Mark Dennehy

Mark Dennehy
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Ice hockey
Born	(1967-10-18) October 18, 1967 Dorchester, MA, USA
Alma mater	Boston College
Playing career
1987–1991	Boston College
1991–1992	Ayr Raiders
Position(s)	Defenceman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1999	Princeton (Assistant)
1999–2000	Fairfield
2000–2005	Massachusetts (Assistant)
2005–Present	Merrimack
Head coaching record
Overall	144–234–54 (.396)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
2010 Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award

Mark Dennehy is an American ice hockey head coach who has led the program at Merrimack since 2005.^[1]

Career

Dennehy debuted for the Boston College Eagles in the fall of 1987, playing four years with the team that included 3 first place finishes, 3 NCAA tournament appearances and a Frozen Four in 1990. After graduating he played for the Ayr Raiders of the now-defunct British Hockey League in their final season of existence, finishing third in scoring for his team.^[2] Dennehy earned a tryout with the IHL's Fort Wayne Komets the following season but retired from playing soon thereafter.

After nearly a year away from the game Dennehy returned to his home state and was quickly enticed by his former BC assistant coach Joe Mallen to help out with team practices for Massachusetts. Dennehy became a full time coach soon thereafter, joining the staff at Princeton under Don Cahoon. After five years with the Tigers (which saw the program's first ever NCAA tournament appearance in 1998) Dennehy became the head coach for Fairfield. Dennehy took over the program after it posted one of the worst records in NCAA history the year before (1–31) and though it may not have come as a surprise, his team managed only 3 wins in the 1999–00 season. After the poor showing Dennehy resigned and rejoined Cahoon as an assistant, this time with the Massachusetts Minutemen.^[3] He remained as an assistant for an additional five seasons before starting his second stint as a head coach with Merrimack.

When Dennehy arrived in North Andover the Warriors had not seen a winning season since they had joined Hockey East in 1989. The first two seasons saw little success under his watch, including a school-worst 3-win campaign in his second year, but the College stuck with him and allowed Dennehy to slowly build the program. By year five the Warriors had risen to 16-wins, their best mark since 1994, and Dennehy was honored as the 2010 Bob Kullen Coach of the Year (the first Merrimack coach to receive the award). The following season saw the team post 25 wins, record their first winning season in over 20 years, reach the Hockey East tournament final and make only their second NCAA tournament appearance. After another winning year the following season Merrimack returned to its sub-.500 ways^[4] but Dennehy remains with the program (as of 2016).

College Head Coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Fairfield Stags (MAAC) (1999–2000)
1999–00	Fairfield	3–28–3	3–22–2	10th
Fairfield:		3–28–3	3–22–2
Merrimack Warriors (Hockey East) (2005–present)
2005–06	Merrimack	6–23–6	3–19–5	10th
2006–07	Merrimack	3–27–4	3–22–2	10th
2007–08	Merrimack	12–18–4	6–18–3	10th
2008–09	Merrimack	9–21–4	5–19–3	t-9th
2009–10	Merrimack	16–19–2	12–13–2	t-6th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2010–11	Merrimack	25–10–4	16–8–3	4th	NCAA Northeast Regional Semifinals
2011–12	Merrimack	18–12–7	13–9–5	5th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2012–13	Merrimack	15–17–6	13–11–3	6th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2013–14	Merrimack	8–22–3	3–15–2	11th	Hockey East Opening Round
2014–15	Merrimack	16–18–4	5–14–3	11th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2015–16	Merrimack	13–19–7	5–10–7	7th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
Merrimack:		141–206–51	84–158–38
Total:		144–234–54
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

↑ "Mark Dennehy". Merrimack Warriors. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
↑ "Career journey has given Dennehy recipe for success at Merrimack". USCHO.com. 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
↑ "Dennehy To Depart Fairfield For Post As UMass Ass't". College Hockey News. 2000-05-02. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
↑ "Merrimack Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2016-08-07.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Greg Cronin	Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award 2009–10 (With Dick Umile)	Succeeded by Jerry York

Fairfield Stags men's ice hockey

Playing venues	Wonderland of Ice (1993–2001) Arena at Harbor Yard (2001–2003)

Head coaches	John McCarthy (1974–1996) Peter LaVigne (1996–1997) Mike Doneghey (1997–1999) Mark Dennehy (1999–2000) Jim Hunt (2000–2003)

Conference affiliations	ECAC 3 (1974–1985) ECAC North/South (1985–1992) ECAC North/South/Central (1992–1997) MAAC (1998–2003)

Fairfield University Fairfield, CT

Merrimack Warriors men's ice hockey

Playing venues	J. Thom Lawler Arena (?–present)

Head coaches	Jim Reynolds (1956–1964) Ron Ryan (1964–1965) J. Thom Lawler (1965–1978) Bruce Parker (1978–1983) Ron Anderson (1983–1998) Chris Serino (1998–2005) Mark Dennehy (2005–present)

Seasons	2014–15

Conference affiliations	Independent (1984–1989) Hockey East (1989–present)

All-time leaders	Jim Vesey (244 Points) Mike Reynolds (113 Goals) Joe Cannata (59 Wins)

National championships	1978 (DII)

NCAA Tournament appearances	1988 2011

Merrimack College North Andover, MA

Current men's head coaches of the Hockey East

Jerry York (Boston College) David Quinn (Boston University) Mike Cavanaugh (Connecticut) Red Gendron (Maine) Mark Dennehy (Merrimack) Dick Umile (New Hampshire) Jim Madigan (Northeastern) Jeff Jackson (Notre Dame) Nate Leaman (Providence) Greg Carvel (UMass) Norm Bazin (UMass Lowell) Kevin Sneddon (Vermont)

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