George Crowe (ice hockey)

George Crowe

Sport(s)	ice hockey
Biographical details
Born	June 28, 1936 Rothesay, NB, Canada
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1960–1964	Albany Academy for Boys
1964–1969	Oswego State
1969–1975	Phillips Exeter Academy
1975–1984	Dartmouth
1986-1998	Dartmouth (women's)
Head coaching record
Overall	340-259-32 (.564)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1979-80 ECAC Ivy Division 1990-91 Ivy League 1992-93 Ivy League 1994-95 Ivy League 1997-98 Ivy League
Awards
2001 Wearer of the Green 2001 Shaeffer Penn Award 2004 Joe Burke Award

George Crowe (born June 28, 1936) is a retired Canadian ice hockey coach who spent nearly 40 years in the college and high school ranks.^[1] Crowe Spent 21 years coaching both the men's and women's programs at Dartmouth.

Career

George Crowe began his coaching career at the Albany Academy for Boys before moving into the college level to take over for the newly minted club team at Oswego State in 1964.^[2] The Great Lakers became a Division III in 1966 and while they had success early on Crowe left the program after only three more years, returning to coach high school hockey, this time at Phillips Exeter Academy.^[3] Six years on Crowe accepted a second coaching gig in the NCAA, this time with Dartmouth.^[4]

When Crowe arrived in Hanover the Big Green hadn't made a tournament appearance in 26 years and had 15 losing seasons in that span.^[5] Crowe's arrival brought about immediate dividends when Dartmouth won 11 more games than the previous season and, after two middling years, the Big Green posted back-to-back 19-win seasons, making the tournament in both 1979 and 1980 (The team's last appearance as of 2016). Unfortunately Dartmouth began losing soon thereafter once more ending up with sub-.500 records in each of the next four seasons, bottoming out with a 3-23 mark in 1983–84 (a team-worst record to that point). After the season Crowe resigned to spend more time with his Elite Sports Camps.^[6][7]

After going through 3 separate head coaches over the previous three seasons, the women's team at Dartmouth was looking for yet another bench boss and turned to Crowe to stabilize the program. The choice was soon proven to be a correct one as Crowe led the Big Green to winning seasons in each of twelve years with the women's team.^[8] In that time Dartmouth won four Ivy League titles and became a perennial power. Crowe retired from coaching for good following the 1997–98 season, turning the team over to Judy Oberting

College Head Coaching record^[9]

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Oswego State Great Lakers (ECAC West) (1966-67–1968-69)
1966-67	Oswego State	15-4-1
1967-68	Oswego State	10-10-1
1968-69	Oswego State	10-11-0
Oswego State:		35-25-2
Dartmouth Big Green (ECAC Hockey) (1975-76–1983-84)
1975-76	Dartmouth	16-11-0	14-10-0	6th	ECAC Quarterfinals
1976-77	Dartmouth	12-12-2	11-12-1	10th
1977-78	Dartmouth	11-15-0	9-14-0	t-11th
1978-79	Dartmouth	19-9-2	14-7-1	4th	NCAA Consolation Game (Win)
1979-80	Dartmouth	19-11-1	15-6-1	3rd	NCAA Consolation Game (Win)
1980-81	Dartmouth	10-16-0	8-14-0	15th
1981-82	Dartmouth	10-15-1	6-14-1	15th
1982-83	Dartmouth	9-15-2	6-14-1	14th
1983-84	Dartmouth	3-23-0	3-18-0	16th
Dartmouth:		109-127-8	86-109-5
Dartmouth Big Green (Women) (Ivy League) (1986-87–1997-98)
1986-87	Dartmouth	11-10-0
1987-88	Dartmouth	15-8-3
1988-89	Dartmouth	17-9-2
1989-90	Dartmouth	11-9-3
1990-91	Dartmouth	19-7-0
1991-92	Dartmouth	18-8-0
1992-93	Dartmouth	19-7-1
1993-94	Dartmouth	14-10-2
1994-95	Dartmouth	16-8-4
1995-96	Dartmouth	20-9-3
1996-97	Dartmouth	16-13-1
1997-98	Dartmouth	20-9-3
Dartmouth:		196-107-22
Total:		340-259-32
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. "Biography - George Edward Crowe". NHL Legends of Hockey. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
2. "The Evolution of Lakers Men's Ice Hockey". NHL Legends of Hockey. 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
3. "Exeter Hockey Teams Inducted into NH Legends Hall of Fame; Abbreviated History of Exeter Hockey". Phillips Exeter Academy. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
4. "George Crowe". Eliteprospects. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
5. "Dartmouth Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
6. "Dartmouth College Hockey". Arcadia. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
7. "Directors & Staff". Elite Hockey Training Center. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
8. "Dartmouth Women's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
9. "2009-10 Media Guide Year-By-Year Results" (PDF). Dartmouth Big Green. Retrieved 2014-07-05.

External links

• George Crowe's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database