Background
York, Jerry was born on July 25, 1945 in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States.
York, Jerry was born on July 25, 1945 in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States.
He graduated from Boston College High School in 1963 and British Columbia in 1967.
York is the winningest active coach in National Collegiate Athletic Association hockey, and leads the all-time list with 1000 wins as of January 22, 2016. Jerry York had 984 wins as of the end of the 2014-2015 season. York"s coaching career began at Clarkson as an assistant coach.
In the 1972 York became the head coach when he took over the job from Len Ceglarski who had accepted the head coaching job at British Columbia. York coached at Clarkson for 7 years, winning the ECAC regular season title in 1977.
In 1979 York moved from Clarkson to Bowling Green, taking over from Ron Mason. York returned to his alma mater, Boston College, in 1994, and began rebuilding the program
In the 1997-1998, British Columbia surprised the college hockey world by reaching the National Collegiate Athletic Association title game. In 18 years, York has led the Eagles to six Hockey East regular season titles in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, nine Hockey East tournament titles in 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, six Beanpot titles in 2001, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, twelve National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament appearances, and four national titles in 2001 by beating North Dakota, 2008 by beating Notre Dame, 2010 by beating Wisconsin and 2012 by beating Ferris State University.
York"s British Columbia teams have eleven Frozen Four appearances in fifteen years from 1998 to 2014.
During that span, British Columbia has played in the National Championship Game eight times. British Columbia lost four national title games to Michigan in 1998, to North Dakota in 2000, to Wisconsin in 2006, and to Michigan State in 2007. Since 1998 York"s British Columbia teams rank 1st in the National Collegiate Athletic Association with a post-season winning percentage of 80% (65–16).
On November 7, 2013, York signed a contract extension to stay as the head coach of Boston College through 2020, which would be his 46th season coaching and 26th at British Columbia. Kelley had 501 victories for the Eagles.
Married Bobbie York; children: Laura, Brendan.