Head Coach Shannon Miller
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Miller has amassed an impressive overall record of 200-57-24 and has led the Bulldogs to six NCAA playoff appearances and three straight NCAA Championship titles (2001, 2002 and 2003). She has led UMD into four NCAA Frozen Four berths, including the 2007 NCAA Championship game. No other hockey program in the country has won three consecutive NCAA titles.
For her efforts, Miller was named the 2000 and 2003 WCHA Coach of the Year and the 2003 American Hockey Coaches Association Women's Div. 1 Coach of the Year. Along with the incredible NCAA runs, her Bulldogs have captured two WCHA regular season titles (2000 and 2003) and three WCHA playoff titles (2000, 2001 and 2003).
During Miller's time at the Bulldog helm, UMD has produced eight first-team All-Americans, 11 Patty Kazmaier Award Finalists, two WCHA Players of the Year, three WCHA Student-Athletes of the year and one CoSIDA Academic All-American.
Not only has Miller enjoyed incredible success with the Bulldogs, but she has also had tremendous success coaching on the international stage with Team Canada.
Miller coached Canada to a sliver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and was the only female head coach of any Olympic team, as well as the youngest. She also coached Canada to three consecutive gold medals at the Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (1992, 1994 and 1997) and to gold medal finishes at both the 1995 and 1996 Pacific Rim Championships as well as the Three Nations Cup Tournament in 1996.
Miller started her coaching career as an assistant with the Alberta Women's Hockey Team (18 and under) in 1989 and two years later was part of a club, which captured a gold medal in the first-ever hockey competition for women in the Canada Winter Games.
Before leaving Canada, Miller was given the prestigious Canadian Advancement of Women in Sport Award for all her successes for women's hockey in Canada.
In 1985, Miller graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a bachelor's degree in physical education and received her Masters of Education degree from UMD in 2005.
Before being hired by the Olympic Oval in Calgary to build the first-ever international high performance-training program for women's hockey, Miller was a police officer in Calgary from 1988-1996.
Apart from her duties at UMD, Miller also operates hockey schools across North America and is a professional speaker at local, national and international events.