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Bill Selman

Bill Selman
Sport(s) Ice hockey
Biographical details
Born Fort Frances, ONT, Canada
Alma mater North Dakota
Playing career
1960–1963 North Dakota
Position(s) Defenceman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1964–1966 North Dakota (assistant)
1966–1968 North Dakota
1968–1970 Minnesota–Duluth
1970–1979 St. Louis
1979–1980 Dayton Gems
1981–1983 Lake Superior State
1982 US National Team
Head coaching record
Overall 277-217-21 (.558)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1963 National Champion (player)
1967 WCHA Champion
1967 WCHA Tournament Champion
1968 WCHA Tournament Champion
1973 CCHA Champion
1974 CCHA Tournament Champion
1975 CCHA Champion
1975 CCHA Tournament Champion
1976 CCHA Tournament Champion
1977 CCHA Champion
Awards
1967 WCHA Coach of the Year
1977 CCHA Coach of the Year
2014 St. Louis Sport Hall of Fame President's Choice Award
2016 Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award

William G. Selman (born c. 1939) is a retired head coach of men's college, university and professional ice hockey teams.

Bill Selman was a three year letterman for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux, winning a national title with the team in his senior season. After two seasons as an assistant in Grand Forks Selman became the third consecutive assistant coach to be promoted to head coach of the Sioux in 1966. Selman led North Dakota to two conference tournament titles in each of his first two seasons, finishing as runners up in 1968. After only two years Selman left his alma mater to take over at Minnesota–Duluth. Two seasons later Selman once again changed universities, this time leading the new Division I program at Saint Louis.

The Billikens would only remain in the upper echelon for nine years but Selman stayed with the team for the entire time being a driving force behind the formation of the CCHA, capturing three conference titles, three conference tournament championships and coaching three future NHL players (Mike Krushelnyski, Mario Faubert and Lindsay Middlebrook). Once Saint Louis ended their program Selman moved on to be the head coach of the IHL's Dayton Gems for the 1979–80 season. After a year off Selman was back in the college ranks, this time with the Lake Superior State Lakers. He coached Team USA at the 1982 World Ice Hockey Championships but finished with a disastrous 0-6-1 record that saw the US relegated out of the top bracket. Selman would only coach Lake Superior State for 20 games the following season before retiring from coaching and taking a job with Anheuser-Busch in the sports marketing department.


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