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UM hockey coach Berenson retires, 'It's the right time'

Angelique S. Chengelis, The Detroit News

Ann Arbor — Longtime Michigan hockey coach Red Berenson was a rarity playing in the NHL with a college degree and an MBA.

“I was preparing for life after hockey,” Berenson, 77, said Monday, skillfully setting up the punch line. “So I guess now life after hockey will start officially, and I’m OK with that.”

Berenson drew plenty of laughs, which he was going for at his retirement news conference that included in the crowd Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh and basketball coach John Beilein.