title: MAAC Coach of the Year
text: # MAAC Coach of the Year
  
  The MAAC Coach of the Year was an annual award given out at the conclusion of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season to the coach of a men's ice hockey team in the conference as voted by the coaches of each MAAC team.
  
  The award was discontinued after 2002-03 when the MAAC ice hockey conference was dissolved and all remaining programs reformed in Atlantic Hockey.
  
  ## Award winners
  
  | Year | Winner | School |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1998–99 | Gary Wright | American International |
  | 1999–00 | Shaun Hannah | Sacred Heart |
  | 2000-01 | Rick Gotkin | Mercyhurst |
  | 2001-02 | Paul Pearl | Holy Cross |
  | 2002-03 | Ryan Soderquist | Bentley |
  
  ### Winners by school
  
  | School | Winners |
  | - | - |
  | American International | 1 |
  | Bentley | 1 |
  | Holy Cross | 1 |
  | Mercyhurst | 1 |
  | Sacred Heart | 1 |
  