Herb Brooks
| Herb Brooks | |
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Brooks in 1983 coaching the New York Rangers.
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Herbert Paul Brooks, Jr. August 5, 1937 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | August 11, 2003 (aged 66) near Forest Lake, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Occupation | Ice hockey coach, player |
| Spouse(s) | Patti Brooks (1965–2003) |
| Children | Danny (son) Kelly (daughter) |
| Relatives | David Brooks (brother) |
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
Representing the  USA
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1962 United States | (Player) |
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1980 United States | (Coach) |
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2002 United States | (Coach) |
Herbert Paul Brooks, Jr. (August 5, 1937 – August 11, 2003) was an American ice hockey player and coach. His most notable achievement came in 1980 as head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic hockey team at Lake Placid. At the games, Brooks' US team upset the heavily favored Soviet team in a match that came to be known as the 'Miracle on Ice'. Brooks would go on to coach multiple NHL teams, as well as the French hockey team at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and ultimately returned to coach the US men's team to a silver medal at the 2002 games in Salt Lake City. Brooks was killed in a 2003 car accident. At the time of his death, Brooks was the Pittsburgh Penguins' director of player personnel.
Herb Brooks was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Pauline and Herbert Brooks Sr. He attended Johnson High School, where his team won the 1955 state hockey championship.
Brooks continued his hockey career with the University of Minnesota Gophers from 1955 to 1959. He was a member of the 1960 Olympic team, only to become the last cut the week before the Games started. Three weeks later, Brooks sat at home with his father and watched the team he almost made win gold. Afterwards, Brooks "went up to the coach Jack Riley and said, 'Well, you must have made the right decision—you won.'"; this humbling moment served as motivation for an already self-driven person.
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