# Bill Selman

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**William G. Selman** (born c. 1939) is a Canadian retired head coach of men's college, university and professional [ice hockey](/source/Ice_hockey) teams.[1]

## Career

Bill Selman was a three-year letterman for the [North Dakota Fighting Sioux](/source/North_Dakota_Fighting_Sioux_men's_ice_hockey), winning a [national title](/source/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_men's_ice_hockey_tournament_champions) with the team in his senior season. After two seasons as an assistant in [Grand Forks](/source/Grand_Forks,_North_Dakota) Selman became the third consecutive assistant coach to be promoted to [head coach](/source/Head_coach) of the Sioux in 1966.[2] Selman led North Dakota to two conference tournament titles in each of his first two seasons, finishing as runners up in [1968](/source/1968_NCAA_University_Division_men's_ice_hockey_tournament). After only two years Selman left his [alma mater](/source/Alma_mater) to take over at [Minnesota–Duluth](/source/Minnesota%E2%80%93Duluth_Bulldogs_men's_ice_hockey). Two seasons later Selman once again changed universities, this time leading the new [Division I](/source/NCAA_Division_I) program at [Saint Louis](/source/Saint_Louis_Billikens_men's_ice_hockey).

The Billikens would only remain in the upper echelon for nine years but Selman stayed with the team for the entire time being a driving force behind the formation of the [CCHA](/source/Central_Collegiate_Hockey_Association), capturing three conference titles, three conference tournament championships and coaching three future [NHL](/source/National_Hockey_League) players ([Mike Krushelnyski](/source/Mike_Krushelnyski), [Mario Faubert](/source/Mario_Faubert) and [Lindsay Middlebrook](/source/Lindsay_Middlebrook)). Once Saint Louis ended their program Selman moved on to be the head coach of the [IHL's](/source/International_Hockey_League_(1945%E2%80%932001)) [Dayton Gems](/source/Dayton_Gems) for the [1979–80 season](/source/1979%E2%80%9380_IHL_season).[3] After a year off Selman was back in the college ranks, this time with the [Lake Superior State Lakers](/source/Lake_Superior_State_Lakers_men's_ice_hockey). He coached [Team USA](/source/United_States_men's_national_ice_hockey_team) at the [1982 World Ice Hockey Championships](/source/1982_World_Ice_Hockey_Championships)[4] but finished with a disastrous 0-6-1 record that saw the US relegated out of the top bracket. Selman would only coach Lake Superior State for 20 games the following season before retiring from coaching and taking a job with [Anheuser-Busch](/source/Anheuser-Busch) in the [sports marketing](/source/Sports_marketing) department.

In his career Selman was named as coach of the year for both the [WCHA](/source/Western_Collegiate_Hockey_Association) ([1967](/source/Western_Collegiate_Hockey_Association_men's_individual_awards#Coach_of_the_Year)) and [CCHA](/source/Central_Collegiate_Hockey_Association) ([1977](/source/List_of_CCHA_Coach_of_the_Year)) while also receiving the 2014 President's Choice Award from the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame and the 2016 [Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award](/source/Hobey_Baker_Legends_of_College_Hockey_Award).[5]

## Head coaching record

### College

† Selman resigned in December 1982 [6]

## References

1. ["BILL SELMAN"](http://www.stlshof.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=166&Itemid=688). St. Louis Sport Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2016-07-15.

1. ["2015-16 North Dakota Media Guide"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160918142052/http://www.undsports.com/pdf9/4138306.pdf). University of North Dakota. Archived from [the original](http://www.undsports.com/pdf9/4138306.pdf) on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-07-15.

1. ["Bill Selman Stats and Profile"](http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=30351). *hockeydb.com*

1. [Canada Confident of win over Italy: The Ottawa Citizen, April 21, 1982, page 35](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iNEyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ke4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2343,228396&dq=bill-selman+coach&hl=en)

1. ["Former Lakers coach Bill Selman named Hobey Baker "Legend of College Hockey""](http://www.lssulakers.com/sports/m-hockey/2015-16/releases/selmanhobeybaker). Lake Superior State Athletics. 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-07-15.

1. ["2013-14 Lake Superior State Lakers Media Guide 28-46"](http://static.psbin.com/2/5/34iazu3je4hep7/2013-14_hockey_media_28-46.pdf). Lake Superior State Lakers. Retrieved 2014-07-05.

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