Career
He is the winningest coach in the history of the program Derraugh played for four seasons at Cornell from 1987-1988 through 1990-1991. He served as co-captain in his senior year.
He is 10th all-time at Cornell in career scoring with 153 points on 66 goals and 87 assists.
After graduating he played professionally for 13 seasons in Europe, primarily in Germany"s Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Derraugh was hired as head coach beginning with the 2005-2006 season.
In the year prior to his arrival Cornell had a record 3-22-3 and had not had a winning season since 1997-1998. n his first two seasons the team still only managed fewer than 10 victories and failed to make the ECAC playoffs. In the following two seasons the team would qualify for the ECAC playoffs, falling in the quarterfinals each time.
The 2009-2010 season was a breakout year for the program
The team advanced to the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament for the first time and reached the championship game where they fell to Minnesota-Duluth in triple-overtime. Cornell"s success continued in the following years. They reached the National Collegiate Athletic Association Frozen Four again in 2011 and 2012 and played in the National Collegiate Athletic Association quarterfinals in 2013 and 2014.
*Denotes Shared Title.