Jeff Sauer
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Born | Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, U.S. | March 10, 1943|||||||||||||||||
Died | February 2, 2017 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. | (aged 73)|||||||||||||||||
Playing career | ||||||||||||||||||
1962–1965 | Colorado College | |||||||||||||||||
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||||||||||||||||||
1965–1966 | Colorado College (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||
1966–1971 | Wisconsin (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||
1971–1982 | Colorado College | |||||||||||||||||
1982–2002 | Wisconsin | |||||||||||||||||
1985 | US National Team (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||
1992 | US National Team (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||
2010 | US Paralympic Sled Hockey Team | |||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | US National Sled Hockey Team | |||||||||||||||||
2014 | US Paralympic Sled Hockey Team | |||||||||||||||||
Head coaching record | ||||||||||||||||||
Overall | 655-534-57 | |||||||||||||||||
Accomplishments and honors | ||||||||||||||||||
Championships | ||||||||||||||||||
2x NCAA national champion (1983, 1990) 2x Lester Patrick Award 2013 Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame 2013 Hobey Baker Legend of College Hockey Award | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jeffrey Sauer (March 10, 1943 – February 2, 2017) was an American
Career
Playing
Jeff Sauer accepted an athletic scholarship from
Coaching
After graduating Sauer signed on as an assistant under Johnson at CC and then followed his former coach to Wisconsin, staying with the program until just after the Badgers joined the WCHA before he received his shot behind the bench at his alma mater.[3] Sauer took over for a rather moribund program that had seen only two winning seasons in their past 13 campaigns[4] and slowly brought the team back to respectability. It took Sauer 4 years to build a winning team, finishing 1974-75 3rd place in the conference, but his biggest achievement came three years later when the 5th-place Tigers upset a 33-win Denver team to capture a share of the WCHA tournament, the only conference tournament title in team history. (as of 2014) All told, however, Sauer didn't have much more success than his predecessors as he could only provide Colorado College with 2 winning seasons in 11 years as head coach.
When his former boss Johnson left Wisconsin after
Administration
After stepping down Sauer agreed to serve as the assistant commissioner for the WCHA for several years and in 2010 he returned as head coach for the US sled hockey team at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. He helped the Americans to their second gold medal in the event and four years later returned for a repeat performance in Sochi.[7] He died on February 2, 2017, from pancreatic cancer.[8]
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Colorado College Tigers (WCHA) (1972–1982) | |||||||||
1971-72
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Colorado College | 13-19-0 | 11-17-0 | 9th | |||||
1972-73
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Colorado College | 10-24-0 | 5-23-0 | 9th | |||||
1973-74 | Colorado College | 13-17-2 | 10-16-2 | 9th | |||||
1974-75 | Colorado College | 23-16-0 | 21-11-0 | 3rd | WCHA first round | ||||
1975-76 | Colorado College | 15-22-1 | 15-16-1 | 6th | WCHA first round | ||||
1976-77 | Colorado College | 13-25-2 | 11-20-1 | 8th | WCHA first round | ||||
1977-78 | Colorado College | 18-22-1 | 13-19-0 | 5th | NCAA quarterfinals | ||||
1978-79 | Colorado College | 12-24-2 | 11-19-2 | 8th | WCHA first round | ||||
1979-80 | Colorado College | 21-17-1 | 13-16-1 | 3rd | WCHA second round | ||||
1980-81 | Colorado College | 17-19-0 | 12-16-0 | 7th | WCHA second round | ||||
1981-82 | Colorado College | 11-23-2 | 16-18-2 | 6th | WCHA first round | ||||
Colorado College: | 166-228-11 | 138-191-9 | |||||||
Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA) (1982–2002) | |||||||||
1982-83 | Wisconsin | 33-10-4 | 15-9-2 | 3rd | NCAA national champion | ||||
1983-84 | Wisconsin | 21-17-1 | 11-14-1 | 4th | WCHA semifinals | ||||
1984-85 | Wisconsin | 25-17-0 | 20-14-0 | 3rd | WCHA semifinals | ||||
1985-86 | Wisconsin | 27-15-0 | 23-11-0 | 3rd | WCHA semifinals | ||||
1986-87 | Wisconsin | 23-18-1 | 17-17-1 | 4th | WCHA semifinals | ||||
1987-88 | Wisconsin | 30-13-2 | 22-12-1 | 2nd | NCAA East Regional semifinals | ||||
1988-89 | Wisconsin | 25-16-5 | 17-13-5 | t-3rd | NCAA quarterfinals | ||||
1989-90 | Wisconsin | 36-9-1 | 19-8-1 | 1st | NCAA national champion | ||||
1990-91 | Wisconsin | 26-15-3 | 19-11-2 | 3rd | NCAA first round | ||||
1991-92 | Wisconsin | 27-14-2 | 19-11-2 | 2nd | NCAA runner-up† | ||||
1992-93 | Wisconsin | 24-15-3 | 18-11-3 | t-2nd | NCAA West Regional semifinals | ||||
1993-94 | Wisconsin | 26-15-1 | 19-12-1 | 3rd | NCAA East Regional semifinals | ||||
1994-95 | Wisconsin | 24-15-4 | 17-11-4 | t-2nd | NCAA West Regional semifinals | ||||
1995-96 | Wisconsin | 17-20-3 | 14-15-3 | 6th | WCHA third-place game (loss) | ||||
1996-97 | Wisconsin | 15-21-2 | 15-15-2 | 7th | WCHA first round | ||||
1997-98 | Wisconsin | 26-14-1 | 17-10-1 | 2nd | NCAA East Regional Quarterfinals | ||||
1998-99 | Wisconsin | 15-19-4 | 13-12-4 | 4th | WCHA first round | ||||
1999-00
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Wisconsin | 31-9-1 | 23-5-0 | 1st | NCAA West Regional semifinals | ||||
2000-01 | Wisconsin | 22-15-4 | 14-10-4 | 5th | NCAA West Regional semifinals | ||||
2001-02 | Wisconsin | 16-19-4 | 12-13-3 | 5th | WCHA Quarterfinal | ||||
Wisconsin: | 489-306-46 | 344-234-40 | |||||||
Total: | 655-534-57 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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† Wisconsin's participation in the 1992 Tournament was later vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions References:[9][10]
See also
References
- ^ "Peak Profile: Jeff Sauer '65". Colorado College. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
- ^ "2009-10 WCHA Yearbook 129-144" (PDF). WCHA. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ^ "Jeff Sauer - 2013 Legend of College Hockey". HobeyBaker.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
- ^ "Colorado College Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
- ^ "Jeff Sauer Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
- ^ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
- ^ "Jeff Sauer". USA Hockey. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
- ^ Milewski, Todd D. "Badgers men's hockey: Former Wisconsin coach Jeff Sauer dies at 73". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "2013-14 Colorado College Media Guide" (PDF). Colorado College Tigers. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- ^ "2013-14 Wisconsin Badgers Media Guide" (PDF). Wisconsin Badgers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Wisconsin bio