Jim Salfi (born April 1, 1942) is a Canadian former ice hockey coach, player, general manager and team owner.
After graduating that spring Salfi received a surprising offer to coach the Penn Quakers despite his sparse résumé.
[4] While taking graduate classes Salfi led the program as it was promoted to varsity status in his second year and the team responded by posting a 16–8 record.
When the Quakers started playing against some of the better teams in his third season the wins were predictably harder to come by but their first victory against Dartmouth proved that Pennsylvania could compete.
Salfi met Penn alumnus, and class of 1923 president, Howard Butcher III at a party and convinced the stock broker to build a new arena for the program.
Towards the end of his tenure with the team the program could barely win a game, finishing their final season in Troy, New York 1-39-5.