Army West Point Athletics
Riley, Ullrich to be Inducted into ECAC Hall of Fame
March 25, 2016 | Hockey, Athletics
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army Hall-of-Famers Jack Riley and Carl Ullrich will add another honor to their lengthy accomplishments on April 15 as they are inducted into the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Hall of Fame.
Army's all-time winningest coach, Jack Riley authored a 542-343-20 record during his remarkable 36-year career at the Black Knights' hockey helm. He retired in 1986 as the second-winningest college hockey head coach in NCAA history.
Riley was an outstanding college player at Dartmouth whose career was interrupted by World War II while he was playing as a sophomore in 1941. Riley played for Dartmouth College from 1940-42, before joining the United States Naval Air Corps as a pilot, serving as a U.S. Naval Aviator in the Pacific Theatre from 1942-46.
Riley returned to college in 1946 to captain the team that tied the University of Toronto for the North American title. Riley played for the US National Team as a left winger at the 1948 Winter Olympics which finished fourth at St. Moritz, Switzerland.
From there, he went on to serve as the player-coach of the 1949 U.S. Men's National Team, which gained a third-place finish at the World Tournament at Stockholm, Sweden. Incidentally, the U.S. was the only team to defeat the world champions from Czechoslovakia, 2-0, thanks to Riley's two goals. Riley then went on to play one season with the Boston Olympics of the Eastern Amateur Hockey League.
Riley would join the staff of the U.S. Military Academy in 1950, where he became head coach in 1951 and remained until 1986, when he passed the reigns to his son, Rob.
Riley was named NCAA "Coach of the Year" in 1957 and 1960, guided Army to 29 winning seasons and led the Black Knights to a school-record 28 victories during the 1983-84 campaign. His Army teams reached postseason play nine times in all during a career that spanned four decades along the banks of the Hudson.
Riley served as head coach of the United States Olympic team in 1960 and directed the squad to its first gold medal. A two-time winner of the Lester Patrick Award (1986, 2002), presented for outstanding service to U.S. hockey, Riley was elected to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979. He was also inducted into International Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998.
Riley was a member of the first Army Sports Hall of Fame Class in 2004.
Ullrich was the Academy's first civilian director of athletics (1980-90) and worked diligently to maintain and upgrade the posture of Army's intercollegiate athletic teams. He was instrumental in the rejuvenation of the entire athletics program and played a large role in restoring Army's football program to national prominence. Most notably, he is credited with the turnaround of the Army football program by hiring Jim Young.
During his final six years, the Academy experienced five winning football seasons and went to the first three bowl games in school history. He was the driving force behind the construction of Holleder Center, the facility at West Point that houses Christl Arena and Tate Rink, and instituted the Graduate Assistant program in the athletic department.
Ullrich was responsible for the construction beneath the East stands of Michie Stadium as well as the expansion of the Army "A" Room, the addition of the Blaik Gallery and the creation of the Truxtun Lacrosse Center. Additionally, he upgraded the football strength and conditioning area, as well as the Halftime Room, while stabilizing the Army Athletic Association fiscally.
He shepherded the Black Knights' move from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to the Patriot League, created international opportunities with a basketball game in Japan in 1985 and a football contest in Ireland in 1988 and negotiated a deal with the Liberty Bowl to ensure the winner of the Commander in Chief's Trophy was invited to a postseason bowl game.
Ullrich served a term as president of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, left West Point to take a position as the initial Executive Director of the Patriot League and came out of retirement as the Athletic Director at St. Andrew's College.
Ullrich was inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.
The ECAC Hall of Fame Gala and Induction is set for April 15 in Danbury, Conn., at the Matrix Conference & Banquet Center.
For more information on the festivities, Click Here.
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Army's all-time winningest coach, Jack Riley authored a 542-343-20 record during his remarkable 36-year career at the Black Knights' hockey helm. He retired in 1986 as the second-winningest college hockey head coach in NCAA history.
Riley was an outstanding college player at Dartmouth whose career was interrupted by World War II while he was playing as a sophomore in 1941. Riley played for Dartmouth College from 1940-42, before joining the United States Naval Air Corps as a pilot, serving as a U.S. Naval Aviator in the Pacific Theatre from 1942-46.
Riley returned to college in 1946 to captain the team that tied the University of Toronto for the North American title. Riley played for the US National Team as a left winger at the 1948 Winter Olympics which finished fourth at St. Moritz, Switzerland.
From there, he went on to serve as the player-coach of the 1949 U.S. Men's National Team, which gained a third-place finish at the World Tournament at Stockholm, Sweden. Incidentally, the U.S. was the only team to defeat the world champions from Czechoslovakia, 2-0, thanks to Riley's two goals. Riley then went on to play one season with the Boston Olympics of the Eastern Amateur Hockey League.
Riley would join the staff of the U.S. Military Academy in 1950, where he became head coach in 1951 and remained until 1986, when he passed the reigns to his son, Rob.
Riley was named NCAA "Coach of the Year" in 1957 and 1960, guided Army to 29 winning seasons and led the Black Knights to a school-record 28 victories during the 1983-84 campaign. His Army teams reached postseason play nine times in all during a career that spanned four decades along the banks of the Hudson.
Riley served as head coach of the United States Olympic team in 1960 and directed the squad to its first gold medal. A two-time winner of the Lester Patrick Award (1986, 2002), presented for outstanding service to U.S. hockey, Riley was elected to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979. He was also inducted into International Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998.
Riley was a member of the first Army Sports Hall of Fame Class in 2004.
Ullrich was the Academy's first civilian director of athletics (1980-90) and worked diligently to maintain and upgrade the posture of Army's intercollegiate athletic teams. He was instrumental in the rejuvenation of the entire athletics program and played a large role in restoring Army's football program to national prominence. Most notably, he is credited with the turnaround of the Army football program by hiring Jim Young.
During his final six years, the Academy experienced five winning football seasons and went to the first three bowl games in school history. He was the driving force behind the construction of Holleder Center, the facility at West Point that houses Christl Arena and Tate Rink, and instituted the Graduate Assistant program in the athletic department.
Ullrich was responsible for the construction beneath the East stands of Michie Stadium as well as the expansion of the Army "A" Room, the addition of the Blaik Gallery and the creation of the Truxtun Lacrosse Center. Additionally, he upgraded the football strength and conditioning area, as well as the Halftime Room, while stabilizing the Army Athletic Association fiscally.
He shepherded the Black Knights' move from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to the Patriot League, created international opportunities with a basketball game in Japan in 1985 and a football contest in Ireland in 1988 and negotiated a deal with the Liberty Bowl to ensure the winner of the Commander in Chief's Trophy was invited to a postseason bowl game.
Ullrich served a term as president of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, left West Point to take a position as the initial Executive Director of the Patriot League and came out of retirement as the Athletic Director at St. Andrew's College.
Ullrich was inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.
The ECAC Hall of Fame Gala and Induction is set for April 15 in Danbury, Conn., at the Matrix Conference & Banquet Center.
For more information on the festivities, Click Here.
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