Bill Gilligan
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| Position | Coach, Winger |
| Shoots | Right |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 174 lb (79 kg) |
| Team | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | August 5, 1954, Beverly, Massachusetts, USA |
| Pro Career | – present |
Bill Gilligan (born August 5, 1954 in Beverly, Massachusetts, USA) is an American professional ice hockey coach and a former professional ice hockey winger.
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[edit] Playing career
Bill Gilligan played for Brown University (NCAA), Hampton Gulls (AHL), Cincinnati Stingers (WHA), Vienna EV and Klagenfurt AC in Austria and EHC Chur in Switzerland.
[edit] Coaching career
He first became coach in 1984 in Klagenfurt, Austria, where he won 4 Championships in a row right away. From season 1988/89 to season 1991/1992 Gilligan was headcoach of Swiss ice hockey team SC Bern. He won 3 NLA Championships in 4 years. He later was headcoach of the Swiss U-20 national ice hockey team and together with John Sletvoll also of the Swiss national team. From 1994 - 1998 Gilligan was sports director of SC Bern and then returned to the US to work as assistant coach for the hockey team of University of Massachusetts Amherst, the Massachusetts Minutemen and as a scout for NHL team Los Angeles Kings.
For season 2005/06 he came back to Switzerland as headcoach for NLA team Rapperswil-Jona Lakers. He is also the team's headcoach for 2006/07 season.
[edit] Achievements (as coach)
- 1985 - Austrian Champion with Klagenfurt AC
- 1986 - Austrian Champion with Klagenfurt AC
- 1987 - Austrian Champion with Klagenfurt AC
- 1988 - Austrian Champion with Klagenfurt AC
- 1989 - NLA Champion with SC Bern
- 1991 - NLA Champion with SC Bern
- 1992 - NLA Champion with SC Bern
