Bob Daniels (ice hockey)

Bob Daniels

Sport(s)	Ice hockey
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Ferris State
Biographical details
Born	March 13, 1959 Livonia, Michigan
Playing career
1979–1980	Michigan State
Position(s)	Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983–1986	Hennessey Engineers
1986–1987	Miami (graduate assistant)
1987–1989	Illinois-Chicago (assistant)
1989–1992	Ferris State (assistant)
1992–Present	Ferris State
Head coaching record
Overall	415–422–95
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
CCHA Regular Season Championship (2003) CCHA Regular Season Championship (2012) WCHA Regular Season Championship (2014) WCHA Tournament Championship (2016)
Awards
2003 CCHA Coach of the Year 2003 Spencer Penrose Award 2012 CCHA Coach of the Year 2012 Spencer Penrose Award 2014 WCHA Coach of the Year

Bob Daniels is an American ice hockey coach, currently in charge at Ferris State, a position he has held since 1992.

Career

Daniels began his coaching career shortly after graduating from Michigan State with a BA in accounting,^[1] becoming the head coach for the Hennessey Engineers of the Great Lakes Junior Hockey League. After three seasons in Plymouth, Michigan, Daniels returned to college, this time attending Miami University and earning a Master's in sports organization while serving as a graduate assistant for the RedHawks in 1986–87. The next season saw Daniels as a full-time college assistant for Illinois-Chicago and in his second season the Flames saw their best performance, finishing 3rd in the CCHA and advancing out of the first round in the conference tournament for the first time.^[2] After the two-year stint Daniels moved back to Michigan, becoming an assistant at Ferris State under John Perpich.

After a disappointing season in 1989–90 Bob Mancini replaced Perpich but Daniels was retained as an assistant. The first season under the new coach saw the Bulldogs post their first 20-win season in a decade^[3] but then slipped back under .500 in 1991–92. Mancini left to take over at Michigan Tech,^[4] leaving the door open for Daniels to take the reins.

In his first season leading the team Daniels got the Bulldogs to another 20-win campaign, but it would be six more years before he could provide the Ferris State faithful win another winning season. Daniels' continued on in his position despite the lack of consistent success and rewarded the Bulldogs with their first 30-win season in 2002–03. Ferris State won its first regular season conference title that year and fell one game short of its first conference tournament championship, falling to Michigan 5–3 in the final. With their superb record, Ferris State received an at-large bid to the 2003 NCAA Tournament, their first appearance in the championship, and downed perennial power North Dakota in the regional semifinal before being eliminated. Daniels coached his first Hobey Baker Award finalist in 2003^[5] and while Chris Kunitz failed to capture the award, Daniels himself received both the CCHA Coach of the Year and Spencer Penrose Award.^[6][7]

Over the course of the next decade the Bulldogs hovered around the .500 mark until 2011–12 when Daniels got Ferris State its second regular season title, and NCAA Tournament appearance. The 2012 Tournament saw a better result for the team as they won each of their first three games while allowing only 1 goal in each game. They, unfortunately, couldn't stop the #1 overall seed Boston College Eagles from taking the crown, losing 4–1 in the championship game. The season did finish with a silver lining as Daniels received his second CCHA Coach of the Year and Spencer Penrose Awards.

The following season was Ferris State's last in the CCHA when the conference dissolved after the realignment resulting from the formation of the Big Ten.^[8] They joined the WCHA beginning in 2013–14 and got off to a fast start, winning the regular season title with a 29-win year and making their third NCAA berth, losing a double overtime game to North Dakota in the regional finals.^[9] For his efforts Daniels was awarded the WCHA Coach of the Year Award.^[10]

College Head coaching record^[11]

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Ferris State Bulldogs (CCHA) (1992–93–2014–15)
1992–93	Ferris State	21–16–4	13–13–4	6th	CCHA Semifinals
1993–94	Ferris State	14–23–1	12–17–1	7th	CCHA First Round
1994–95	Ferris State	12–20–4	9–14–4	t-6th	CCHA First Round
1995–96	Ferris State	13–22–3	10–17–3	6th	CCHA Quarterfinals
1996–97	Ferris State	11–23–3	7–18–2	9th
1997–98	Ferris State	15–21–3	12–15–3	8th	CCHA Quarterfinals
1998–99	Ferris State	14–16–6	13–12–5	6th	CCHA Quarterfinals
1999-00	Ferris State	21–16–2	13–13–2	6th	CCHA First Round
2000–01	Ferris State	13–20–5	9–15–4	8th	CCHA First Round
2001–02	Ferris State	15–20–1	12–15–1	9th	CCHA First Round
2002–03	Ferris State	31–10–1	22–5–1	1st	NCAA West Regional Final
2003–04	Ferris State	15–20–3	10–17–1	10th	CCHA First Round
2004–05	Ferris State	13–22–4	7–17–4	t-10th	CCHA First Round
2005–06	Ferris State	17–15–8	10–11–7	t-6th	CCHA Quarterfinals
2006–07	Ferris State	14–22–3	10–16–2	9th	CCHA First Round
2007–08	Ferris State	18–16–5	12–12–4	5th	CCHA Quarterfinals
2009-09	Ferris State	12–19–7	9–14–5–2	9th	CCHA First Round
2009–10	Ferris State	21–13–6	13–9–6–4	3rd	CCHA Third Place Game (Loss)
2010–11	Ferris State	18–16–5	12–12–4–4	5th	CCHA Quarterfinals
2011–12	Ferris State	26–12–5	16–7–5–1	1st	NCAA Runner-Up
2012–13	Ferris State	16–16–5	13–12–3–1	5th	CCHA Quarterfinals
CCHA Total:		350–378–84	244–281–60
Ferris State Bulldogs (WCHA) (2013–14–present)
2013–14	Ferris State	27–9–3	20–6–2	1st	NCAA Midwest Regional Final
2014–15	Ferris State	18–20–2	13–14–1	5th	WCHA Semifinal
2015–16	Ferris State	20–15–6	13–11–4	4th	NCAA West Regional Final
WCHA Total:		65–44–11	46–31–7
Total:		415–422–95
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

References

1. "Bob Daniels". Ferris State Bulldogs. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
2. "2012–13 CCHA Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
3. "Ferris State Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
4. "Bob Mancini Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
5. "Profiles: 2003 Hobey Baker Finalists". USCHO.com. 2014-04-08. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
6. "CCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
7. "NCAA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
8. "The CCHA is going away, but its history will have a final resting place". USCHO.com. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
9. "Saturday, March 29, 2014 North Dakota (NDK) vs Ferris State (FSU)". collegehockeystats.net. 2014-03-29. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
10. "WCHA Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
11. "2008–09 Ferris State Bulldogs Media Guide 71–76" (PDF). Ferris State Bulldogs. Retrieved 2014-07-07.

External links

• Bob Daniels's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Bob Daniels's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
• Ferris State bio