Ralph Romano

Ralph Romano

Biographical details
Born	(1934-08-25)August 25, 1934 Fort William, Ontario, CAN
Died	December 16, 1983(1983-12-16) (aged 49)
Playing career
1954–1956	Minnesota–Duluth
Position(s)	Goaltender
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1959–1968	Minnesota–Duluth
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1969–1983	Minnesota–Duluth
Head coaching record
Overall	90–121–7
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1960 MIAC Champion 1961 MIAC Champion
Awards
1989 Duluth–Superior Sports Hall of Fame 1993 Minnesota–Duluth Athletic Hall of Fame

Ralph Romano was an ice hockey goaltender, head coach, and athletic director, all with the University of Minnesota–Duluth (UMD).

Career

Ralph Romano spent his entire adult career with the UMD Bulldogs, playing for the team between 1954 and 1956. After graduating he was named as head coach in 1959 and shepherded the team while it transitioned from the MIAC (in what would become a Division III conference) to an upper-classification team and eventually join the dominant conference of the 1960s, the WCHA. Though his teams didn't win many games after it left the MIAC, Romano was well-regarded at the university and was promoted to athletic director in 1969. Romano remained at that position until he died from a heart attack while attending a game against Denver in December 1983. He was posthumously inducted into both the Duluth–Superior Sports Hall of Fame and the Minnesota–Duluth Athletic Hall of Fame.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs (MIAC) (1959–1961)
1959–60	Minnesota–Duluth	15–5–0	8–0–0	1st
1960–61	Minnesota–Duluth	13–3–0	6–0–0	1st
Minnesota–Duluth:		28–8–0	14–0–0
Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Independent (1961–1965)
1961–62	Minnesota–Duluth	6–14–2
1962–63	Minnesota–Duluth	7–15–2
1963–64	Minnesota–Duluth	11–14–0
1964–65	Minnesota–Duluth	14–12–1
Minnesota–Duluth:		38–55–5
Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs (WCHA) (1965–1968)
1965–66	Minnesota–Duluth	7–19–2	3–15–2	8th	WCHA First Round
1966–67	Minnesota–Duluth	12–16–0	8–15–0	6th	WCHA First Round
1967–68	Minnesota–Duluth	5–23–0	4–20–0	8th	WCHA First Round
Minnesota–Duluth:		24–58–2	15–50–2
Total:		90–121–7
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

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database