Shannon Miller, is the former head coach

Head coach

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 of the Canadian national women's hockey team

Canadian national women's hockey team

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 which won the Silver medal in ice hockey

Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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 at the 1998 Winter Olympics

1998 Winter Olympics

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. She has also won five NCAA Division I championships with the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey

Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey

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. She is from Melfort, Saskatchewan.

Miller played in the first Canadian national championships in 1982. Miller also refereed Canadian university hockey from 1982 to 1985. In 1985, she was a member of the Canadian Hockey Feminine Council and was president of the Southern Alberta Women’s Hockey League. She helped to form the first ever girls minor hockey association in Calgary in 1989.

Hockey Canada

In addition, she was an assistant coach for Team Canada at the 1992 and 1994 Women’s World Ice Hockey championships.

Minnesota Duluth

On April 20, 1998, Miller was hired as the first head coach for the Bulldogs Women's Hockey Team. On March 22, 2010, the Mayor of Duluth, Don Ness

Don Ness

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 presented Shannon Miller with a proclamation declaring Friday, March 26, 2010 as "Shannon Miller Day'". Most notably, head coach Shannon Miller reached her 300th win faster than any other women’s NCAA Division I head coach in history back on Nov. 20, 2010, against Ohio State. Heading into the 2011–12 Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season, Miller was chair of the Ethics Committee for US women's college hockey. In addition, she was a member of the NCAA Division 1 Championships Committee, one of only two coaches in the entire country to serve on both committees.

Minnesota Duluth

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

Records as of January 19, 2010

Year	Wins	Losses	Ties	Postseason
2009-10 2009–10 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season -Offseason:*May 21: The school has announced that eight players have signed national letters of intent to attend UMD in the fall of 2009. The signees include forward Jessica Wong, goaltender Jennifer Harss, forward Andrea Lanzl, defenseman Mariia Posa and forward and Duluth native Gina Dodge...	31	8	2	NCAA Champions
2008-09 2008–09 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season The Bulldogs began their tenth NCAA season as the defending NCAA Champions for a fourth time in program history.-Regular season:*November 22: Elin Holmlov scored four consecutive goals against North Dakota...	26	9	4	NCAA Frozen Four
2007-08	34	4	1	NCAA Champions
2006-07	24	11	4
2005-06	22	9	3
2004-05	26	6	2
2003-04	20	12	2
2002-03 2002–03 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season -Regular season:*Jenny Potter set an NCAA record for most goals in one game with 6. This was accomplished on December 18, 2002 versus St. Cloud State....	31	3	2	NCAA Champions
2001-02 2001–02 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season -Preseason:* October 5-6, 2001: Bulldogs head coach Shannon Miller, forwards Erika Holst, Maria Rooth, Hanne Sikio and goaltender Tuula Puputti represented UMD in the first-ever WCHA All-Star Team. The team played two exhibition games against the U.S. National Team. -Regular season:*December 2:...	24	6	4	NCAA Champions
2000-01	28	5	4	NCAA Champions
1999-00	25	5	3

Awards and honors

• Petro Canada Coaching Excellence Award
• 2000 WCHA Coach of the Year
• In 2003, Miller was part of the Bulldogs coaching staff that was named American Association of College Coaches' women's hockey coaching staff of the year.
• 2003 AHCA Coach of the Year
• YWCA's Woman of Distinction 2010 Award (celebrates women's leadership)