Jim Plumer

Jim Plumer is an American ice hockey coach. He is the current head coach of the Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey team. He previously served as the women's hockey head coach at Amherst, where he guided them to back-to-back NCAA Division III national championships.[1][2]

Jim Plumer
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamVermont
ConferenceHockey East
Record144-177-47 (.455)
Biographical details
BornNorwood, Massachusetts
Alma materColby College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983–1984Colby (men's student asst.)
1984–1985North Yarmouth Acad. (women's)
2001–2003Bowdoin (women's asst.)
2003–2012Amherst (women's)
2012–presentVermont (women's)
Head coaching record
Overall302–246–66 (.546)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
  • Hockey East Co-Coach of the Year (2014)
  • Hockey East Coach of the Year (2022)
  • New England Div. I Women's Coach of the Year (2014, 2017)
  • ACHA National Coach of the Year (2009)
  • NESCAC Coach of the Year (2007, 2009)
  • NCAA Div. III National Champions (2009, 2010)

Coaching career

As a student at Colby College, Plumer helped the men's hockey team during the 1983-84 season. Upon graduation, he moved on to become the women's hockey head coach at North Yarmouth Academy in Maine. A Master Level coach with USA Hockey, Plumer has coached at various showcase and camps across the region, and in 2000 was named a women's hockey assistantcoach at Bowdoin College where he was on the staff of two of the Polar Bears' NCAA Division III Final Four appearances and the 2001-02 NESCAC women's hockey championship team.[3]

In 2003, Plumer was named the women's hockey head coach at Amherst, where he guided the team to five 20-plus win seasons, three league titles, and an unbeaten streak in NESCAC play that stretched from 2006 to 2010. In that time, Amherst won the 2009 and 2010 NCAA Division III Women's Hockey Championships, becoming the first program in Amherst history to win multiple national titles.[4] Plumer was twice named NESCAC Coach of the Year, as well.[5][6] After nine seasons and a 127-30-14 record in his final six seasons, Plumer was named the third coach in Vermont women's hockey Division I history, replacing Tim Bothwell.[7][8]

Under Plumer's guidance, the Catamounts qualified for its first ever Hockey East tournament appearance in 2013. The following season, the school set a program record for wins with 18, and won its first ever Hockey East Quarterfinal series. Plumer was named Hockey East Coach of the Year for his efforts.

College head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Amherst (NESCAC) (2003–2012)
2003–04 Amherst 13–12–07–9–05thNESCAC Quarterfinals
2004–05 Amherst 8–12–56–7–35thNESCAC Quarterfinals
2005–06 Amherst 10–15–06–10–05thNESCAC Quarterfinals
2006–07 Amherst 20–7–310–3–33rdNCAA Division III Final Four
2007–08 Amherst 20–4–412–0–42ndNCAA Division III First Round
2008–09 Amherst 24–5–016–0–01stNCAA Division III Champion
2009–10 Amherst 23–2–412–1–31stNCAA Division III Champion
2010–11 Amherst 19–6–213–2–12ndNESCAC Finals
2011–12 Amherst 21–6–113–2–12ndNESCAC Finals
Amherst: 158–69–19 (.681)95–34–17 (.709)
Vermont (Hockey East) (2012–present)
2012–13 Vermont 8–21–46–12–48thHockey East Quarterfinals
2013–14 Vermont 18–14–413–7–14thHockey East Semifinals
2014–15 Vermont 15–19–26–14–17thHockey East Quarterfinals
2015–16 Vermont 9–25–36–15–36thHockey East Quarterfinals
2016–17 Vermont 15–14–99–8–75thHockey East Semifinals
2017–18 Vermont 10–20–57–13–48thHockey East Quarterfinals
2018–19 Vermont 10–20–68–15–48thHockey East Quarterfinals
2019–20 Vermont 10–18–87–14–68thHockey East Quarterfinals
2020-21 Vermont 6-5-06-4-04thHockey East Quarterfinals
2021-22 Vermont 22-11-318-7-22ndHockey East Semifinals
2022-23 Vermont 21-10-316-8-32ndTBD
Vermont: 144–177–47 (.455)102–117–36 (.471)
Total:302–246–66 (.546)

      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. "UVM Athletics". uvmathletics.com.
  2. "DIII Women's Ice Hockey". NCAA.com.
  3. "Championship - NESCAC". www.nescac.com.
  4. Jim Plumer uscho.com
  5. "2007 Women's Ice Hockey All-Conference Teams Announced - NESCAC". www.nescac.com.
  6. "Women's Ice Hockey All-NESCAC Teams Named - NESCAC". www.nescac.com.
  7. "Plumer Named Head Women's Hockey Coach".
  8. "Plumer Named Head Women's Ice Hockey Coach at UVM - NESCAC". www.nescac.com.
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