Boston College head coach Greg Brown is the 2023-24 recipient of the Spencer Penrose Award, which is bestowed annually upon the top head coach in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey. He had previously been named Hockey East Coach of the Year in helming the Eagles to both the Hockey East regular-season and tournament titles.
Brown, 56, spent the 2021-22 season as head coach of Dubuque (USHL) before taking the reins at BC, succeeding the legendary Jerry York. Prior to that, he served three seasons as an assistant coach with the NHL's New York Rangers, after a 14-year stint as an assistant/associate coach at his alma mater that included three national championships (2008, 2010, 2012).
A product of the St. Mark's School in his hometown, Brown skated for three seasons at BC, not including one year off to skate with the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team. In those three campaigns on the Heights, he tallied 24 goals and 96 assists for 110 points in 119 outings . As a junior, he captained the Eagles to the 1990 Hockey East tournament title and the NCAA Frozen Four in Detroit, and and was also a Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist that same year. A two-time First Time All-America selection and a two-time Hockey East Player of the Year honoree, Brown was preceded at BC by his older brother, Doug, and later coached his nephews, Chris and Patrick, with the Eagles.
Drafted 26th overall by Buffalo in 1986, Brown collected four goals and 18 points in 94 career NHL games with the Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins and Winnipeg Jets, and also skated for the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team. He also played with Rochester (AHL) and Cleveland (IHL), before finishing his professional career with eight seasons in Europe, including stops in Switzerland, Sweden, Austria and Germany.
Brown will guide the Eagles (33-5-1 overall) in the second NCAA Frozen Four semifinal tomorrow night against Michigan (8:30 p.m. ESPN2).
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