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Ron Fogarty

Ron Fogarty
Biographical details
Born (1972-04-30) April 30, 1972 (age 52)
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Alma materColgate University
Playing career
1991–1995Colgate
1995–1996Memphis RiverKings
2006–2007Petrolia Squires
Position(s)Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1999Colgate (Assistant)
1999–2002Clarkson (Assistant)
2002–2006Bowling Green (Assistant)
2006–2007Petrolia Squires
2007–2014Adrian College
2014–2024Princeton
Head coaching record
Overall279–195–41 (.582)
Tournaments2–5 (.286)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2008 MCHA Champion
2008 MCHA tournament champion
2009 MCHA Champion
2009 MCHA tournament champion
2010 MCHA Champion
2010 MCHA tournament champion
2011 MCHA Champion
2011 MCHA tournament champion
2012 MCHA Champion
2013 MCHA Champion
2013 MCHA tournament champion
2018 ECAC Tournament champion
Fogarty diagrams a play

Ron Fogarty is a Canadian ice hockey head coach and former player who was the head coach of the men's program at Princeton from 2014 to 2024.[1]

Career

Fogarty started his college career as a player for Colgate in 1991. He spent four years with the program, serving as team captain in his senior season. After graduating Fogarty spent one year with the Memphis Riverkings before returning to his alma mater as an assistant coach. He spent three more years with the Red Raiders before accepting a similar position with Clarkson and eventually Bowling Green.[2]

In 2006 Fogarty was selected as the first head coach for Division III Adrian College men's team and spent the next season as a player-coach for the Petrolia Squires of the Western Ontario Senior League while Adrian's facility was being completed.[3] The Bulldogs hit the ground running under Fogarty compiling a 26-3 record in their first season, winning both the conference and conference tournament titles, but failed to be selected for the NCAA tournament. They repeated the same feat in each of the following three seasons and were finally allowed into the national postseason in their third year. Fogarty's fourth campaign with the Bulldogs saw the program reach the national title game, falling to #1-seeded St. Norbert 4-3.[4] Fogarty coached at Adrian for three more years and never failed to get his team to record at least 20 wins in a season.

Fogarty left the Bulldogs in 2014 when he was offered the head coaching job at Princeton. The Tigers had fallen in the standings over the previous three seasons and that trend continued in Fogarty's first two years with the team managing only 4 and 5 wins. His third season saw a large improvement with the team tripling its win total from the year before and through the Tigers failed to post a winning season it was their best performance since Guy Gadowsky left in 2011. In his fourth season with the program, Fogarty led Princeton to a surprising conference championship as a 7th-seed. The title earned Princeton just its fourth trip to the NCAA tournament. Unfortunately, that was Fogarty's only winning season with Princeton and the Tigers would never come close to repeating their 2018 season. In 2014, after 10 years with the Tigers, Fogarty's contract was not renewed and he was out as head coach.[5]

College Head Coaching record[6]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Adrian Bulldogs (MCHA) (2007–2013)
2007–08 Adrian 26–3–0 19–1–0 1st MCHA Tournament Champion
2008–09 Adrian 27–1–1 20–0–0 1st MCHA Tournament Champion
2009–10 Adrian 24–4–0 20–0–0 1st NCAA First Round
2010–11 Adrian 25–4–1 18–1–1 1st NCAA Runner-Up
2011–12 Adrian 20–6–1 17–2–1 1st MCHA Runner-Up
2012–13 Adrian 23–2–3 17–0–3 1st NCAA Quarterfinals
Adrian: 167–23–10 125–5–8
Adrian Bulldogs (NCHA) (2013–2014)
2013–14 Adrian 22–3–4 14–1–3 2nd NCAA Quarterfinals
Princeton Tigers (ECAC Hockey) (2014–2024)
2014–15 Princeton 4–23–3 2–18–2 12th ECAC Hockey First Round
2015–16 Princeton 5–23–3 3–16–3 12th ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
2016–17 Princeton 15–16–3 8–11–3 7th ECAC Hockey First Round
2017–18 Princeton 19–13–4 10–10–2 7th NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinals
2018–19 Princeton 10–18–3 8–12–2 9th ECAC Hockey First Round
2019–20 Princeton 6–20–5 2–16–4 11th Tournament Cancelled
2021–22 Princeton 8–21–2 7–14–1 10th ECAC First Round
2022–23 Princeton 13–19–0 8–14–0 T–7th ECAC Quarterfinals
2023–24 Princeton 10–16–4 8–11–3 T–9th ECAC First Round
Princeton: 90–169–27 56–112–20
Total: 279–195–41

      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. ^ "Princeton Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  2. ^ "RON FOGARTY NAMED HEAD COACH OF MEN'S HOCKEY AT PRINCETON". Princeton Tigers. 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  3. ^ "BGSU Assistant Fogarty Tapped At Adrian College". USCHO.com. 2006-10-26. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  4. ^ "Keefer scores twice to lift St. Norbert to championship win over Adrian". USCHO.com. 2011-03-26. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  5. ^ "Princeton Announces Change In Leadership For Men's Ice Hockey". Princeton Tigers. March 18, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  6. ^ "Men's Hockey Year-by-Year". Princeton Tigers. Retrieved 2017-07-10.