- Bill Gilligan
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position = Coach, Winger
shoots = Right
height_ft = 5
height_in = 11
weight_lb = 174
team =Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
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nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date|1954|8|5|mf=y
birth_place = Beverly, MA,USA
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nickname =Bill Gilligan (born
August 5 ,1954 in Beverly,Massachusetts , U.S.) is an American professionalice hockey coach. He is also a former professional ice hockey winger who played in 128World Hockey Association regular season games with theCincinnati Stingers between 1977 and 1979 before moving to Europe.Playing career
In addition to the WHA Stingers, Bill Gilligan played for
Brown University (NCAA ),Hampton Gulls (AHL), Vienna EV and Klagenfurt AC inAustria andEHC Chur inSwitzerland . He was also a member of Team USA in the 1978 and 1983Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments.Coaching career
He first became coach in 1984 in Klagenfurt,
Austria , where he won 4 Championships in a row right away. From season 1988/89 to season 1991/1992 Gilligan was headcoach of Swiss ice hockey teamSC Bern . He won 3 NLA Championships in 4 years. He later was headcoach of theSwiss U-20 national ice hockey team and together withJohn Sletvoll also of the Swiss national team. From 1994 - 1998, Gilligan wassports director of SC Bern and then returned to the US to work as assistant coach for the hockey team ofUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst , theMassachusetts Minutemen and as a scout for NHL teamLos Angeles Kings .For season 2005/06 he came back to Switzerland as headcoach for NLA team
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers . He is also the team's headcoach for 2006/07 season.Achievements (as coach)
*1985 - Austrian Champion with Klagenfurt AC
*1986 - Austrian Champion with Klagenfurt AC
*1987 - Austrian Champion with Klagenfurt AC
*1988 - Austrian Champion with Klagenfurt AC
*1989 - NLA Champion withSC Bern
*1991 - NLA Champion with SC Bern
*1992 - NLA Champion with SC BernExternal links
* [http://www.hockeyfans.ch/cgi-bin/spielerinfo.pl?spielerID=bill_gilligan Bill Gilligan on hockeyfans.ch]
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