Feb. 18, 2023 — An issue, recognized

Three days in the past, I famous that the retirement of simply 5 NCAA Division I and II coaches would enervate the teaching data general within the collegiate realm by almost 3,000 victories.

Yesterday, former U.S. worldwide Rachel Dawson introduced the receipts, outlining the truth that 16 NCAA Division I discipline hockey coaches have left the sideline since November 2021.

Within the colleges, a legion of long-time profitable coaches have left the sport in recent times:

June 2019: Kathleen “Cookie” Bromage, Enfield (Conn.)
Jan. 2020: Danyle Heilig, Haddon Heights and Voorhees Japanese (N.J.)
Might 2020: Diane Chapman, Backyard Metropolis (N.Y.)
Nov. 2020: Claudia McCarthy, Millville (N.J.)
Feb. 2021: Matt Soto, Millersville Penn Manor (Pa.)
Nov. 2021: Laurie Berger, San Diego Serra/Canyon Hills (Calif.)
Nov. 2021: Anne Horton, Gahanna Columbus Academy (Ohio)
Mar. 2022: Bob Derr, Lititz Warwick (Pa.)
June 2022: Karen Doxey, Richmond Collegiate (Va.)
Nov. 2022: Karen Klassner, Kingston Wyoming Seminary (Pa.)

Add up the teaching wins. You may want a calculator. From the numbers I’ve, these 10 coaches, all of whom have left the sport within the final 4 years, had been answerable for 6,153 victories. That’s a unprecedented whole.

In any discipline of endeavor, as my good friend Jim Davis posited in his Second Regulation of Area Hockey, “There isn’t a substitute for expertise.” And that doesn’t simply point out that senior-laden groups will play higher and go additional within the state match than groups which have largely underclasswomen.

Coaches matter.

And it says right here that there’s an issue if a sport is unable to stem the departure of coaches representing 10,000 victories.