# George Gwozdecky

George Gwozdecky (born July 17, 1953) is a Canadian ice hockey coach. He resigned as an assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL) in June 2015. In August 2015, he accepted a job as the head hockey coach at Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, CO.
He was the head coach for the University of Denver Pioneers hockey team for 19 seasons, from 1994 until 2013. The Pioneers won 2 national championships (2004/2005) under his guidance, and won at least 20 games in each of the last 12 seasons in which he coached them.
He is a member of the prestigious Miami University "Cradle of Coaches", and is the only person to win the NCAA national championship as a player (with Wisconsin in 1977), assistant coach (at Michigan State in 1986), and head coach with Denver (2004 and 2005).
Gwozdecky is a native of Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Gwozdecky and his wife Bonnie have one daughter, Adrienne.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Wisconsin–River Falls Falcons (NCHA / WSUAC) (1981–1984) ||||||
| 1981-82 | Wisconsin–River Falls | 21-13-0 | | 3rd/1st | |
| 1982-83 | Wisconsin–River Falls | 24-6-1 | | 2nd/1st | NAIA National Champion |
| 1983-84 | Wisconsin–River Falls | 21-10-1 | | 3rd/1st | |
| Wisconsin–River Falls: | Wisconsin–River Falls: | 66-29-2 | | | |
| Miami Redskins (CCHA) (1989–1994) ||||||
| 1989-90 | Miami | 12-24-4 | 8-21-3 | 7th | CCHA quarterfinals |
| 1990-91 | Miami | 5-29-3 | 3-26-3 | 9th | |
| 1991-92 | Miami | 18-16-6 | 12-14-6 | 5th | CCHA consolation game (loss) |
| 1992-93 | Miami | 27-9-5 | 22-3-5 | 1st | NCAA West Regional Quarterfinals |
| 1993-94 | Miami | 21-16-1 | 17-12-1 | 5th | CCHA second round |
| Miami: | Miami: | 83-94-19 | 62-76-18 | | |
| Denver Pioneers (WCHA) (1994–2013) ||||||
| 1994-95 | Denver | 25-15-2 | 18-12-2 | t-2nd | NCAA East Regional semifinals |
| 1995-96 | Denver | 22-14-3 | 17-12-3 | 3rd | WCHA quarterfinals |
| 1996-97 | Denver | 24-13-4 | 17-11-4 | t-4th | NCAA East Regional semifinals |
| 1997-98 | Denver | 11-25-2 | 8-18-2 | 8th | WCHA first round |
| 1998-99 | Denver | 26-13-2 | 15-11-2 | 3rd | NCAA East Regional Quarterfinals |
| 1999-00 | Denver | 16-23-2 | 9-18-1 | 9th | WCHA first round |
| 2000-01 | Denver | 19-15-4 | 14-11-3 | 6th | WCHA first round |
| 2001-02 | Denver | 32-8-1 | 26-6-1 | 1st | NCAA West Regional semifinals |
| 2002-03 | Denver | 21-14-6 | 11-11-6 | 7th | WCHA first round |
| 2003-04 | Denver | 27-12-5 | 13-10-5 | t-4th | NCAA national champion |
| 2004-05 | Denver | 32-9-2 | 19-7-2 | t-1st | NCAA national champion |
| 2005-06 | Denver | 21-15-3 | 17-8-3 | t-2nd | WCHA first round |
| 2006-07 | Denver | 21-15-4 | 13-11-4 | 4th | WCHA first round |
| 2007-08 | Denver | 26-14-1 | 16-11-1 | 3rd | NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals |
| 2008-09 | Denver | 23-12-5 | 16-8-4 | 2nd | NCAA West Regional semifinals |
| 2009-10 | Denver | 27-10-4 | 19-5-4 | 1st | NCAA East Regional semifinals |
| 2010-11 | Denver | 25-12-5 | 17-8-3 | 2nd | NCAA Midwest Regional Final |
| 2011-12 | Denver | 25-14-4 | 16-8-4 | 6th | NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals |
| 2012-13 | Denver | 20-14-5 | 13-9-5 | t-4th | NCAA Northeast Regional semifinals |
| Denver: | Denver: | 443-267-64 | 294-195-59 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 592-390-85 | | | |
| 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 ||||||