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Doug Ross (ice hockey)

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Sport(s)
  
College ice hockey

Position(s)
  
Right wing

1979-1981
  
Kent State

Name
  
Doug Ross

Titles
  
Head coach

1973-75
  
Bowling Green

1976-1977
  
Ohio

1982–2007
  
Alabama–Huntsville

Role
  
Ice hockey player

Shoots
  
Right-handed

Born
  
October 9, 1951 (age 72) Dearborn, Michigan (
1951-10-09
)

Education
  
Lake Superior State University

Douglas George Ross (born October 9, 1951 in Dearborn, Michigan) is a retired American college ice hockey player and former college ice hockey head coach. Ross spent 25 seasons as the head coach at the University of Alabama in Huntsville from 1982-2007. Ross also coached at Ohio University and Kent State. Ross became head coach at the starting in the 1982 season.

Under Ross, UAH won two National Club Championships (1983 and 1984) and two NCAA Division II national championships (1996 and 1998).

Ross is the father of former NHL forward Jared Ross.

Coach

  • 1998 State of Alabama Collegiate Coach of the Year (Sington Award).
  • 2002-03 College Hockey America Coach of the Year.
  • 2007 USA Hockey Distinguished Service Award.

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