The American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) annually selects the NCAA Division-I Coach of the Year and presents him with the Penrose Award. The trophy is named in memory of Spencer T. Penrose, the man whose fortune in gold and copper built the famous Broadmoor Hotel and athletic complex in Colorado Springs, the site of the first 10 NCAA hockey championships. Massachusetts’ Greg Carvel became the eighth Hockey East coach to win the nation’s highest college hockey coaching honor when he was chosen by his peers in 2018-19, just his third season behind the bench of the Minutemen.