Western Michigan University head coach Pat Ferschweiler has been named the 2025 recipient of the Spencer Penrose Award as the top head coach in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey.
Ferschweiler, 55, a WMU graduate from Rochester, Minn., is in his fourth season at the helm of his alma mater, where he has fashioned a 102-50-4 overall record to date, including four straight NCAA tournament berths. So far this season he has led the Broncos to a best-ever 32-7-1 overall record, including a 19-4-1 mark in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, their first-ever NCHC regular-season and conference tournament titles, and WMU's first-ever NCAA Frozen Four appearance.
Ferschweiler skated three seasons at right wing for the Broncos from 1990 to 1993. He registered 30 goals and 65 assists for 95 points to go along with 185 penalty minutes in 116 games. before going on to an eight-year professional career. He began his coaching career at WMU from 2010 to 2014, then spent one year as an assistant with Grand Rapids (AHL) and four years with the Detroit Red Wings before returning to Kalamazoo as associate head coach with the Broncos in 2019. He was elevated to head coach at WMU in 2021 upon the resignation of Andy Murray.
WMU will face NCHC rival and defending national champion Denver in the first Frozen Four semifinal on Thursday at the Enterprise Center in St. louis (5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2).
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