Bill Riley Jr. is an American retired ice hockey player and coach best known for his time leading Massachusetts–Lowell to three Division II Championships.
[3] After only one season with the Mountain Hawks Riley left to take over at Lowell Tech who began playing College Division hockey two years earlier.
[3] Two years later the NCAA changed their classification system into numerical tiers and Lowell Tech joined the Division II ranks.
[3] Two years later Riley brought in his first major recruit, landing Craig MacTavish who led the team with 88 points in his sophomore season en route to a 27-6 record the program's first ECAC championship and National title.
[4] When the NCAA tournament expanded to 12 teams in 1988 Lowell received its first berth into the postseason as a 6 seed, losing both games convincingly to Wisconsin.
[5] Lowell was put on probation for 2 years following the investigation and, though the team would eventually recover, Riley's coaching career was at an end.