Mel Pearson
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| Sport(s) | Ice hockey |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Michigan |
| Conference | B1G |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 8, 1959 Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Alma mater | Michigan Technological University |
| Playing career | |
| 1977–81 | Michigan Tech |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2017-Present | Michigan |
| 2011–2017 | Michigan Tech |
| 1999–2011 | Michigan (associate head) |
| 1988–99 | Michigan (assistant) |
| 1982–88 | Michigan Tech (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 118–92–29 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 NCAA National Championships (1996, 1998) 9 CCHA Championships (1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010) 1 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament (2017) |
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| Awards | |
| 2000 Terry Flanagan Award 2012 WCHA Coach of the Year 2014–15 College Hockey News Coach of the Year 2016 WCHA Coach of the Year |
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Melvin K. Pearson (born February 8, 1959) is a former college ice hockey player and is the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team. Pearson played for Michigan Tech from 1977 to 1981, then served as an assistant coach for the team from 1982 to 1988. Following the 1987–88 season, he spent 23 years as an assistant coach and associate head coach at Michigan under Red Berenson before returning to Michigan Tech as head coach in 2011.
Mel Pearson was born in Vancouver on February 8, 1959, the son of Vancouver Canucks player George "Mel" Pearson. His father's playing career ended in 1973 as a member of the Minnesota Fighting Saints, and Mel, who had been playing since the age of six, played hockey in suburban Minneapolis at Edina East High School under coach Willard Ikola. Pearson was recruited to play college hockey by both Michigan and Michigan Tech, and he ultimately chose Michigan Tech after visiting the campus and "[falling] in love with the place". While on his visit, Pearson met with coach John MacInnes, who "made me feel so welcome, and I knew I wanted to play for him right away". Pearson played forward for Michigan Tech from 1977 to 1981 and scored 21 goals among 56 points in 97 games. As a senior, he helped the team advance to the semifinal of the 1981 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, where the team lost to Minnesota. Michigan Tech won the Great Lakes Invitational tournament four times in Pearson's four years as a player. He scored the tournament-winning goal in triple overtime against Michigan in 1979. Pearson graduated from Michigan Tech in 1981 with a degree in business administration.
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