Ex-Cornell coaches (& players -> coaches): Where are the now?

billhoward · February 22, 2005, 03:24:47 PM

Where the former head and assistant coaches now?

Dick Bertrand '70 has been running a youth program in Grand Rapids for years. That's quite a change from the glory years (for him, if not post-1973 for Big Red hockey) of the 1970s.

Laing Kennedy '63 is long-running athletic director at Kent State.

Others?

And as suggested below, what of Cornell players who went on to coach, also?

The Rancor · February 22, 2005, 03:26:39 PM

lou raycroft is a scout for cornell and other teams i think.

Trotsky · February 22, 2005, 03:38:25 PM

An excellent thread idea! I vote to widen it to include former players who have gone on to coaching NCAA gigs.

Shaun Hannah ('94) -- Sacred Heart coach
Jaime Russell (former assistant coach) -- MTU coach
Karl Williams ('92) -- used to be an assistant at UAA, have lost track of him
Don Vaughn (former assistant coach) -- Colgate coach
Casey Jones ('90) -- Ohio State assistant coach

Trotsky · February 22, 2005, 03:40:25 PM

Here's a nice Ned Harkness biography, stolen from the US Hockey HOF site: http://www.tbrw.info/legends/harkness.html

He is now retired and not under indictment in Florida.

Larry72 · February 22, 2005, 04:32:47 PM

Brian McCutchen '71 -- Assistant Coach, Buffalo Sabres (these days - hockey father watching son Mark and working on his house!)

pfibiger · February 22, 2005, 04:33:32 PM

Lou Reycroft is a scout for the NJ Devils
Brian McCutcheon is an Asst. Coach for the Buffalo Sabres

billhoward · February 22, 2005, 04:44:32 PM

Has Dick Bertrand ever returned to campus or ever been back in touch ... with anyone related to Cornell? I was thinking Al DeFlorio might know but he's offline for a bit.

jtwcornell91 · February 22, 2005, 04:49:47 PM

[Q]billhoward Wrote:

Has Dick Bertrand ever returned to campus or ever been back in touch ... with anyone related to Cornell? I was thinking Al DeFlorio might know but he's offline for a bit. [/q]

Does hosting the alumni event at the Western Michigan series count?

schoaff · February 22, 2005, 04:51:11 PM

Good article from a couple years ago on Joe Dragon, PhD who is now an environmental biologist. The article discusses his work with Caribou in the NW Territories.

http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/expressnews/articles/news.cfm?p_ID=2829&s=a

jkahn · February 22, 2005, 05:23:41 PM

I spoke with Dick at Western Mich. in Dec. '02. He hosted the Cornell gathering after the second game and he seemed to be be in touch with Mike periodically. I emailed him before the Mich. State series asking about weekend events - his reply mentioned that he'd be out of town that weekend and therefore couldn't attend those games.
There was an update in the Cornell Alumni Magazine re Dick at:
http://cornell-magazine.cornell.edu/Archive/2004marapr/notes/1970to1979.html

Chris 02 · February 22, 2005, 07:47:07 PM

This seems like the type of thread that would show up in the middle of July. Not with one week remaining in the regular season!!!

billhoward · February 22, 2005, 09:00:14 PM

I was bored now. In July we'll be bored but probably not online.

Jim Hyla · February 22, 2005, 11:00:09 PM

In fact this would be a good stat to keep online somewhere. Those who follow the minors, etc. could keep it up to date. Greg?

Beeeej · February 22, 2005, 11:33:24 PM

Could've sworn somebody told me that one of our alums was coaching at Cortland State, but if he was, it wasn't in the last few years according to USCHO.

Beeeej

The Rancor · February 23, 2005, 12:29:47 AM

i thought he might have been an nhl scout but i didnt want to guess wrong. ::uhoh::