Ferris State University Men's Ice Hockey

Daniels guided the Bulldogs to the WCHA Regular-Season Championship in FSU's debut season in 2013-14 along with an NCAA Elite Eight appearance while earning WCHA Coach of the Year accolades and runner-up honors for National Coach of the Year. In 2011-12, Daniels claimed CCHA and National Coach of the Year accolades for the second time in his career after leading the Bulldogs to the programs second-ever league regular-season championship and a historic first-ever trip to the Frozen Four where FSU reached the national championship game. Ferris State placed fifth or higher four times in the final five seasons of CCHA league competition, including the 2011-12 title run. The 2002-03 CCHA Coach of the Year Award recipient and a two-time (2007-08 and 2009-10) award finalist, Daniels attained another milestone in his distinguished coaching career by recording his 300th career win following a 4-1 decision at Bowling Green midway through the 2010-11 season. He won his 400th game as the Bulldogs' head coach in 2015-16. Daniels was tabbed a finalist for the 2009-10 Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) Coach of the Year Award and directed Ferris State to a 21-13-6 overall record and a third-place finish in the regular-season league standings.  The Bulldogs also concluded the campaign ranked among the top 15 teams in all three national collegiate hockey polls.   Daniels was chosen as one of three finalists for the 2007-08 CCHA Coach of the Year Award. He not only lead Ferris State to an 18-16-5 overall record in 2007-08, but a fifth-place league finish and an appearance in the quarterfinal round of the CCHA Tournament. Under Daniels' guidance, Ferris State turned in one of its best performances ever in the program's NCAA Division I history for the 2002-03 campaign with a school-best 31-10-1 overall record. The Bulldogs also claimed their first-ever CCHA Regular-Season Championship title with a first-place 22-5-1 league mark and advanced to the NCAA Championship Tournament's West Regional title game in their initial NCAA Tourney appearance. FSU also earned the distinction of being the nation's first team to reach the 30-win plateau in 2002-03 and also competed in the CCHA Super Six Championship Tourney for the first time since 1993. For his efforts, Daniels was also honored as the 2002-03 Coach of the Year by both (INCH) and the March of Dimes West Michigan Sports Awards. Prior to receiving those accolades, Daniels was the unanimous choice as the CCHA's Coach of the Year as voted on by the league's head coaches.One of the crowning highlights in Daniels' coaching career occurred April 17, 2003, when he was selected the recipient of the 2003 Spencer Penrose Award as the AHCA's Division I National Hockey Coach of the Year. Through his competitive desire and tireless work ethic over the last decade, Daniels has established a great deal of respect on both the conference and national levels. He was appointed FSU's head coach on the eve of the 1992-93 season and led the Bulldogs to 21 victories and a CCHA Tournament Semifinal berth. At the time, the accomplishment signified only the fourth time a Ferris team had won 20 games in a season and the second time in which a first-year coach won more than 16 games at FSU. Since his arrival at Ferris State, Daniels has reached several milestones. He registered his 100th career victory March 6, 1999, in the 1998-99 regular season finale on the home ice of his alma mater, Michigan State University, as the Bulldogs recorded a 2-1 win. His school record-setting 120th victory occurred March 4, 2000, as Ferris posted a 7-0 shutout at Western Michigan University in the regular-season finale.  Daniels claimed his 200th win on Dec. 4, 2004 as the Bulldogs skated to a 6-2 home decision over Western Michigan.  The Bulldog head coach reached another milestone in his distinguished coaching career on Jan. 7, 2011 by claiming his 300th career win in a 4-1 league decision at Bowling Green State. He won his 400th game as the Bulldogs' head coach in 2015-16 Having the longest tenure of any FSU hockey coach, Daniels has coached 10 All-Americans during his coaching career at Ferris, including 2002-03 Hobey Baker Hat Trick Award finalist and FSU's first-ever CCHA Player of the Year Chris Kunitz. Daniels has built a national reputation for his intense knowledge of the game and no-nonsense coaching style. In the summer of 1994, he served as head coach at the United States Olympic Festival in St. Louis, Mo., coaching Team West to a bronze medal finish. He has also assisted with the U.S. Junior National Team in competition against teams from Canada, Sweden and Russia. From 1989-92, Daniels was an assistant coach for the Bulldogs. He first joined the FSU staff in 1989-90 as an assistant to John Perpich and coached under Bob Mancini from 1990-92. A few years earlier, Daniels broke into the CCHA as an assistant at the University of Illinois-Chicago (1987-89) and helped the Flames secure a third-place CCHA finish in 1988-89. Daniels was a three-time Coach of the Year in the North America Junior Hockey League (1983-86) for the Hennessey Engineers. Daniels received his bachelor of arts in accounting in 1982 from Michigan State. He holds a master's in sports organization from Miami (Ohio) University and was a graduate assistant coach for the RedHawks in 1986-87. Daniels has been certified at the Masters Level in collegiate coaching and has completed the USA Hockey Coaches "Program of Merit." In the summer of 1993, he was head coach at the USA Hockey's National Select 16 Camp in Lake Placid, N.Y. Daniels, a member of the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA), served a four-year term on the AHCA's Board of Governors and has been a representative of the NCAA Tournament West Regional Selection Advisory Committee. Bob and his wife, Leslie, reside in Big Rapids. They are parents of three children - Jenna, Pete and Sara.  His oldest daughter (Jenna) competed as a member of the Bulldog women's cross country/track and field teams while son Pete was a member of the Big Rapids High School hockey and golf teams.

Famulak helped lead FSU to the school's first postseason tournament championship ever as the Bulldogs claimed the WCHA Final Five Championship during a memorable postseason run. FSU advanced to the national tournament for the third time in five years while reaching the NCAA Final Eight. In 2011-12, Famualk helped lead the Bulldogs to the programs second-ever league regular-season championship and a historic first-ever trip to the Frozen Four where FSU reached the national championship game. Ferris State placed fifth or higher four times in the last five seasons of CCHA league competition. In 2013-14, he helped lead the Bulldogs to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Regular-Season Championship in FSU's debut season along with an NCAA Elite Eight appearance.  Along with his coaching duties, Famulak serves as the Bulldog Hockey's recruiting coordinator and through his tireless efforts, Ferris State has been able to land some of the program's top recruiting classes in the last 15 years, including Hobey Baker Hat Trick Finalist and first-team All-American Chris Kunitz. Famulak was also instrumental in helping FSU post one of its best seasons ever at 31-10-1 overall in the program's history and securing its first-ever Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) Regular-Season title in the 2002-03 season. As a result of the success, Famulak was part of a FSU coaching staff which was recognized as the American Hockey Coaches Association's (AHCA) 2002-03 National Coaching Staff of the Year. Success has accompanied Famulak on every hockey level, both as a student-athlete and coach. As a collegian, he played right wing for Lake Superior State's 1988 NCAA Division I championship team and also for a pair of NCAA Division III champions at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. His coaching experience in the CCHA includes a two-year stint (1990-92) at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he helped recruit the freshmen class for the RedHawks' 1993 CCHA champions. Famulak has an impressive background in fundraising, scouting and recruiting at the junior hockey level. In 1992-93, he served as head coach and general manager for the Yorkton Terriers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). At Yorkton, he coached the Terriers to a second-place finish while five of his players earned NCAA Division I scholarships. Famulak played his junior hockey for the SJHL's Melville (Saskatchewan) Millionaires and totaled 69 points (31 goals and 38 assists) during the 1984-85 season. As a collegiate, he played right wing for Lake Superior State University's 1988 NCAA Division I championship team and also for a pair of NCAA Division III champions at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He was inducted into the Lake Superior State Athletics Hall of Fame as a member of the Lakers' 1987-88 national championship team on Oct. 22, 2005. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration-management in 1990 from Wisconsin-Stevens Point and holds a master's degree in sports organization from Miami University (1993). Famulak, and his wife, Cheryl, are the parents of two children - Ian and Emma. The family resides in Grand Rapids, Mich. He's a member of the American Hockey Coaches Association.

Kaufman helped lead FSU to the school's first postseason tournament championship ever as the Bulldogs claimed the WCHA Final Five Championship during a memorable postseason run. FSU advanced to the national tournament for the third time in five years while reaching the NCAA Final Eight. In 2011-12, Kaufman helped lead the Bulldogs to the programs second-ever league regular-season championship and a historic first-ever trip to the Frozen Four where FSU reached the national championship game. In 2013-14, he helped lead the Bulldogs to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Regular-Season Championship in FSU's debut season along with an NCAA Elite Eight appearance.  Kaufman has played a vital role in Ferris State boasting the nation's top NCAA Division I penalty-kill unit for two seasons (2009-10 and 2010-11).  The Bulldogs posted a national-best .884 percentage in the 2009-10 campaign and a school-record .886 efficiency rate for the 2010-11 season.    Prior to his second stint at Ferris State, Kaufman had spent two seasons (2003-05) as head coach and general manager of the United States Hockey League's (USHL) Sioux Falls (Iowa) Stampede after serving as the director of hockey operations and head coach of the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Wings in 2000. A native of Pittburgh, Pa., Kaufman spent 1998-02 with the Richmond (Va.) Renegades of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) as the organization's head coach/director of hockey operations. He was chosen as co-coach of the 1999-00 Northern Conference All-Star Team. In the 1998-99 season, Richmond was Kelley Cup Playoff finalists and playoff champions of the Northern Conference. Following his two seasons (1992-94) at Ferris State, Kaufman served as an assistant coach for the International Hockey League's (IHL) Kansas City (Mo.) Blades in the 1994-95 campaign. He helped the Blades become a Turner Cup Playoff finalist and win an Eastern Conference Playoff title. The following season (1995-96), Kaufman moved up to the NHL ranks with the San Jose Sharks in an assistant coaching capacity. He then spent two seasons (1996-98) as an assistant with the Kentucky Thoroughblades of the American Hockey League (AHL). Kaufman arrived at Ferris State in Bob Daniels' first season (1992-93) as head coach and the Bulldogs went on to register a 21-16-4 overall record and competed in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) Championships. He then was promoted as the top assistant on Daniels' staff for the 1993-94 campaign. Prior to Ferris, Kaufman was the general manager and head coach of the USHL's Rochester (Minn.) Mustangs where he compiled a 116-95-7 record and coached the 1989-90 team to its third Junior A national championship. He coordinated all of the scheduling, budgeting, recruiting, game staging, off-ice training, housing, fund raising and public relations at Rochester. From 1986-88, Kaufman served as an assistant coach for U.S. International University, a former NCAA Division I independent located in San Diego, Calif. His responsibilities included monitoring the academic progress of the student-athletes, admissions, housing and the administration of financial aid. Kaufman was head coach of the Reford (Mich.) Junior B team in 1984-85 and guided the Royals to both league and playoff championship titles. He was also an assistant coach for the USA Hockey Junior Olympic Festival in Lake Placid, N.Y. in 1992. As a collegian, Kaufman earned a bachelor's degree in urban planning from Michigan State University in 1984. In 1987, Kaufman received his master's degree in physical education at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He was a graduate assistant coach for the RedHawks during the 1985-86 season. A 1979 graduate of Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, Kaufman competed in ice hockey as a prepster. The son of Eugene and Jean Kaufman of Pittsburgh, Pa., Mark is married to the former Catherine Peacock and the couple has a son (Brett). The family resides in Portage, Mich. Kaufman holds membership in the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA).