Bowdoin Athletic Hall of Honor
Legendary men’s ice hockey coach Terry Meagher totaled an extraordinary number of wins, NESCAC titles, ECAC championships, NCAA tournament appearances, and coaching awards during his 33-year tenure at Bowdoin. However, those accomplishments only hint at the profound impact he had on Bowdoin’s athletics program and the generations of student-athletes whom he coached.
A standout player at Boston University, he led the Terriers to three NCAA Division I Final Fours and captained the ECAC Champions in his senior season of 1975–1976. Meagher took over the Bowdoin men’s ice hockey program as head coach in 1983, succeeding Bowdoin icon Sid Watson, whose 326 wins were, at the time, the most in the history of the College. He proceeded to eclipse that total, winning 542 games, three NESCAC titles and two ECAC crowns, and qualifying for the NCAA Tournament six times.
He was honored three times as New England Coach of the Year, and twice, in 1986 and 1989, received the highest honor in collegiate hockey, the Edward Jeremiah Memorial Trophy by the American Hockey Coaches Association as the National College Division Coach of the Year
