.^[4] Lucia graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1981, where he played defense for the school's hockey team.^[1]^[4] He is married to his wife Joyce, with whom he shares 4 kids: Allison, Jessica, Tony, and Mario.^[5]

Personal information

Lucia has two sons who have been picked in the NHL Entry Draft. Tony Lucia (born 1987), who is currently playing in the American Hockey League with the Worcester Sharks, was selected in the 6th round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks;^[6] and Mario Lucia (born 1993), who is currently playing for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey team in the NCAA's Hockey East, was selected in the 2nd round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota Wild.

During the 2008–2009 season, Lucia was diagnosed with sarcoidosis, but only missed four games while battling the autoimmune disease. This illness, combined with a growing number of college hockey players taking their talents to the NHL, led Lucia's Gophers to a 17–18–2 record during the 2009–2010 season. This season was Lucia's only year with a losing record with the Gophers, and his first since coaching Alaska-Fairbanks in the 1991–1992 season.^[4]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks (Great West) (1987–1988)
1987-88	Alaska-Fairbanks	21–10–2	5–3–0	1st
Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks (Independent) (1988–1993)
1988-89	Alaska-Fairbanks	21–12–3
1989-90	Alaska-Fairbanks	10–20–9
1990-91	Alaska-Fairbanks	17–16–2
1991-92	Alaska-Fairbanks	7–27–1
1992-93	Alaska-Fairbanks	23–12–2
Alaska-Fairbanks:		99–97–19
Colorado College Tigers (WCHA) (1993–1999)
1993-94	Colorado College	23–11–5	18–9–5	1st	WCHA First Round
1994-95	Colorado College	30–12–1	22–9–1	1st	NCAA West Regional Semifinals
1995-96	Colorado College	33–5–4	26–2–4	1st	NCAA Runner-Up
1996-97	Colorado College	25–15–4	17–11–4	T-4th	NCAA Frozen Four
1997-98	Colorado College	26–13–3	16–10–2	3rd	NCAA East Regional Semifinals
1998-99	Colorado College	29–12–1	20–8–0	2nd	NCAA East Regional Semifinals
Colorado College:		166–68–18	119–49–16
Minnesota Golden Gophers (WCHA) (1999–2013)
1999-00	Minnesota	20–19–2	13–13–2	6th	WCHA Third Place Game (Loss)
2000-01	Minnesota	27–13–2	18–8–2	3rd	NCAA East Regional Quarterfinals
2001-02	Minnesota	32–8–4	18–7–3	3rd	NCAA National Champion
2002-03	Minnesota	28–8–9	15–6–7	T-2nd	NCAA National Champion
2003-04	Minnesota	27–14–3	15–12–1	T-4th	NCAA Midwest Regional Final
2004-05	Minnesota	28–15–1	17–10–1	T-3rd	NCAA Frozen Four
2005-06	Minnesota	27–9–5	20–5–3	1st	NCAA West Regional Semifinals
2006-07	Minnesota	31–10–3	18–7–3	1st	NCAA West Regional Final
2007-08	Minnesota	19–17–9	9–12–7	7th	NCAA Northeast Regional Semifinals
2008-09	Minnesota	17–13–7	12–11–5	5th	WCHA Quarterfinal
2009-10	Minnesota	18–19–2	12–14–2	7th	WCHA First Round
2010-11	Minnesota	16–14–6	13–10–5	5th	WCHA First Round
2011-12	Minnesota	28–13–1	20–8–0	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
2012-13	Minnesota	26–9–5	16–7–5	T-1st	NCAA West Regional Semifinals
Minnesota:		344–181–59	206–118–39
Minnesota Golden Gophers (Big Ten) (2013–present)
2013-14	Minnesota	28–6–6	14–3–3	1st	NCAA Runner-Up
2014-15	Minnesota	23–12–3	12–5–3	1st	NCAA Northeast Regional Semifinals
2015-16	Minnesota	20–17–0	14–6–0	1st	Big Ten Runner-Up
Minnesota:		71–35–9	40–14–6
Total:		680-381-105
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

1 2 3 "Don Lucia Bio". Gopher Sports.com. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
↑ "Isles GM Rips Lucia". College Hockey News.com. 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
↑ "Jordan Leopold's bio". Vintage Minnesota Hockey.com. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
1 2 3 Borzi, Pat. "Once-Embattled Coach Has Gophers Golden Again." New York Times 8 Feb. 2013: B11(L). Academic OneFile. Web. 10 Oct. 2015.
↑ "SURVIVING STORMY DAYS; Don Lucia's charmed life hit a rough spell over the past couple of years, particularly when the Gophers hockey coach was hit with a rare disease that affected his even-keeled personality." Star Tribune [Minneapolis, MN] 19 Dec. 2010: 1C. Business Insights: Essentials. Web. 10 Oct. 2015.
↑ http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=18008

Awards and achievements
Preceded by George Gwozdecky	Spencer Penrose Award 1993–94	Succeeded by Shawn Walsh
Preceded by Mike Sertich George Gwozdecky George Gwozdecky/Bob Motzko	WCHA Coach of the Year 1993–94 1995–96 2005–06 (co-winner with Jamie Russell)	Succeeded by George Gwozdecky Dean Blais Bob Motzko
Preceded by Award Created	Big Ten Coach of the Year 2013–14	Succeeded by Guy Gadowsky

Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey

Playing venues	Carlson Center (1990–present)

Head coaches	Alfred Bastress (1935–1939) Joe Gerlach (1940–1941) Jim Welsch (1949–1950) Coach Urick (1950–1951) Coach Gilhooley (1953–1954) Chris Christensen (1954–1955) Ken Smith (1956–1957) Bill Borland (1957–1958) Bill Daltri (1960–1963) Larry Bidlake (1963–1964) Jack Peterson (1964–1965) Ed Armstrong (1965–1966) Jim Perry (1967–1969) Fred Stevenson (1969–1971) Gary Weitz (1971–1972) Ray Korkiala (1972–1973) Bob Gaddis (1973–1974) Tim Homan (1977–1978) Ric Schafer (1981–1987) Don Lucia (1987–1993) Dave Laurion (1993–1999) Guy Gadowsky (1999–2004) Tavis MacMillan (2004–2007) Doc DelCastillo (2007–2008) Dallas Ferguson (2008–present)

Conference affiliations	Great West (1985–1988) CCHA (1995–2013) WCHA (2013–present)

Rivalries	Alaska Anchorage Seawolves

NCAA Tournament appearances	2010

University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK

Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey

Playing venues	Broadmoor World Arena (1938–1994) Cadet Ice Arena (1994–1998) World Arena (1998–present)

Head coaches	John Atwood (1937–1938) Garrett Livingston (1938–1942) C.E. Moore (1944–1945) Cheddy Thompson (1945–1955) Tom Bedecki (1955–1958) Tony Frasca (1958–1963) Bob Johnson (1963–1966) John Matchefts (1966–1971) Jeff Sauer (1971–1982) Mike Bertsch (1982–1988) Brad Buetow (1988–1993) Don Lucia (1993–1999) Scott Owens (1999–2014) Mike Haviland (2014–present)

Conference affiliations	Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) (1951–1958, 1959–2013) National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) (2013–present)

Rivalries	Air Force Falcons Battle for Pikes Peak Denver Pioneers Battle for the Gold Pan

All-time leaders	Dave Delich (285 Points) Ron Hartwell (112 Goals) Jeff Sanger (76 Wins)

National championships	1950 1957

Frozen Four appearances	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1955 1957 1996 1997 2005

NCAA Tournament appearances	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1955 1957 1979 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2008 2011

Conference Tournament champions	WCHA: 1978

Hobey Baker winners	Peter Sejna (2003) Marty Sertich (2005)

Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO

Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey

Playing venues	Williams Arena (1950–93) Mariucci Arena (1993–present)

Head coaches	I. D. MacDonald (1921–22) Emil Iverson (1922–30) Frank Pond (1930–35) Larry Armstrong (1935–47) Doc Romnes (1947–52) John Mariucci (1952–55, 1956–66) Marsh Ryman (1955–56) Glen Sonmor (1966–71) Ken Yackel (1971–72) Herb Brooks (1972–79) Brad Buetow (1979–85) Doug Woog (1985–99) Mike Guentzel (1996) Don Lucia (1999–present)

Seasons	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Conference affiliations	WCHA (1951-2013) Big Ten (2013-present)

Rivalries and trophy games	North Dakota Wisconsin Minnesota-Duluth St. Cloud State Mariucci-Bessone Trophy with Michigan State Mariucci-Renfrew Coaches Trophy with Michigan

Culture & lore	Mariucci Classic North Star College Cup

All-time leaders	John Mayasich (298 Points) John Mayasich (144 Goals) Kellen Briggs (84 Wins)

National championships	1974 1976 1979 2002 2003

Runner-Up Finishes	1953 1954 1971 1975 1981 1989 2014

Frozen Four appearances	1953 1954 1961 1971 1974 1975 1976 1979 1981 1983 1986 1987 1988 1989 1994 1995 2002 2003 2005 2012 2014

NCAA Tournament appearances	1953 1954 1961 1971 1974 1975 1976 1979 1980 1981 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2012 2013 2014

Conference Championships	WCHA 1961 1971 1974 1975 1976 1979 1980 1981 1993 1994 1996 2003 2004 2007

Notable players	Aaron Broten Neal Broten Kellen Briggs Mike Crowley Tim Harrer Jordan Leopold John Mayasich Pat Micheletti Todd Richards Robb Stauber

Hobey Baker Award winners	Neal Broten (1981) Robb Stauber (1988) Brian Bonin (1996) Jordan Leopold (2002)

University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN

Current men's ice hockey head coaches of the Big Ten Conference

Red Berenson (Michigan) Tom Anastos (Michigan State) Don Lucia (Minnesota) Steve Rohlik (Ohio State) Guy Gadowsky (Penn State) Tony Granato (Wisconsin)

Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Ice Hockey 2001–02 NCAA Champions

Nicholas Angell Keith Ballard Matt DeMarchi Adam Hauser Matt Koalska Jordan Leopold Paul Martin Grant Potulny (MOP) John Pohl Jeff Taffe Barry Tallackson Daniel Welch Head Coach Don Lucia Assistant Coaches Bob Motzko Robb Stauber

Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Ice Hockey 2002–03 NCAA Champions

Keith Ballard Matt DeMarchi Gino Guyer Chris Harrington Matt Koalska Paul Martin Grant Potulny Andy Sertich Barry Tallackson Thomas Vanek (MOP) Daniel Welch Head Coach Don Lucia Assistant Coaches Bob Motzko Robb Stauber

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Don Lucia

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