Rochester Institute of Technology men's hockey head coach Wayne Wilson has announced his retirement, effective immediately, after more than 35 years of coaching at the NCAA Division I level.
A Bowling Green graduate who was a member of the Falcons' 1984 NCAA championship team, Wilson compiled a 471-337-82 overall record with RIT, including its transition from Division III to Division I in 2005, and its move from the Frank Ritter Memorial Arena to the Gene Polisseni Center in 2014. His ledger includes nine conference regular-season crowns, six conference tournament championships, and six NCAA tournament appearances, including four national tournament berths at the Division I level.
Wilson's 2023-24 RIT team finished 27-11-2 overall and won both the Atlantic Hockey regular-season and playoff titles while making the NCAAs. The 2009-10 Tigers won both Atlantic Hockey titles, and also advanced to the NCAA Division I Frozen Four in Detroit.
A native of Guelph, Ont., Wilson, 62, began his coaching career at his alma mater, serving as an assistant coach at BGSU from 1988 to 1999 before taking the top job at RIT.
ADDENDUM: RIT has chosen alumnus Matt Thomas as its new head coach. Thomas, 49, who played for the Division III Tigers from 1994 to 1998, previously served two seasons as an assistant coach with Maine (2000-2002), and then coached in the ECHL for 12 seasons. He then spent five years as head coach at Alaska Anchorage (2013-18) where he led the Seawolves to a 48-105-21 overall mark and one WCHA Final five berth. The Maple Ridge, B.C. native then coached Cincinnati (ECHL) for two seasons before spending the last four years as an assistant with Providence (AHL).
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