John Gasparini
Biographical details
Born	Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	University of North Dakota
Playing career
1965–1968	North Dakota
1968–1969	Toledo Blades

Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1969–1978	North Dakota (assistant)
1978–1994	North Dakota

Head coaching record
Overall	392–248–25 (.608)
Tournaments	15–4 (.789)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1979 WCHA Champion 1979 WCHA Tournament Champion 1980 WCHA Champion 1980 WCHA tournament champion 1980 NCAA National Champion 1982 WCHA Champion 1982 NCAA national champion 1987 WCHA Champion 1987 WCHA tournament champion 1987 NCAA national champion
Awards
1979 WCHA Coach of the Year 1982 WCHA Coach of the Year 1987 WCHA Coach of the Year 1987 Spencer Penrose Award 1987 UND Athletic Hall of Fame 2004 UND Athletic Hall of Fame (team) 2005 UND Athletic Hall of Fame (team) 2006 UND Athletic Hall of Fame (team) 2014 Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame 2022 Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award
Records
2004 Inductees

John "Gino" Gasparini (born 1945) is a former head coach of the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey men's team and also former president of the United States Hockey League.^[1] Gasparini held a position with St. Cloud State University in 2011-2012 as advisor to the President and is currently an independent sports consultant.

Career

He played for the Fighting Sioux from 1964 to 1967. Gino then played one year in the IHL in Toledo. He then returned to UND as a graduate assistant while working on his master's degree. He transitioned into an assistant coaching position followed by the head coaching job. Gasparini also acted as athletic director at UND from 1985 to 1990.

In 2014, Gasparini was inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in the builders category.^[2]

1978-1994 University of North Dakota - Head Coach
1994-2003 USHL - commissioner
2003-2009 USHL - president

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
North Dakota Fighting Sioux (WCHA) (1978–1994)
1978–79	North Dakota	30–11–1	22–10–0	1st	NCAA runner-up
1979–80	North Dakota	31–8–1	21–6–1	1st	NCAA Champion
1980–81	North Dakota	21–15–2	14–12–2	t-5th	WCHA first round
1981–82	North Dakota	35–12–0	19–7–0	1st	NCAA Champion
1982–83	North Dakota	21–13–2	16–9–1	2nd	WCHA Semifinals
1983–84	North Dakota	31–12–2	16–8–2	2nd	NCAA consolation game (win)
1984–85	North Dakota	24–16–2	19–14–1	4th	WCHA Semifinals
1985–86	North Dakota	24–16–1	19–14–1	6th	WCHA first round
1986–87	North Dakota	40–8–0	29–6–0	1st	NCAA Champion
1987–88	North Dakota	21–20–1	16–18–1	5th	WCHA third-place game (win)
1988–89	North Dakota	22–18–1	19–15–1	t-3rd	WCHA first round
1989–90	North Dakota	28–13–4	15–10–3	3rd	NCAA first round
1990–91	North Dakota	24–17–2	18–12–2	4th	WCHA third-place game (win)
1991–92	North Dakota	17–21–1	12–19–1	t-7th	WCHA first round
1992–93	North Dakota	12–25–1	11–20–1	8th	WCHA first round
1993–94	North Dakota	11–23–4	11–17–4	8th	WCHA first round
North Dakota:		392–248–25	277–197–21
Total:		392–248–25
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

^ "USHL history". United States Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
^ "NORA to hike per capita levy | Fort Frances Times". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-04-08.

Awards and achievements Preceded byMarshall Johnston John Giordano Ralph Backstrom WCHA Coach of the Year 1978–79 1981–82 1986–87 Succeeded byBrad Buetow Mike Sertich Herb Boxer Preceded byRalph Backstrom Spencer Penrose Award 1986–87 Succeeded byFrank Anzalone Preceded byMike Sertich Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award 2022 Succeeded byIncumbent

v t e North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey
Formerly the North Dakota Flickertails and North Dakota Fighting Sioux
Venues	Winter Sports Building (1936–1972) Ralph Engelstad Arena (old; 1972–2001) Ralph Engelstad Arena (new; 2001–present)
Head coaches	Joe Brown (1929–1932) Noland Franz (1932–1933) Buck Cameron (1935–1936) John Jamieson (1946–1947) Don Norman (1947–1949) Fido Purpur (1949–1956) Al Renfrew (1956–1957) Bob May (1957–1959) Barry Thorndycraft (1959–1964) Bob Peters (1964–1966) Bill Selman (1966–1968) Rube Bjorkman (1968–1978) John Gasparini (1978–1994) Dean Blais (1994–2004) Dave Hakstol (2004–2015) Brad Berry (2015–present)
Seasons	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1935–36 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Conference affiliations	Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) (1951–1958, 1959–2013) National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) (2013–present)
Rivalries	Denver Minnesota Wisconsin
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Greg Johnson (272 Points) Ben Cherski (131 Goals) Karl Goehring (80 Wins)
National championships	1959 1963 1980 1982 1987 1997 2000 2016
Frozen Four appearances	1958 1959 1963 1965 1967 1968 1979 1980 1982 1984 1987 1997 2000 2001 2005 2006 2007 2008 2011 2014 2015 2016
NCAA Tournament appearances	1958 1959 1963 1965 1967 1968 1979 1980 1982 1984 1987 1990 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2021 2024
Conference Tournament titles	WCHA: 1967 1968 1979 1980 1987 1997 2000 2006 2010 2011 2012 NCHC: 2021
Hobey Baker winners	Tony Hrkac (1987) Ryan Duncan (2007)
Mike Richter winners	Zane McIntyre (2015)
University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND

North Dakota Fighting Hawks athletic directors

Walter Hempel (1903)
George Sweetland (1904–1908)
David L. Dunlap (1908–1912)
Charles E. Armstrong (1912–1913)
Fred L. Thompson (1913–1918)
Paul J. Davis (1919–1928)
Charles A. West (1928–1946)
Red Jarrett (1946–1958)
Len Marti (1958–1976)
Carl R. Miller (1976–1985)
John Gasparini (1985–1988)
M. Helen Smiley # (1988)
John Gasparini (1988–1990)
Dave Gunther # (1990)
Terry Wanless (1990–1999)
Roger Thomas (1999–2005)
Phil Harmeson # (2005)
Tom Buning (2005–2007)
Brian Faison (2008–2017)
Bill Chaves (2018– )

# denotes interim athletic director

Career

Head coaching record

See also

References