Tim Taylor Award (ECAC Hockey)

Tim Taylor Award
Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	The Coach of the Year in ECAC Hockey
History
First award	1987
Most wins	Mike Schafer (5); Rand Pecknold (5)
Most recent	Reid Cashman

The Tim Taylor Award is an annual award given out at the conclusion of the ECAC Hockey regular season to the best coach in the conference as voted by the coaches of each ECAC team.^[1]

The Coach of the Year was first awarded in 1987 and every year thereafter until 2007 when it was renamed in honor of long-time Yale head coach Tim Taylor^[2] after he had retired following the 2005–06 season.^[3]

The vote for the award was split in its second year, but not since. (as of 2020)

Award winners

Year	Winner	School
1986–87	Tim Taylor	Yale
1987–88	Bill Cleary	Harvard
1987–88	Mike Gilligan	Vermont
1988–89	Joe Marsh	St. Lawrence
1989–90	Terry Slater	Colgate
1990–91	Mark Morris	Clarkson
1991–92	Tim Taylor	Yale
1992–93	Roger Demment	Dartmouth
1993–94	Bruce Delventhal	Union
1994–95	Bob Gaudet	Brown
1995–96	Joe Marsh	St. Lawrence
1996–97	Stan Moore	Union
1997–98	Tim Taylor	Yale
1998–99	Joe Marsh	St. Lawrence
1999–00	Don Vaughan	Colgate
2000–01	Mark Morris	Clarkson
2001–02	Mike Schafer	Cornell
2002–03	Mike Schafer	Cornell
2003–04	Stan Moore	Colgate
2004–05	Mike Schafer	Cornell

Year	Winner	School
2005–06	Bob Gaudet	Dartmouth
2006–07	Joe Marsh	St. Lawrence
2007–08	Guy Gadowsky	Princeton
2008–09	Keith Allain	Yale
2009–10	Nate Leaman	Union
2010–11	Nate Leaman	Union
2011–12	Rick Bennett	Union
2012–13	Rand Pecknold	Quinnipiac
2013–14	Don Vaughan	Colgate
2014–15	Greg Carvel	St. Lawrence
2015–16	Rand Pecknold	Quinnipiac
2016–17	Rick Bennett	Union
2017–18	Mike Schafer	Cornell
2018–19	Casey Jones	Clarkson
2019–20	Mike Schafer	Cornell
2020–21	Rand Pecknold	Quinnipiac
2021–22	Rand Pecknold	Quinnipiac
2022–23	Rand Pecknold	Quinnipiac
2022–23	Reid Cashman	Dartmouth

Winners by school

School	Winners
Union	6
Cornell	5
Quinnipiac	5
St. Lawrence	5
Colgate	4
Yale	4
Clarkson	3
Dartmouth	3
Brown	1
Harvard	1
Princeton	1
Vermont	1

Multiple winners

Recipient	Trophies
Rand Pecknold	5
Mike Schafer	5
Joe Marsh	4
Tim Taylor	3
Rick Bennett	2
Bob Gaudet	2
Nate Leaman	2
Stan Moore	2
Mark Morris	2
Don Vaughan	2

Five-time winners

Mike Schafer of Cornell

Rand Pecknold of Quinnipiac

References

General

"ECAC Awards". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
"ECAC Awards and Honors" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
"NCAA (ECAC) Coach of the Year". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2013-08-04.

Specific

^ "Gostisbehere, Bodie, Carr earn spots on ECAC Hockey All-League Teams". Union Athletics. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
^ "ECAC Hockey Loses Legendary Coach". Union Athletics. 2013-04-28. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
^ "Tim Taylor Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2013-08-04.

External links

ECAC Hockey Awards (Incomplete)

[1] "Gostisbehere, Bodie, Carr earn spots on ECAC Hockey All-League Teams". Union Athletics. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-08-01.

[2] "ECAC Hockey Loses Legendary Coach". Union Athletics. 2013-04-28. Retrieved 2013-08-04.

[3] "Tim Taylor Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2013-08-04.

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v t e ECAC Hockey
Teams	Brown Bears men women Clarkson Golden Knights men women Colgate Raiders men women Cornell Big Red men women Dartmouth Big Green men women Harvard Crimson men women Princeton Tigers men women Quinnipiac Bobcats men women Rensselaer Engineers men women St. Lawrence Saints men women Union Garnet Chargers men women Yale Bulldogs men women
Venues	Meehan Auditorium (Brown) Cheel Arena (Clarkson) Class of 1965 Arena (Colgate) Lynah Rink (Cornell) Thompson Arena (Dartmouth) Bright Hockey Center (Harvard) Hobey Baker Memorial Rink (Princeton) M&T Bank Arena (Quinnipiac) Houston Field House (Rensselaer) Appleton Arena (St. Lawrence) Achilles Rink (Union) Ingalls Rink (Yale) Herb Brooks Arena (Men's tournament)
Men's awards	All-ECAC Hockey Team Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Tim Taylor Award (Coach of the Year) Best Defensive Defenseman Best Defensive Forward Ken Dryden Award (Best Goaltender) Student-Athlete of the Year Wayne Dean Sportsmanship Award Most Outstanding Player in Tournament All-Tournament Team
Women's awards	Women's champions
Men's seasons	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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25