Bill Beaney Bill Beaney , Jr . ( born July 21 , 1951 ) is a college men ' s ice hockey coach . He has coached hockey teams in Vermont , New Hampshire and Maine , and has been the head coach at Middlebury College since 1986 . He led the Middlebury hockey team to eight NCAA Division III men ' s ice hockey championships between 1995 and 2006 and ranks 11th all - time among college men ' s ice hockey coaches with 543 wins . Athlete . Beaney grew up playing hockey in the youth leagues of Lake Placid , New York , where he was coached by his father , Bill Beaney , Sr . Beaney became a star athlete at Lake Placid high school . He was recruited by more than 30 colleges and enrolled at the University of New Hampshire ( " UNH " ) . He played four years of varsity hockey at UNH and was the captain of the 1973 team . Coaching career . Early years . After graduating from UNH in 1973 , Beaney coached hockey at the Bellows Free Academy in Vermont . He led the Bellows hockey team to three titles . In 1977 , Beaney was hired as the head hockey coach at New England College ( " NEC " ) in Henniker , New Hampshire . When he took over , the NEC hockey program had been hurt by the academic dismissal of a handful of players . Beaney suffered with losing records in his first three years at NEC , but turned the program around in his fourth year as head coach . In his final four years at NEC ( 1981 - 1984 ) , Beaney led the hockey team to a record of 60 - 37 . He led the team to a berth in the NCAA tournament in 1984 with a record of 16 - 8 - 3 . He was also named the New England Coach of the Year in 1982 and 1984 . In 1984 , Beaney moved to the Berwick Academy in South Berwick , Maine , as the school ' s admissions director and hockey coach . Middlebury College . In 1986 , Beaney was hired as the head men ' s ice hockey coach at Middlebury College . After consecutive 7 - 16 - 1 seasons in 1987 and 1988 , he turned the program around in 1990 with a 21 - 5 record . Middlebury has not had a losing record since 1989 . Since 1995 , Beaney has led Middlebury to 13 appearances in the NCAA tournament and 8 NCAA Division III men ' s ice hockey championships . His teams won NCAA championships five straight years between 1995 and 1999 and again for three straight years from 2004 to 2006 . Beaney has received the Edward Jeremiah Award four times ( 1990 , 1995 , 2004 , and 2006 ) . The award is presented each year by the American Hockey Coaches Association to the Division III men ' s ice hockey Coach of the Year . Beaney and Mike McShane are the only coaches to have received the award four times . After his team won its third consecutive NCAA championship , Beaney predicted a fourth : " If I had a choice - if I were to step to one side - I would also pick Middlebury . Good people attract good people , and we have a lot of players who want to come here . " When Middlebury won its record - setting fourth consecutive NCAA championship in 1998 , " The New York Times " wrote that the record was all the more remarkable given that it was accomplished by a small , academically oriented college with no athletic scholarships . The " Times " wrote : " Without consulting Coach Bill Beaney , it is difficult to comprehend how a small college like Middlebury in Vermont can win an unprecedented four straight national championships in a sport as money - minded and competitive as hockey . The entrance requirements are stiff - average Scholastic Achievement Tests of 1 , 330 - and the annual cost of about $ 30 , 000 occasionally eased by a grant based on family need . There are no athletic scholarships . " When Middlebury won a fifth consecutive NCAA championship in 1999 , the " Boston Globe " described the accomplishment as " padding a record of domination unrivaled in any level of college hockey . " Beaney noted that the fifth championship was " the most special , " because he had lost the entire six - player core that had been the foundation for his previous championship teams . In explaining how his young team had won the championship , Beaney offered what the " Boston Globe " called a bit of Green Mountain wisdom , " Like the sap that runs from the trees , anything is possible . " Beaney took a leave from his coaching duties for the 2002 - 2003 hockey season . Middlebury President John McCardell , Jr . , announced that Beaney had been granted time off from his coaching duties and would serve as an associate in the Office of College Advancement . He won three consecutive NCAA championships ( 2004 - 2006 ) after returning from the hiatus . Prior to the 2004 NCAA tournament , Beaney took his players on a trip to his home town of Lake Placid . His players " explored every nook and cranny " of the rink where the USA Hockey team had won the Olympic gold medal in 1980 and played a pickup game on the speedskating oval where Eric Heiden won five gold medals . Despite having what Beaney called " the weakest ability level " of any of his championship teams , the team went on to win the 2004 NCAA championship . Beaney recalled , " It was the same as the 1980 U . S . team . They had an unbelievable belief in themselves . They knew they could count on each other . Our guys were sharing the same dreams the 1980 team did . It was our own little miracle . " Beaney is also the head coach of Middlebury ' s golf team . His Middlebury golf teams won New England Small College Athletic Conference titles in 1999 , 2002 , 2007 and 2009 and advanced to the NCAA golf tournament in 2008 and 2009 . USA Hockey . Beaney has been involved in USA Hockey for many years . He coached USA Hockey ' s Junior Olympic team from 1985 to 1997 and was the head coach of the U . S . Women ' s Junior National team from 1996 to 1997 . He also served as the head coach of the East Team at the 1993 Olympic Festival , leading his team to the gold medal . Coaching philosophy . Beaney has earned a reputation for his emphasis on team play . In an interview with the " Boston Globe " in 1998 , Beaney described his philosophy , " Every player knows how to control the puck . . . Everyone plays aggressive two - way hockey . That ' s a major key . . . . We work hard , but we take plenty of time off . Studies are first . The kids like it and we do everything as a team . " A Vermont newspaper in 2005 published a feature story on Beaney ' s coaching philosophy which it dubbed " the gospel according to Bill Beaney . " The elements of the Beaney gospel include such truisms as " don ' t take anything for granted , " " they have to keep working hard , " and " playing just one game at a time . " And an emphasis on the team above the individual : " No one is bigger than the team . In order to succeed , you must work together and become a cohesive unit . " Overall coaching record . Beaney achieved his 500th career coaching win in January 2008 with a 6 - 3 win against New England College . He was the 18th college hockey coach to reach the milestone . In 30 years as a head coach , Beaney has compiled a record of 543 wins , 208 losses , and 42 ties . At the end of the 2009 - 2010 hockey season , Beaney ranked eleventh all - time among college men ' s ice hockey coaches in career wins . Family . Beaney ' s younger brother , Jeff Beaney , played hockey for Beaney at New England College . Jeff has been the head hockey coach at University of Southern Maine since 1987 . As of 2006 , the Beaney brothers had faced each other as coaches on 13 occasions , with Middlebury winning all 13 games . Jeff told a reporter , " People ask me all the time if it bothers me that my brother wins all the time . I tell them , ' If I can ' t win , I ' m glad it ' s him . ' "