Bob Motzko

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Bob Motzko is the head coach of the St. Cloud State University Huskies hockey team in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He was named the WCHA Coach of the Year in 2006 and again in 2007. He has guided the Huskies to five WCHA Final Five appearances (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2012), and three NCAA Division I tournament appearances in 2007, 2008 and 2010.^[1]

He has been head coach at St. Cloud State since 2005. In 2009 he was given a six-year contract extension through the 2014-2015 season.^[2]

A 1987 graduate of St. Cloud State University (SCSU), Motzko was a two-year varsity letterwinner for the SCSU hockey team from 1984-86. Motzko began his coaching career in 1986-87 as an assistant coach for the legendary Herb Brooks at SCSU - and also worked with former SCSU head coach Craig Dahl.

Motzko served as general manager and head coach of the USHL's North Iowa Huskies from 1987 through 1991. In 1989, Motzko led the North Iowa squad to a United State Junior A national championship and was named that year's USHL Coach of the Year.

In 1991, Motzko was named associate head coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he helped lead the RedHawks to a Central Collegiate Hockey Association title and an NCAA tournament berth in 1992-93. He served for one season as an associate head coach at the University of Denver from 1993–94, before returning to Miami University in 1994.

Motzko was named general manager and head coach of the USHL's Sioux Falls Stampede in 1998. He led the Stampede to a 77-31-6 record in the team's first two seasons in the USHL, and in 2000, he was named the USHL General Manager of the Year.

Motzko served as a men's hockey assistant coach at the University of Minnesota and was part of two NCAA Division I national championship teams in 2002 and 2003, and helped the Gophers win WCHA playoff crowns in 2003 and 2004.

On March 26, 2010, Motzko lead the Huskies to their first NCAA Tournament win in the West Regional at Xcel Energy Center. SCSU earned a 4-3 victory in double overtime against Northern Michigan University. The victory snapped an eight game losing streak in the tournament for SCSU. St. Cloud fell in the West Regional Championship game to the University of Wisconsin the next night.

In the 2012-2013 season, Motzko led SCSU to a WCHA regular season championship. It's the Huskies' first regular season conference title. Though they secured the #1 seed, the Huskies shared the MacNaughton Cup with the University of Minnesota.

Motzko, a native of Austin, Minnesota, is married and has three children.

References

v t e St. Cloud State Huskies men's ice hockey

Playing venues	Herb Brooks National Hockey Center

Head coaches	Jack Wink (1956–1968) Charlie Basch (1968–1984) John Perpich (1984–1986) Herb Brooks (1986–1987) Craig Dahl (1987–2005) Bob Motzko (2005–present)

Conference affiliations	NCHA (1981–1987) Independent (1987–1990) WCHA (1990–2013) NCHC (2013–present)

Culture & lore	North Star College Cup

Frozen Four appearances	1987 (DII) 2013

NCAA Tournament appearances	1987 (DII) 1989 2000 2001 2002 2003 2007 2008 2010 2013

Conference Tournament champions	2001

Hobey Baker winners	Drew LeBlanc (2013)

St. Cloud State University St. Cloud, MN

v t e Current men's head coaches of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference

Scott Owens (Colorado College) Jim Montgomery (Denver) Enrico Blasi (Miami) Scott Sandelin (Minnesota–Duluth) Dean Blais (Nebraska–Omaha) Dave Hakstol (North Dakota) Bob Motzko (St. Cloud State) Andy Murray (Western Michigan)

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Name	Motzko, Bob
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