After 26 seasons leading RIT, head coach Wayne Wilson announced his retirement Wednesday. He led the team to a Frozen Four appearance in 2010 and four Atlantic Hockey titles during his time leading the D1 program.

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Wilson is the only coach in NCAA history to be named the national coach of the year in both NCAA Division I and Division III. His 471 career wins ranks 33rd all time in NCAA history. The Tigers reached the NCAA tournament four times over his coaching career.

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"After 40 years of coaching, it's bittersweet to announce my retirement. I don't know if there is ever a good time to retire but I feel that it's the right time for me," Wilson said in a statement released by RIT. "There are countless people to thank for making coaching college hockey such a great job for so many years. I truly enjoyed coming to work every day to push teams and players to reach their goals. I couldn't have done that without great assistants and players who were all committed to being their best."

Wilson closes his coaching career with a 471-337-82 record between Division I and Division III. RIT had more conference wins than any other team in Atlantic Hockey since the conference’s founding in 2003-04.

Among the players Wilson coached over his time at RIT, 13 became All-Americans while Chris Tanev became the program’s most decorated NHL player with more than 850 games over his career, which remains active.

Wilson played four years for Hockey Hall of Famer Jerry York at Bowling Green State University, winning a national championship as a senior. He later coached with York at Bowling Green before stints as an assistant at UNH and later back to BGSU before going to RIT in 1999.

RIT says that it will announce its next head coach in the coming days, suggesting that Wilson’s replacement has already been selected.

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