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Not to be confused with Mike Kavanagh.

Mike Cavanaugh

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Connecticut
Conference	Hockey East
Record	163–180–38 (.478)
Biographical details
Born	(1968-06-07) June 7, 1968 North Andover, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Bowdoin College
Playing career
1987–1990	Bowdoin
1990–1991	Richmond Flyers
1994	Pittsburgh Phantoms
Position	Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1991	Richmond Flyers (player-coach)
1991–1992	Belmont Hill School (assistant)
1992–1993	Bowling Green (graduate assistant)
1993–1995	Dartmouth (assistant)
1995–2013	Boston College (assistant)
2013–present	Connecticut
Head coaching record
Overall	181–194–42 (.484)
Tournaments	1–1 (.500)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As an assistant coach 4× National Champion (2001, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Awards
Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award (2025) Terry Flanagan Award (2013)

Mike Cavanaugh (born June 7, 1968) is an American ice hockey coach and former player. Cavanaugh was an assistant at Boston College for 18 seasons before being named as Bruce Marshall's successor at Connecticut in the spring of 2013.

Head coaching record

Record table

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Connecticut Huskies (Atlantic Hockey) (2013–2014)
2013–14	Connecticut	18–14–4	15–9–3	t–3rd	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
Connecticut:		18–14–4 (.556)	15–9–3 (.611)
Connecticut Huskies (Hockey East) (2014–present)
2014–15	Connecticut	10–19–7	7–11–4	t-9th	Hockey East Opening Round
2015–16	Connecticut	11–21–4	6–12–4	8th	Hockey East Opening Round
2016–17	Connecticut	12–16–8	8–10–4	9th	Hockey East Opening Round
2017–18	Connecticut	15–19–2	11–12–1	5th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2018–19	Connecticut	12–20–2	7–15–2	9th
2019–20	Connecticut	15–15–4	12–10–2	5th	Tournament cancelled
2020–21	Connecticut	10–11–2	10–10–2	4th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2021–22	Connecticut	20–16–0	14–10–0	T–4th	Hockey East Runner-Up
2022–23	Connecticut	20–12–3	13–9–2	4th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2023–24	Connecticut	15–19–2	9–14–1	8th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2024–25	Connecticut	23–12–4	12–8–4	4th	Allentown Regional Final
Connecticut:		163–180–38	94–102–23
Total:		181–194–42 (.484)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• Official Biography, UConn Huskies
• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database