George Roll

George Roll is an American ice hockey coach. He was the head coach of the Clarkson Golden Knights from 2003 thorugh the end of the 2010-2011 season, leading them to their most recent conference championship and NCAA tournament appearance.[1]

George Roll
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamNazareth
Biographical details
Born (1962-10-09) October 9, 1962
Blue Island, Illinois
Playing career
1981–1985Bowling Green
Position(s)Wing
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1996Clarkson (assistant)
1997-2003Oswego State
2003-2011Clarkson
2012-PresentNazareth
Head coaching record
Overall313–324–73 (.492)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1998 SUNYAC Championship
2003 SUNYAC Championship
2003 SUNYAC tournament championship
2007 ECAC tournament championship
2008 ECAC Championship
Awards
2003 Edward Jeremiah Award

Career

Roll began his coaching career shortly after finishing his college career at Bowling Green where he was part of the 1984 National Championship team. He became a graduate assistant for his alma mater before joining first-year coach Mark Morris's staff at Clarkson.[2] Roll remained as an assistant for eight years, helping Morris establish Clarkson as a power in ECAC Hockey, winning two regular season titles, two tournament titles, and making the NCAA tournament six times, including a Frozen Four appearance for the first time in over 20 years.

Roll left Clarkson to become the head coach of Oswego State, a Division III program, and in each of his seven years there the Great Lakers finished with a winning record.[3] Unfortunately, other than a tournament appearance in his second season, Oswego State didn't have much else to show for his tenure until 2002-2003 when Roll pushed the Great Lakers to a 25-7-1 record, earning a regular season title, a conference championship, and were runners-up to the D-III National Title.[4] Roll, however, decided against building on his earlier success after he was offered the top job at Clarkson, replacing his mentor Mark Morris after he was fired due to an incident in early November.[5]

The first few years with the Golden Knights were rocky as Clarkson couldn't manage a winning record until the third year, but Clarkson won 25 games in 2006–07, including a conference championship and when they earned a regular season crown the following season it appeared that they had turned the corner. After that brief success, however, Clarkson declined rapidly, ending with losing records in each of the next three seasons and causing Roll termination at the end of the 2010–11 season.[6] Roll quickly found a new job as he was announced as the first head coach for Nazareth College's new Division-III ice hockey program that was to begin in 2012-13.[7] As of 2021 he is still in that position.

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Oswego State Lakers (SUNYAC) (1996–2003)
1996–97 Oswego State 13-12-29-6-14thSUNYAC semifinals
1997–98 Oswego State 17-13-212-5-11stNCAA quarterfinals
1998–99 Oswego State 15-13-312-5-33rdSUNYAC runner-up
1999–00 Oswego State 15-11-36-6-24thSUNYAC semifinals
2000–01 Oswego State 17-9-110-4-02ndSUNYAC semifinals
2001–02 Oswego State 17-9-410-3-12ndSUNYAC runner-up
2002–03 Oswego State 23-6-110-3-11stNCAA Runner-up
Oswego State: 117-73-1669-32-9
Clarkson Golden Knights (ECAC Hockey) (2003–2011)
2003–04 Clarkson 18-18-58-12-29thECAC runner-up
2004–05 Clarkson 13-23-37-13-29thECAC quarterfinals
2005–06 Clarkson 18-17-39-11-28thECAC quarterfinals
2006–07 Clarkson 25-9-513-4-42ndNCAA East Regional semifinals
2007–08 Clarkson 22-13-415-4-31stNCAA East Regional finals
2008–09 Clarkson 10-19-78-10-4t-8thECAC first round
2009–10 Clarkson 9-24-44-15-312thECAC first round
2010–11 Clarkson 15-19-29-12-1t-7thECAC first round
Clarkson: 130-142-3373-81-21
Nazareth Golden Flyers (ECAC West) (2012–2017)
2012–13 Nazareth 6-19-11-14-06thECAC West Quarterfinals
2013–14 Nazareth 8-16-24-9-26thECAC West Quarterfinals
2014–15 Nazareth 12-10-57-4-43rdECAC West Semifinals
2015–16 Nazareth 8-14-45-9-15thECAC West Quarterfinals
2016–17 Nazareth 9-15-28-6-04thECAC West Quarterfinals
Nazareth: 43-74-1425-42-7
Nazareth Golden Flyers (UCHC) (2017–present)
2017–18 Nazareth 10-13-27-8-17th
2018–19 Nazareth 12-9-78-5-5-15thUCHC semifinals
2019–20 Nazareth 12-13-38-9-1-15thUCHC semifinals
2020–21 Nazareth 0-11-00-10-08thUCHC quarterfinals
Nazareth: 34-46-1223-32-3
Total:313-324-73

      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
  1. "Clarkson Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  2. "George Roll". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  3. "Oswego Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  4. "Postcard: Meet George Roll". Inside College Hockey. 2003-03-24. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  5. "Morris fired as Clarkson head coach". Inside College Hockey. 2002-11-15. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  6. "Clarkson coach Roll relieved of duties". USCHO.com. 2011-04-18. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  7. "Nazareth names George Roll". Nazareth Athletics. 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
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