Mark Taylor of Hobart College Repeats as Edward Jeremiah Division II-III Men’s CCM Coach of the Year
For once again leading Hobart College into the NCAA Men’s Division III Frozen Four
at Trinity College, Mark Taylor has been named winner of the 2024 Edward Jeremiah
Award as the CCM/AHCA Division III Men’s Coach of the Year. Taylor becomes only
the third Division II-III coach to win this award in back-to-back years. The others were
Norwich coach Mike McShane in 1999 and 2000 and Bowdoin coach Sid Watson in
1970 and 1971, the first two years the award was presented.
Taylor, the 2024 New England Hockey Conference Coach of the Year, guided the Statesmen to a 26-2-1 record entering the national semifinals. The 26 wins are the second most in a single-season in program history. The Statesmen went 17-0-0 on home ice this season on its way to capturing their third straight NECHC regular season title with a 16-1-1 mark in conference play. The Statesmen defeated Skidmore 5-0 to claim their second straight NEHC tournament title. Hobart has won an NCAA Division III record 37 consecutive games at The Cooler.
Taylor’s charges are first in the nation in penalty-killing percentage (.966), scoring defense (1.00), scoring margin (+4.38), scoring offense (5.38) and winning percentage (.914). They are sixth in the nation in power-play percentage (.288). He has guided the statesmen to five straight 20-win seasons and 20 consecutive winning seasons. His career record stands at 403-176-55. The Statesmen have been selected to nine straight NCAA tournaments and 13 overall. This is Hobart’s fifth trip to the national semifinals.
Now in his 24th year, Mark Taylor continues to add to his reputation as the most successful coach in Hobart hockey history. Entering the national semifinals, he has compiled a record of 404-176-55 (.680), while earning 13 NCAA Tournament bids and five trips to the national semifinals (2006, 2009, 2019, 2023, 2024). He has been named the conference’s coach of the year nine times, earning recognition from the ECAC West six times (2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2015 and 2016) and the NEHC three times (2022, 2023, 2024).
Taylor is known as a tremendous motivator and recruiter of all of Hobart’s All-Americans. Six Statesmen have earned conference player of the year award recognition under Taylor’s leadership.
A 1985 graduate of Elmira College, Taylor was the Soaring Eagles MVP and an All-ECAC selection as a senior. He transferred to Elmira after a pair of National Junior College athletic Association Championships at SUNY Canton, earning All-American defenseman honors for the Northstars. A native of Canton, N.Y., Taylor and his wife, Lauren, have three sons, Alexander, Dylan, and Jonathan.
The Edward Jeremiah Award is named in honor of the great Dartmouth College head coach and was first presented in 1970. Taylor was assisted this year by Niko Kovachis. The runner-up for this year’s Jeremiah Award was Matthew Greason of Trinity College
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| Winners of the Edward Jeremiah Award CCM/AHCA Division III Coach of the Year |
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| 1970 | Sid Watson, Bowdoin |
| 1971 | Sid Watson, Bowdoin |
| 1972 | Jack Canniff, Massachusetts |
| 1973 | Jim Cross, Vermont |
| 1974 | Barry Urbanski, Boston State |
| 1975 | Wendall Forbes, Middlebury |
| 1976 | Don Roberts, Gustavus Adolphus |
| 1977 | Bill Riley, Jr., Lowell |
| 1978 | Sid Watson, Bowdoin |
| 1979 | Don Brose, Mankato State |
| 1980 | Steve Stirling, Babson |
| 1981 | Herb Hammond, Plattsburgh State |
| 1982 | Steve Stirling, Babson |
| 1983 | Mike Gibbons, Bemidji State Peter Van Buskirk, Holy Cross |
| 1984 | Bob Peters, Bemidji State |
| 1985 | Rob Riley, Babson |
| 1986 | Terry Meagher, Bowdoin |
| 1987 | Tony Mariano, Norwich |
| 1988 | Glenn Thomaris, Elmira |
| 1989 | Terry Meagher, Bowdoin |
| 1990 | Bill Beaney, Middlebury |
| 1991 | Glenn Thomaris, Elmira |
| 1992 | Bruce Marshall, Connecticut |
| 1993 | Joe Baldarotta, WI-Stevens Point |
| 1994 | Jeff Meredith, Fredonia |
| 1995 | Bill Beaney, Middlebury |
| 1996 | Dean Talafous, WI-River Falls |
| 1997 | Mike McShane, Norwich |
| 1998 | Mike Schwartz, Augsburg |
| 1999 | Mike McShane, Norwich |
| 2000 | Mike McShane, Norwich |
| 2001 | Wayne Wilson, RIT |
| 2002 | Dan Stauber, WI-Superior |
| 2003 | George Roll, Oswego State |
| 2004 | Bill Beaney, Middlebury |
| 2005 | Terry Skrypek, St. Thomas |
| 2006 | Bill Beaney, Middlebury |
| 2007 | Ed Gosek, Oswego State |
| 2008 | Tim Coghlin, St. Norbert College |
| 2009 | Dominick Dawes, Neumann College |
| 2010 | Mike McShane, Norwich |
| 2011 | Tim Coghlin, St. Norbert College |
| 2012 | Jack Arena, Amherst College |
| 2013 | Matt Loen, UW-Eau Claire |
| 2014 | Chris Schultz, Geneseo |
| 2015 | Jack Arena, Amherst College |
| 2016 | Chris Schultz, Geneseo Peter Belisle, UMass Boston |
| 2017 | Mike McShane, Norwich |
| 2018 | Blaise MacDonald, Colby College |
| 2019 | Tyler Krueger, UW-Stevens Point |
| 2020 | Cam Ellsworth, Norwich |
| 2021 | Not Awarded |
| 2022 | Adam Krug, Adrian College |
| 2023 | Mark Taylor, Hobart College |
| 2024 | Mark Taylor, Hobart College |
