Mike Gibbons (ice hockey)

Mike Gibbons

Biographical details
Born	(1955-04-09)April 9, 1955 White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Alma mater	Bemidji State University
Playing career 1970–1971 Hill-Murray 1974–1975 Austin Mavericks 1975–1979 Bemidji State 1979–1980 Richmond Rifles 1979–1981 Hampton Aces
Position(s)	Defense
Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1981–1982 Bemidji State (assistant) 1982–1983 Bemidji State 1983–1988 Northern Michigan (assistant) 1988–1990 Colorado College (assistant) 1990–1994 Denver (assistant) 1994–1995 Langley Thunder 1995–1997 Baltimore Bandits (assistant) 1997–2007 Eastview High School 2005-2006 USA National Junior Team (assistant) 2007–2020 St. Cloud State (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	30–6–1 (.824) [college] 199–147–15 (.572)
Accomplishments and honors Championships 1979 NAIA National Champion 2013 WCHA Regular Season Champion 2014 NCHC Regular Season Champion 2016 NCHC Tournament Champion 2018 NCHC Regular Season Champion 2019 NCHC Regular Season Champion Awards 1979 NAIA All American 1983 Edward Jeremiah Award 2016 Terry Flanagan Award (Division I Assistant Coach of the Year)

Mike Gibbons (born April 9, 1955) is an American ice hockey coach. After 40+ years in coaching, Mike Gibbons retired after the 2020 season with the St. Cloud State Huskies men's ice hockey team.

Career

Gibbons is a graduate of Bemidji State University, where he was played for the Beavers men's hockey team from 1975 to 1979. He gained All-America notice in 1978 and 1979 and was a member of the national title-winning team in 1979. He started his coaching career at Bemidji State as an assistant in 1981. Gibbons then served as the BSU head coach during the 1982-83 season, while previous head coach Bob Peters took a year-long sabbatical. During this time he was named the NHCA Conference Coach of the Year and the College Division National Coach of the Year.

Gibbons moved to Northern Michigan University in 1983, and served as an assistant coach with the Wildcats’ hockey program until 1988. He went on to serve as an assistant coach at Colorado College (1988 to 1990) and the University of Denver (1990 to 1994). In 1993, he was a co-coach with Scott Owens for the USA Select Team. After leaving Denver, Gibbons worked for one year as the head coach for the Langley Thunder in the BCJHL.

From 1995 to 1997, Gibbons was an assistant coach with the Baltimore Bandits, the Anaheim Ducks’ American Hockey League affiliate. While at Baltimore, Gibbons coached NHL Stanley Cup winner Matt Cullen. Incidentally, Cullen played collegiate hockey at St. Cloud State, where Gibbons has coached since 2007.

After this time, Gibbons returned to Minnesota to become head coach of the boys' hockey program at Eastview High School, which had opened in the summer of 1997. During ten seasons at Eastview, Gibbons earned Minnesota State High School League Section 5 Coach of the Year honors in 2001, 2003 and 2004.

In 2006, Gibbons served as an assistant coach to Northern Michigan Wildcats men's hockey coach Walt Kyle for the USA Junior National Team, placing fourth at the World Junior Tournament in Vancouver, B.C.

In the summer of 2007, Gibbons was hired as an assistant for the St. Cloud State men's hockey team, where he recruited future NHL players Oliver Lauridson, Ben Hanowski, Nick Jensen, and Nick Dowd, and helped coach St. Cloud to NCAA tournament berths in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019. While at St. Cloud State, the American Hockey Coaches Association named Gibbons the recipient of the 2016 Terry Flanagan Award, which recognizes career achievement as an assistant hockey coach.

Personal life

Gibbons is a native of White Bear Lake, Minnesota and a graduate of Hill-Murray School. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Business as well as his Master's degree in Education from Bemidji State University. He and his wife Nancy reside in St. Cloud, Minnesota and have three children, Sean, Kelly, and Shannon. His grandfather, middleweight boxer Mike Gibbons, is regarded as one of the best boxers of all time, while his grandfather's brother Tommy Gibbons was also a renowned heavyweight boxer.

Awards

• 1979 NAIA All American
• 1983 Edward Jeremiah Award (Division III Coach of the Year)
• 2016 Terry Flanagan Award (Division I Assistant Coach of the Year)

Coaching record

High School

Team	Year	Regular season							Post season
		G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
Eastview	1997–1998	22	6	16	0	0	12	4th	Section Quarterfinals
Eastview	1998–1999	23	9	14	0	0	18	5th	Section Quarterfinals
Eastview	1999–2000	25	12	12	1	0	25	2nd	Section Semifinals
Eastview	2000–2001	31	20	10	1	0	41	1st	State Consolation Champions
Eastview	2001–2002	27	22	5	0	0	44	4th	Section Semifinals
Eastview	2002–2003	28	16	8	4	0	36	2nd	Section Finals
Eastview	2003–2004	28	14	12	2	0	30	3rd	Section Finals
Eastview	2004–2005	27	8	17	2	0	18	7th	Section Semifinals
Eastview	2005–2006	27	13	13	1	0	27	4th	Section Semifinals
Eastview	2006–2007	26	11	13	2	0	24	6th	Section Quarterfinals
Totals		264	131	120	13	0	275

Amateur

Team	Year	Regular season							Post season
		G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
Langley Thunder	1994–1995	60	38	21	1	0	77	2nd in Mainland Conference	BCJHL Quarterfinals
USA U-20 National Team	2005–2006	7	3	3	1	0	7	4th Place	Bronze Medal Game
Totals		67	41	24	2	0	84

Professional

Team	Year	Regular season							Post season
		G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
Baltimore Bandits	1995–1996	80	33	36	9	2	77	3rd in South	South Division Finals
Baltimore Bandits	1996–1997	80	30	37	10	3	73	4th in Mid-Atlantic	Mid-Atlantic Division Semifinals
Totals		163	64	80	0	19	147

Collegiate

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Bemidji State Beavers (NHCA) (1981–82–1982–83)
1981-82	Bemidji State	25–5–1	16–3–1	1st	NAIA Runner-Up
1982-83	Bemidji State	30–6–1	16–3–1	1st	NCAA Division II Runner-Up
Bemidji:		55–11–2	32–6–2
Northern Michigan Wildcats (CCHA WCHA) (1983–84–1987-88)
1983–84	Northern Michigan	17–22–1	16-14-0	4th	CCHA Quarterfinals
1984–85	Northern Michigan	19–21–0	14-20-0	7th	WCHA Quarterfinals
1985–86	Northern Michigan	23–14–2	23-13-0	5th	WCHA Quarterfinals
1986–87	Northern Michigan	18–21–1	16-18-1	5th	WCHA Quarterfinals
1987–88	Northern Michigan	16–20–4	14-17-4	t-6th	WCHA Quarterfinals
Northern Michigan:		93–98–8	81–82–5
Colorado College (WCHA) (1988-89–1989-90)
1988-89	Colorado College	11–26–3	9–23–3	8th	WCHA First Round
1989-90	Colorado College	18–20–2	17–10–1	7th	WCHA First Round
Colorado College:		29–46–5	19–40–4
Denver University (WCHA) (1990–91–1993-94)
1990-91	Denver University	6–30–2	5–25–2	9th	WCHA First Round
1991-92	Denver University	9–25–2	8–22–2	9th	WCHA First Round
1992-93	Denver University	19–17–2	15–15–2	6th	WCHA First Round
1993-94	Denver University	15–20–3	11–18–3	9th	WCHA First Round
Denver University:		49–92–9	39–80–9
St. Cloud State University (WCHA NCHC) (2007–08–present)
2007-08	St. Cloud State University	19–18–2	12–12–4	4th	NCAA Regional Semi-Final
2008-09	St. Cloud State University	18–17–3	13–13–2	6th	WCHA First Round
2009-10	St. Cloud State University	24–14–5	15–9–4	3rd	NCAA Regional Final
2010-11	St. Cloud State University	15–18–5	11–13–4	t-9th	WCHA First Round
2011-12	St. Cloud State University	17–17-5	14–13-4	6th	WCHA Quarterfinals
2012-13	St. Cloud State University	25–16–1	20–10–1	t-1st	NCAA Frozen Four
2013-14	St. Cloud State University	22–11–5	15–8–3	1st	NCAA Regional Final
2014-15	St. Cloud State University	20–19–1	14–13–1	6th	NCAA Regional Final
2015-16	St. Cloud State University	31–9–1	21–6–1	t-2nd	NCAA Regional Semi-Final
2016-17	St. Cloud State University	16–19–1	10–15–1	5th	NCHC First Round
2017-18	St. Cloud State University	25–9-6	16–4–4	1st	NCAA Regional Semi-Final
2018-19	St. Cloud State University	30–6-3	19–2–3	1st	NCAA Regional Semi-Final
2019-20	St. Cloud State University	13–15-6	10–12–2	5th	Tournament Cancelled
St. Cloud State University:		275–185–47	190–130–34
Total:		501–432–65 (.535)
National Champion         Conference Regular Season Champion         Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Division Champion

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
• Mike Gibbons (ice hockey) on Twitter

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Steve Stirling	Edward Jeremiah Award 1982–83 (with)Peter Van Buskirk	Succeeded by Bob Peters