Thomas William Babson (born July 15, 1945) is an American ice hockey coach and actor.
[1] Tom Babson graduated from Gloucester High School, where he was the captain of the ice hockey team in 1963.
One of his first jobs in Hollywood was helping Paul Newman learn to play hockey for the film Slap Shot.
[2] He served as a training coach for the United States women's national ice hockey team, especially during Olympics, from 1996 to 1998.
He served the coach of the Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey from 1999 to 2003, where he compiled a record of 33–84–9.