Brian Riley

Brian Riley

Sport(s)	Ice hockey
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Army
Biographical details
Born	July 19, 1959 West Point, NY, USA
Playing career
1977–1978	New Hampton School
1978–1979	Waterloo Black Hawks
1979–1983	Brown
Position(s)	Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1987	SUNY-Plattsburgh
1987–1988	Lowell (assistant)
1989–1996	Army (assistant)
1996–1998	Shattuck-Saint Mary's
1999–2004	Army (assistant)
2004–present	Army
Head coaching record
Overall	127–232–60 (.375)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2008 Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Champion
Awards
2006 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year 2007 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year 2008 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year

Brian Riley is an American ice hockey coach and the third consecutive member of his family to coach at Army.^[1]

Career

Brian Riley made his debut at the college ranks as a freshman for Brown in 1979. While the team didn't enjoy much success in his four years there,^[2] Riley was able to use the experience to begin a college coaching career a year after graduating in 1983 when he became an assistant at SUNY-Plattsburgh. After three seasons Riley jumped up to the Division I ranks with Lowell but remained at the job for only one season.

Riley returned to his hometown of West Point in 1989–90 as an assistant coach under his brother Rob, remaining there until 1996 when he left to take on his first head coaching job at Shattuck-Saint Mary's, a preeminent prep school. Riley coached the Sabres for two years before leaving to return to West Point, remaining as an assistant until his brother stepped down as head coach in 2004, making way for Brian to run the family business.^[3]

Since taking control of the team Riley has led the Black Knights through a relatively stable period in the program's history, having remained in the same conference for at least his first ten seasons and even producing a conference regular season title in 2007–08 (Army's first).^[4]

College Head coaching record^[5]

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Army Black Knights (Atlantic Hockey) (2004–05–present)
2004–05	Army	7–21–3	5–16–3	8th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2005–06	Army	12–18–6	10–12–6	5th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2006–07	Army	17–12–5	15–8–5	3rd	Atlantic Hockey Runner-Up
2007–08	Army	19–14–4	17–8–3	1st	Atlantic Hockey Semifinals
2008–09	Army	11–19–6	10–12–6	6th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2009–10	Army	11–18–7	10–12–6	6th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2010–11	Army	11–20–4	10–13–4	9th	Atlantic Hockey First Round
2011–12	Army	4–23–7	3–19–5	12th	Atlantic Hockey First Round
2012–13	Army	7–22–5	7–15–5	11th	Atlantic Hockey First Round
2013–14	Army	6–28–0	5–22–0	12th	Atlantic Hockey First Round
2014–15	Army	8–22–4	8–16–4	9th	Atlantic Hockey First Round
2015–16	Army	14–15–9	8–11–9	t-6th	Atlantic Hockey Semifinals
Army:		127–232–60	108–164–56
Total:		127–232–60
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. "Army Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
2. "Brown Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
3. "Brian Riley". Army Black Knights. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
4. "Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Standings". College Hockey Historical Archiveights. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
5. "2011–12 Army hockey media guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved 2014-08-09.

External links

• Brian Riley's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Brian Riley's career statistics at EliteProspects.com