Former Miami player and assistant coach Chris Bergeron has taken the head coaching job at his alma mater, after nine seasons at the helm of Bowling Green State University, as was announced
on Friday. He succeeds former Miami teammate Enrico Blasi, who was dismissed last month after 20 years of leading the Red Hawks.
Bergeron compiled a record of 171-154-44 (.523) at Bowling Green from 2010 to 2019, including five consecutive 20-win seasons in his final five campaigns there, including a pair of appearances in the WCHA championship game. This year he led the Falcons to their first NCAA Tournament in 29 years, where they fell to defending NCAA champion Minnesota-Duluth, 2-1, in overtime in a Midwest regional final in Allentown, Pa.
Bergeron, 48, from Wallaceburg, Ont., skated at Miami from 1989 to 1993, when it was known as the Redskins. He tallied 48 goals and 72 assists for 120 points in his collegiate career, and then led Miami in scoring as a senior with 21-40—61 points that season as they won their first-ever CCHA title. He then played professionally from 1993 to 2000 in the AHL, CHL, ECHL, IHL, RHI and UHL, including a stint with the Canadian National Team, before joining Miami as an assistant coach in 2000-01, where he stayed until taking the head job at BGSU.
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