Mike Sertich
| Sport(s) | Ice hockey |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | Virginia, Minnesota |
| Playing career | |
| 1966-69 | Minnesota-Duluth |
| Position(s) | Defenceman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1982–2000 | Minnesota-Duluth |
| 2000–2003 | Michigan Tech |
| 2010–2012 | St. Scholastica College (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 375-397-53 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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WCHA Regular Season Championship (1984) WCHA Tournament Championship (1984) WCHA Regular Season Championship (1985) WCHA Tournament Championship (1985) WCHA Regular Season Championship (1993) |
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| Awards | |
| 1983 WCHA Coach of the Year 1984 WCHA Coach of the Year 1985 WCHA Coach of the Year 1993 WCHA Coach of the Year 1984 Spencer Penrose Award |
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Mike Sertich is a retired American ice hockey coach. He was the head coach of Minnesota-Duluth from 1983 thru 2000. he continued coaching for several years after resigning but has since retired.
Mike Sertich began his career at Minnesota-Duluth in the mid-1960s, playing three years as a defenseman for the Bulldogs. After his playing days were over he got behind the bench at Grand Rapids High School with Gus Hendrickson, a man he would eventually replace as head coach. In 1975 both Sertich and Hendrickson would join the staff at his alma mater though Hendrickson, as head coach, saw very little success, having only one winning season in seven years. Sertich was chosen to replace Hendrickson for the 1982-83 season and brought about an immediate change.
In Sertich's first season at the helm, Minnesota-Duluth post a 28-win season, the most victories the team had accumulated in one year to that point, and amassed the best record since it had joined the WCHA in 1965. Additionally they made their first NCAA Tournament appearance. The next season saw a slight improvement when the Bulldogs won the 1984 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament before marching all the way to the 1984 National Championship game but ended up losing to Bowling Green in quadruple overtime. Sertich saw more gains the following year with a second consecutive conference title and an outstanding 36-win season (UMD's only 30-win season to date) (as of 2014). Duluth finished the 1985 NCAA Tournament in third place, losing in the semifinal to eventual champion Rensselaer though this time only in triple overtime. For his exemplary record in his first three years as head coach Sertich was named WCHA coach of the Year each season (no other coach has ever won in consecutive years) and the national coach of the year in 1984.
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