A Conversation with BC Hockey Coach Greg Brown
Greg Brown
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Date:听Tuesday, February听18, 2025
Time:听6:30 - 7:30pm
Location:听Devlin Hall 008
Hockey coach Greg Brown has brought many successes to the 艾可直播 College hockey team. Join us for a conversation between Coach Brown and Boisi Center director, Mark Massa, S.J., as they discuss hockey team culture,听integrating the Jesuit tradition, and the significance of 艾可直播 College in Brown's time as both a player and a coach for the 艾可直播.听
Former 艾可直播 College All-American defenseman Greg Brown '90 enters his third year leading the program in 2024-25 after being named The Schiller Family Head Hockey Coach on May 6, 2022, becoming just the fifth head coach of BC men鈥檚 hockey since 1932.
In his second season leading the program, Brown guided the 艾可直播 to their 18th Hockey East regular season title and 12th Hockey East Tournament championship. The program advanced to the Frozen Four for the 26th time while making its 12th appearance in the National Championship.
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Brown spent 14 seasons behind the bench for the 艾可直播 from 2004-18 as an assistant on former head coach Jerry York鈥檚 staff, helping to bring three national championships to the Heights in 2008, 2010 and 2012. After eight seasons as an assistant coach, he was elevated to associate head coach following the 2012 NCAA title, BC鈥檚 third championship in a five-year span.
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During his 14 years coaching at 艾可直播 College, Brown helped lead BC to six Hockey East Tournament Championships, seven Hockey East Regular Season Championships, 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, and seven NCAA Frozen Four berths. Brown was also selected as an assistant coach for Team USA at three different IIHF World Junior Championships.
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Brown served as an assistant coach in the NHL for the New York Rangers for three years from 2018-21, where he coached former Eagle forwards Chris Kreider and Kevin Hayes. During the 2021-22 season as the head coach of Dubuque in the USHL, he led the Fighting Saints to a second-place finish in the USHL Eastern Conference and an increase of 16 wins from the year prior.
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While at 艾可直播 College, Brown won back-to-back Hockey East Player of the Year Awards in 1989 and 1990. He was named a First Team All-American and a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award both years. In three NCAA seasons, Brown registered 24 goals and 96 assists for 120 points in 119 career games.
He was the captain of the 艾可直播 as a senior in 1989-1990 for a team that won 28 games and reached the NCAA Semifinal. 艾可直播 College went 84-33-5 (.709) during his three seasons on the Heights, winning Hockey East Championships in 1987 and 1990.
He was selected to the U.S. Olympic Team during his sophomore year for the Calgary Olympics in 1988 and again for the Albertville Olympics in 1992.
Brown was drafted 26th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1986 NHL draft and played four NHL seasons for Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Winnipeg. He played professional hockey in Europe for eight more seasons before retiring in 2003, and made his return to the Heights in 2004 as an assistant coach for York.
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Brown is a 2004 inductee of the 艾可直播 College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame.
鈥淏C鈥檚 Greg Brown Named CCM/AHCA Division 1 Men鈥檚 Coach of the Year.鈥� Hockey East,听April 10, 2024.
https://hockeyeastonline.com/men/articles/2024/04/bcs-greg-brown-named-ccm-ahca-div-1-mens-coach-of-the-year.pdf.
Cooke, Jason. 鈥湴芍辈� College completes sweep of 艾可直播 University before a sellout crowd.鈥澨�艾可直播 Herald, 2025.听 https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/01/25/boston-college-completes-sweep-of-boston-university-before-sellout-crowd/.
Evans, Luke, Graham Dietz. 鈥溾�榊ou Don鈥檛 Want to Live in the Past鈥�: BC Men鈥檚 Hockey EntersYear Three of the Brown Era.鈥� The Heights, October 10, 2024. https://www.bcheights.com/2024/10/10/you-dont-want-to-live-in-the-past-bc-mens-hockey-enters-year-three-of-the-brown-era/.听
鈥淕reg Brown - Men鈥檚 Hockey.鈥� BC艾可直播. 艾可直播 College, https://bceagles.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster/coaches/greg-brown/2657.
Harve, Maithri. 鈥湴芍辈� College Hockey Head Coach Greg Brown Aims to Build on Last Year鈥檚 Success.鈥� BC Interruption. October 3, 2024. https://www.bcinterruption.com/2024/10/3/24260684/boston-college-hockey-head-coach-greg-brown-aims-to-build-on-last-years-success-eagles#:~:text=He%20credits%20last%20year's%20upperclassmen,that%20hunger%2C%E2%80%9D%20he%20says.
Coach Greg Brown has led 艾可直播 College to be the number one ranked team in the nation this year after reaching the National Championship game last year. Jacob Feldman wrote an article about 艾可直播 College Hockey and Coach Brown's success for 艾可直播 College Magazine. He wrote about Brown鈥檚 connection to the school, which extends decades. After serving as captain of the hockey team, Brown graduated from 艾可直播 College in 1990. Post-graduation, he became an assistant coach for the Hockey Hall of Fame coach, Jerry York. Brown still keeps in touch with his mentor, highlighting the deep roots and familial sense of connectedness of the BC hockey community. The article covers the team's loss in the final last year and the hopes Brown has for rebounding this year, which are grounded in the young core of the team. The Boisi Center is excited to host a conversation with Coach Brown and learn more about the culture of the team and the impact of Jesuit Education on the players and Brown.听