Brian Cavanaugh is a former ice hockey coach who led Canisius for 23 years before being fired during the 2004-05 season.
[1] Though he had established himself over a long tenure with the Golden Griffins, leading them to becoming a Division I program, Cavanaugh was fired by the athletic director in December 2004 due to a slew of complaints from the team.
He has since retired as the athletic director at D'Youville College.
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion † Cavanaugh was fired mid-season [3]