Paul Pearl
| Sport(s) | ice hockey, baseball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Winthrop, MA, USA |
| Alma mater | College of the Holy Cross |
| Playing career | |
| 1985–1989 | Holy Cross |
| Position(s) | Defenseman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1990–1992 | Portsmouth Abbey School (Director) |
| 1992–1994 | Connecticut (Assistant) |
| 1994–1996 | Holy Cross |
| 1996-1997 | Brown (Assistant) |
| 1997-2014 | Holy Cross |
| 2014–Present | Harvard (Associate Head Coach) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 297–293–69 (.503) |
| Tournaments | 1-2 (.333) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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1998–99 MAAC Tournament Champion 2003–04 Atlantic Hockey Champion 2003–04 Atlantic Hockey Tournament Champion 2005–06 Atlantic Hockey Champion 2005–06 Atlantic Hockey Tournament Champion |
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| Awards | |
| 1997-1998 New England Sports Writers Coach of the Year 1997-1998 ECAC East Div. II Coach of the Year 2001–02 MAAC Coach of the Year 2003–04 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year 2010–11 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year |
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Paul Pearl is an American ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the associate head coach for Harvard, having previously served as head coach for Holy Cross for 19 seasons.
Paul Pearl began attending Holy Cross in 1985 and played for the Division II program for four years, becoming captain of the team in his senior season. Pearl was also a four year letter winner of the Division I baseball team and captained the team his senior year. After graduating Pearl became director of the ice hockey program at Portsmouth Abbey School for two years before returning to college as an assistant at Connecticut under Bruce Marshall. In 1994 he was named as head coach for his alma mater. He became just the fifth head hockey coach for the Crusaders and would go on to lead his teams to 9 of the 11 most successful seasons in their history.
Holy Cross became a founding member of the MAAC ice hockey conference in 1998 and Pearl helped the team celebrate by winning a then-team record 22 wins capped off by capturing the inaugural conference tournament. Unfortunately the MAAC did not possess an automatic bid for the NCAA tournament and Holy Cross was not invited despite its achievement. As they had done before Holy Cross won the premier conference tournament for the successor Atlantic Hockey conference but this time were invited to the 2004 tournament. While Pearl's team was blanked by North Dakota their second berth two years later provided what is widely considered the biggest upset in college hockey history when the 15th seed Crusaders downed the second ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers 4-3 in overtime.
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