Background
Coghlin grew up in western Canada and enrolled at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point.
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He has been the men"s ice hockey head coach at Saint Norbert College since 1994. Among the 100 all-time winningest college men"s ice hockey coaches, Coghlin ranks second in winning percentage at.757. He was twice selected as an All-American defenseman.
Coghlin signed with the Vancouver Canucks in October 1989, and played with the Milwaukee Admirals in 1989.
In 1990, he played for the Fife Flyers as a player and assistant coach. Coghlin returned to Stevens Point in 1992 as an assistant hockey coach.
Since 1994, he has been the head hockey coach at the Saint Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin. Coghlin recalled the lack of talent when he arrived at Saint Norbert, "When I came to Saint Norbert, they weren"t actively recruiting the same type of hockey players that other schools in the state were.
We went immediately into western Canada and brought some kids in." Despite coaching at a private Catholic institution serving 2,100 students, Coghlin had success attracting quality players from Canada and Europe.
Coghlin led the Saint Norbert Green Knights to their first national championship in 2008, winning both Frozen Four games by shutouts. Coghlin also led his team to the Frozen Four in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010. In 17 years as a head coach, Coghlin compiled a record of 365 wins, 104 losses, and 39 ties.
At the end of the 2009-2010 hockey season, Coghlin ranked 41st all-time among college men"s ice hockey coaches.
Among the 100 all-time winningest college men"s ice hockey coaches, Coghlin ranks second in winning percentage at.757.
Achievements
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He was the captain of the 1989 Stevens Point team that won the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III national championship for the first time in school history. He was part of the coaching staff on the Stevens Point teams that won the national title in 1993 and finished as the runner-up in 1992. Saint Norbert finished the 2008 season with a record of 27–1–4, the fewest losses ever for a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III men"s ice hockey champion. Coghlin was named National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Coach of the Year in 2008.
