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4 Cashman had a historic fifth season behind the bench of the Big Green. Dartmouth won a program record 23 games while winning their first ECAC Hockey Tournament Cham- pionship. Dartmouth also made its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1980 while finishing sixth in NPI. The Red Wing, Minn. native was named Tim Taylor ECAC Coach of the Year in 2025-26 for the second time in three sea- sons. Cashman and his staff were also named Ivy League Coaching Staff of the Year for the second straight season following the regular season. Since Cashman took over the Big Green program in 2020, Dartmouth has seen constant growth. After winning a combined 12 games in 2021-22 and 2022-23 the Big Green won 13 games in 2023-24 ,18 games in 2024-25, and a program best 23 games in 2025-26. Under Cashman, the Big Green have seen multiple players flourish while also seeing multiple players sign NHL contracts. This season, Dartmouth's Hayden Stavroff led the country in goals with 29 while being the program's second Top 10 Hobey Baker Finalist. Since Cashman took over as bench boss, Clay Stevenson, Cooper Black, Luke Haymes, and Cooper Flinton have all signed NHL contracts while multiple former Dartmouth players are playing pro- fessional hockey. Prior to Dartmouth, Cashman spent four seasons in the Washington Capitals organization, in 2016-17 and 2017-18 he was an assistant coach for the Hershey Bears before moving up to the Capitals in 2018-19 and 2019-20. A former defenseman, Cashman is a 2007 graduate of Quinnipiac, where he was an All-American, a First-Team All-ECAC Hockey selection and a Hobey Baker Top-10 Finalist (2005). Following his professional playing career, he returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach, help- ing the Bobcats reach two Frozen Fours in 2013 and 2016. As a player, Cashman was a two-time captain at Quin- nipiac in addition to his on-ice accolades. His 125 career assists and 148 points are both still school records for defensemen more than a dozen years after graduating. An All-American in each of his last three seasons with the Bobcats, Cashman was also recognized as a member of the ECAC Hockey All-Decade team for the 2000s and was named one of the top-50 players in league history. After leaving Hamden, Cashman signed with the AHL's Toronto Marlies. He would also play for the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins and Milwaukee Admirals in the AHL, while suiting up for Columbia, Wheeling and Cincinnati — where he won the 2010 Kelly Cup — of the ECHL before capping his pro career with EHC Black Wings Linz of the Austrian Erste Bank Ice Hockey League. Cashman resides in New Hampshire with his wife Stefanie and their three daughters Maggie, Sophia, and Gracie. Assisting Cashman this season were Jason Tapp, Brian Fahey, Byron Pool and Director of Hockey Operations Brian Corcoran. The runner-up for this year's Spencer Penrose Award was Dane Jackson of the University of North Dakota. The award will be presented at the 2026 AHCA Convention at the Hyatt Coconut Point Resort in Bonita Springs, FL, on Wednesday, April 29. 4 DI Men's Coach of the Year | C O N T I N U E D F R O M PAG E 1 April-May 2026 | ahcahockey.com COACHES OF THE YEAR 2 0 2 6 The Spencer Penrose Award is named in memory of the Colorado Springs benefactor who built the Broadmoor Hotel Complex, site of the first 10 NCAA championship hockey tournaments. The CCM AHCA COACH of the YEAR AWARDS are sponsored by CCM HOCKEY and chosen by members of the AMERICAN HOCKEY COACHES ASSOCIATION. CCM is the legendary hockey brand dedicated to the endless pursuit of performance by delivering game-changing, head-to-toe innovative hockey equipment to players worldwide.

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