Marshall W. "Marsh" Ryman (June 26, 1910 – January 31, 1992) was a collegiate hockey coach and athletic director at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

. Ryman played baseball and hockey for Minnesota and was the hockey team captain for the 1931–32 season. Ryman coached the

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team in the 1955–56 season to a 16–12–1 record while

John Mariucci John Mariucci (May 8, 1916 – March 23, 1987) was an American ice hockey player, administrator and coach. Mariucci was born in Eveleth, Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota where he played for both the hockey and football teams. H ...

coached the

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at the

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. Subsequently, Ryman served as the national team coach himself, from 1958–59. in 1960, Ryman was a referee at the

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. Later, Ryman became the Gophers' athletic director from 1963 to 1972, when the University forced Ryman to resign. He won the 1972 George Eldridge Distinguished Service Award for his work in that position. In 1978, he was elected to the National Association of College Athletic Directors Hall of Fame. Ryman died of pneumonia in St. Louis Park, Minnesota in 1992. He is interred in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.Pheifer, Pat. "Former Gophers AD Marsh Ryman dies." ''Minneapolis Star-Tribune'', January 31, 1992.

Head coaching record

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