The University of Minnesota announced on Tuesday that Don Lucia will retire and will not return as the Minnesota Gophers Hockey coach for the 2018-19 season pending the approval of the University’s Board of Regents later this week per a release from the U. Minnesota athletic director Mark Coyle and Lucia have agreed that he will remain with Gopher Athletics as special assistant to the athletics director through June 30, 2019. A nationwide search for his replacement will begin immediately.
Quotes from the release from Mark Coyle and Lucia are below:
Gopher Hockey is not just a college hockey program, it’s a cultural institution in the state of Minnesota, built on more than 90 years of success and tradition.