Word: mazzoleni
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mazzoleni earned his MA in athletic administration from Illinois-Chicago while working as a graduate assistant under former Harvard assistant coach Val Belmonte. He remained at Illinois-Chicago for five seasons in one of his toughest challenges to date before accepting a position at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point...
...When I took that job [at Illinois-Chicago], we were Division II, and the following year we were going Division I," Mazzoleni said. "So we had to make a jump in talent in a transition...
...Winning three in a row was just an unbelievable high," Mazzoleni said. "You would go out there and watch this team just dismantle people, and believe so much in themselves and what they wanted to accomplish that they acted as one on the ice. I think for anyone that's coached, that's the chief success...
...significance of this accomplishment is even greater, considering that Wisconsin-Stevens Point held a four-year record of 14-83-2 before Mazzoleni's appointment. Under his coaching, the Pointers recorded a winning percentage of .715, and a six-year record...
...Wisconsin-Stevens Point never had a winning season in hockey. I was there for six years, and we just started from scratch," Mazzoleni said. "Everything changed. And we became such a superior team at our level...