Len Ceglarski Leonard Stanley Ceglarski ( born June 27 , 1926 ) is a native of East Walpole , Massachusetts . He was an All - American left wing on Boston College ' s 1949 NCAA championship team , and was captain of the 1950 – 51 squad . He was also a member of the U . S . Olympic hockey team that won the silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympic Games in Oslo , Norway . Ceglarski was also known as a baseball player . While at Boston College , his . 429 batting average as a senior second baseman was best in New England . Coaching career . A native of East Walpole , Massachusetts , Ceglarski taught and coached at Walpole High for four years before beginning his collegiate coaching career . He took the reins of the Golden Knights ’ program from retiring Clarkson mentor Bill Harrison . At Clarkson , he had various responsibilities . He was responsible not only for varsity coaching , but for the freshman team , the rink , the equipment , and the laundry , and served as his own secretary and the team ’ s skate sharpener . Clarkson College . Ceglarski began his coaching career at Clarkson College of Technology in 1958 . When Ceglarski began his coaching career in the late 1950s , he was the fourth head coach in Clarkson ’ s storied tradition . It took Ceglarski only four seasons to guide the Knights to their first NCAA championship game . In 1962 , Clarkson beat Michigan 5 – 4 to make hockey history by becoming the first Eastern team to defeat a Western squad in the first round of the Final Four since 1954 . Clarkson would fall to Michigan Tech in the 1962 title game , closing out a 22 – 3 – 1 campaign . During the 1965 – 66 season , Ceglarski boasted his best Clarkson squad , winning the ECAC Tournament and once again making it to the deciding game in the NCAA tournament . The Knights defeated Denver , 4 – 3 , before falling to the Michigan State Spartans in the title game . The club had a 24 – 3 record in 1965 – 66 . At the end of the season , he was awarded his first Spencer Penrose Trophy , which annually goes to the national coach of the year . He also earned the prestigious honor in 1978 and 1985 . For the third time in less than 10 years , Ceglarski ’ s team advanced to the NCAA Championship when the Knights battled Cornell for the 1970 NCAA championship . After skating past Michigan Tech , 4 – 3 , in the semifinals , Clarkson fell just short against the Big Red , suffering a 6 – 4 loss in Lake Placid . The club finished the season with a 24 – 8 record . He led the Golden Knights to three national championship games , compiling a 254 – 97 – 11 record . He left Clarkson in 1972 to become hockey coach at his alma mater Boston College . Boston College . When long - time Boston College coach Snooks Kelley retired as the Eagles coach in 1972 , Ceglarski decided to return to his alma mater . While at Boston College , Ceglarski guided the Eagles to over 400 victories through two decades in Boston . Ceglarski retired in 1992 with 689 career wins . At the time , it was the most in Division I history at the time . Currently , he ranks sixth today , behind leader Ron Mason ' s 924 wins . Coaching legacy . When Ceglarski concluded his 34 - year hockey coaching career in 1992 , he retired with the most victories ever amassed in the history of the game at the college level . His first win came with Clarkson ’ s 10 – 2 win at Providence on December 5 , 1958 . His teams at Clarkson and Boston College won 673 games , lost only 339 and tied 38 . Over that time , Ceglarski - coached teams had only four losing campaigns . Serving for 14 years as the head coach of the Clarkson Golden Knights , Ceglarski compiled a . 717 winning percentage , posting a 254 – 97 – 11 overall record from 1958 – 1972 . He guided Clarkson to four NCAA Tournament berths and its first ECAC Tournament title . Ceglarski ’ s teams finished as runners - up in the NCAA Tournament in 1961 – 62 , 1965 – 66 and 1969 – 70 . These are the only Clarkson squads to have reached the national championship game . In 34 seasons ( 1958 – 1992 ) , he became the winningest coach in the history of college hockey with a record of 673 – 339 – 38 . In 14 seasons at Clarkson , he had a record of 254 – 97 – 11 and a record of 419 – 242 – 27 in 20 seasons at Boston College . He is the only man in college hockey ever to coach 1 , 000 games . He was inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame in 1974 .