Gary Wright
Gary Wright recently retired from a thirty-two-year head coaching career at American International College (AIC) in Springfield, Massachusetts. His 1990 team won the ECAC East championship, and he was named MAAC Coach of the Year following AIC's first season in NCAA Division 1. He previously served as an assistant at the University of Maine, and as head coach at Rice Memorial HS in Burlington, Vermont. A graduate of the University of Vermont, Wright was a member of the Catamounts hockey team.
Wright has directed a YMCA Summer Camp and a National Youth Sports Program for inner-city youth, sponsored by the NCAA. He also ran his own hockey school, "Kids on Ice," and authored a book titled, Pass The Biscuit: Spirited Practices for Youth Hockey Coaches and Players. He lives in Vermont and his interests include golfing, music and hiking with his dog Hobey.
