Minnesota State-Mankato Mavericks ( WCHA) (1999–2000) Mankato State Mavericks ( Independent) (1996–1999) Mankato State Mavericks ( Independent) (1992–1996) Mankato State Mavericks ( NCHA (D-III)) (1984–1992) Mankato State Mavericks ( NCHA (D-II)) (1981–1983) Mankato State Mavericks ( Independent) (1969–1981) The following tables list coaching details. He was inducted into the Minnesota State Hall of Fame in 2006. In 2004, Brose was awarded the John MacInnes Award by the American Collegiate Hockey Association. He was replaced the following year by former assistant Troy Jutting. In his final season with the program, Brose led the newly renamed Minnesota State to a fourth-place finish in the conference and helped them advance out of the first round for the first time, receiving the WCHA Coach of the Year honors, as much for the season as his body of work leading up to his final year. With the Mavericks set to officially join the conference for the 1999–00 season, Brose delayed his retirement so that he could remain with the program as it became acclimated to the new conference.
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Due to Northern Michigan leaving the WCHA after the 1996–97 season, Mankato State was invited to participate in the conference tournament despite not being a full member. In Mankato State's first season in Division I, Brose led the team to a 17–14–3 mark. Beginning in the 1996–97 season, Mankato State jumped to Division I as an independent. When the Division II level was re-established for the 1992–93 season, Mankato State left the NCHA to play at the Division II level. The Mavericks continued to excel during this time, winning three regular season conference titles and making the Division III tournament five time (the final four three times) in eight seasons. Upon his return, the Division II ranking collapsed due to a lack of sponsoring colleges, necessitating both Mankato State and their conference to drop down to Division III.
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Brose took a year off during the 1983–84 season and returned to the team the following year. During the 1979–80 season, the Mavericks recorded their first (and only) 30-win season and won the Division II National Championship.īrose coached the Mavericks to the Division II tournament three more times and led the team into the NCHA conference. The next year, the Mavericks were again invited to the tournament and finished in second place. When the first NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Championship was held in 1978, the recently rechristened Mankato State University was a part of it, finishing in third place. Over the next 20 years under Brose, Mankato State had only one losing season. After an uninspiring inaugural year, the Mankato Mavericks dominated the competition in 1970–71, going 15–2–1 as an Independent.
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When Mankato State established a men's ice hockey program in 1969, Brose was given the task of building the program from the ground up. Brose also received a master's degree from the University of Maryland, College Park and then joined the staff of the Mankato State College athletic department.
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He was an undergraduate student while coaching at Concordia, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1962, and also playing on the ice hockey, baseball and football clubs. Brose's Concordia teams won only four games in four years. Brose began his coaching career at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.