George Gwozdecky (born July 17, 1953)[1] is a Canadian ice hockey coach.
He resigned as an assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL) in June 2015.
In August 2015, he accepted a job as the head hockey coach at Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, CO.[2] He was the head coach for the University of Denver Pioneers hockey team for 19 seasons, from 1994 until 2013.
[3] He is a member of the prestigious Miami University "Cradle of Coaches",[4] and is the only person to win the NCAA national championship as a player (with Wisconsin in 1977), assistant coach (at Michigan State in 1986), and head coach with Denver (2004 and 2005).
[3] Gwozdecky is a native of Thunder Bay, Ontario.