Don Cahoon Don ' Toot ' Cahoon is a retired American ice hockey coach . He was the head coach of the Princeton Tigers when they won their first conference tournament championship in 1998 . For almost 40 years Cahoon worked behind the bench of various collegiate hockey programs , reaching the NCAA tournament twice as a head coach . Cahoon start in collegiate hockey came as a player for Boston University starting three seasons for the Terriers ( typical as freshman did not play varsity at the time ) which included back - to - back National Championships in 1971 and 1972 . After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in education , Cahoon continued his playing career for one more season , lacing it up for seven games for the New England Blades of the EHL , the league ' s last year in operation . Cahoon began his coaching career the following season , leading Lehigh University club team to the 1973 - 74 Mid - Atlantic Conference title . After a successful campaign his first time out , Cahoon joined the staff at his alma mater , becoming an assistant at BU under 2nd - year head coach Jack Parker . Cahoon enjoyed as much success as an assistant with the Terriers as he had as a player , winning three consecutive conference tournament titles , three regular season titles , and the 1978 National Championship . After five years as an assistant coach Cahoon accepted the head coaching duties for the Division II Norwich Cadets . In his three seasons at Norwich Cahoon led the Cadets to the postseason each year while continuing the University ' s strong hockey tradition . After 1981 - 82 Cahoon headed across the Atlantic to become the head coach and direction of hockey operations for the Vienna Capitals . Cahoon ' s European stint only lasted one season , however , and he was back as an assistant coach in college , this time for Massachusetts - Lowell as they made the transition from D - II into the Division I ranks . Though not unexpected Massachusetts - Lowell grew progressively worse while Cahoon was there and he left the university after his third season . After a year off , Cahoon returned to BU for the second time , spending a year as an assistant for Jack Parker before accepting a job as a pro scout for the Minnesota North Stars of the NHL . Cahoon ' s second foray into professional hockey lasted only slightly longer than his first and he rejoined the Terriers two years after he left for the second time . During his third trip behind the bench for BU , Cahoon also served as the head coach for Team USA at the 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships , leading the Americans to a respectable 4th - place finish . After 1991 Cahoon left Boston University for good when he received his first Division - I head coaching job , replacing Jim Higgins at Princeton . The Tigers were one of the founding members of ECAC Hockey and in the thirty years prior to Cahoon ' s arrival they had a winning season only once , in 1967 – 68 . That trend continued for the early part of Cahoon ' s tenure but he was able to get the Tigers head ' s above water with a plus - . 500 campaign in 1994 – 95 . After a lull the following year , Cahoon pushed Princeton to three consecutive winning seasons , including a conference tournament title in 1997 – 98 and its first 20 - win season the following year . Despite the success , Cahoon left the Tigers after the 2000 season to take on the same role with Massachusetts , a team that had recently brought back its ice hockey program but had yet to see much success . Similar to how he had improved Princeton , Cahoon took a couple of years to right the ship in Amherst , posting two 8 - win seasons before leading the Minutemen to a 19 - win campaign in year three , their first winning record since joining Hockey East in 1994 . Cahoon continued to enjoy moderate success with UMass for the next several seasons , hovering around . 500 , and brought the Minutemen to their first NCAA berth and win in 2007 behind the stellar goaltending of Jonathan Quick , but the results started to turn bad in the second decade of the 21st century and Cahoon agreed to resign from his post after the 2011 – 12 season . Cahoon ended with a 345 - 400 - 76 record as a head coach .