Douglas George Ross (October 9, 1951 – August 16, 2022) was an American

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ice hockey player, 1976 USA Olympic hockey player and

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head coach. Ross is most noted as head coach of the

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ice hockey team from 1982–2007 where he won two national club championships and two

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championships. Ross also coached the club hockey program at

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and oversaw the transition of

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hockey from club status to varsity status in 1980.

Coaching career

Ross began his college coaching career at Ohio University where he guided the club team for one season. He spent the next two seasons as head coach at Kalamazoo Central High School in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Ross was then hired at Kent State University on July 1, 1979. At Kent, he guided the Golden Flashes from club status to NCAA Division I independent status with a schedule of independent, Division II, Division III, and NAIA varsity teams, as well as select club programs. Unexpectedly, Ross was fired on April 14, 1981. Ross was hired as head coach of Alabama-Huntsville's club ice hockey team on June 8, 1981.

Awards and honors

Player

Coach

* 1998 State of Alabama Collegiate Coach of the Year (Sington Award). * 2002–03 College Hockey America Coach of the Year. * 2007 USA Hockey Distinguished Service Award.

Head coaching record

Personal life and death

Ross was the father of former NHL forward Jared Ross. Doug Ross died on August 16, 2022, at the age of 70.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Doug 1951 births 2022 deaths Alabama–Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey coaches American ice hockey coaches American men's ice hockey right wingers Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey players Ice hockey players at the 1976 Winter Olympics Ice hockey coaches from Michigan Kent State Golden Flashes men's ice hockey coaches Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey players Olympic ice hockey players of the United States Sportspeople from Dearborn, Michigan Ice hockey people from Alabama Ice hockey players from Detroit