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Hank Swasey
Biographical details

Born	(1893-04-25)April 25, 1893 South Berwick, Maine, USA
Died	June 1, 1980(1980-06-01) (aged 87) Biddeford, Maine, USA
Alma mater	Amherst College
Playing career
Baseball
1912–1915	Amherst
Football
1912–1914	Amherst

Position(s)	Center Fielder, Left End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Baseball
1922–1962	New Hampshire
Soccer
1924–1927	New Hampshire
Ice Hockey
1924–1925	New Hampshire

Head coaching record
Overall	248–273–1 (.476)
Tournaments	1–2

Henry Cleveland "Hank" Swasey was an American athlete and coach. He played both baseball and football at Amherst College and coached at the University of New Hampshire for 41 years. he was induced into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1968.

Career

Born and raised in South Berwick, Maine, Hank Swasey graduated from Berwick Academy in 1911. That fall he began attending Amherst College and joined the school's baseball team as a freshman. At the beginning of his sophomore year he also joined the football team, eventually become the starting Left End. During his senior season, he was captain of the baseball team, graduating in the spring of 1915.

After earning a degree in physical education, Swasey remained at school for a year on a fellowship before becoming an instructor at Fessenden School. After a year on the job, he left for a similar position at Adelphia Academy in Brooklyn. He remained in that position for 1 year before returning to the college ranks as an instructor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

In 1921, he was hired by the New Hampshire College as an assistant professor of physical education as well as the school's head baseball coach. Early on, Swasey was also in charge of intramural athletics and in that capacity he founded two new varsity programs for the school. In 1924, the newly renamed University of New Hampshire began sponsoring men's soccer Swasey would helm the nascent program for four year before it was shuttered and didn't return to varsity status until the mid-1960s. Later in '24, The school also founded an ice hockey program. While that club remained active afterwards, Swasey would only helm the hockey team for its inaugural year.

Baseball, however, was Swasey calling and he led the program for 41 years, pausing only briefly due to World War II. In 1956, Swasey led the Wildcats to the College World Series, the first of two appearances in program history. He retired as an associate professor in 1962 and was inducted into the ABCA Hall of fame a few years later.

Head coaching record

Baseball

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Postseason
New Hampshire Bulls Independent (1922–1925)
1922	New Hampshire	3–12
1923	New Hampshire	8–4
1924	New Hampshire	9–5
1925	New Hampshire	6–8–1
New Hampshire Wildcats Independent (1926–1943)
1926	New Hampshire	9–5
1927	New Hampshire	7–8
1928	New Hampshire	11–8
1929	New Hampshire	6–9
1930	New Hampshire	7–6–1
1931	New Hampshire	7–5
1932	New Hampshire	6–7–1
1933	New Hampshire	3–8–1
1934	New Hampshire	3–7
1935	New Hampshire	5–4–2
1936	New Hampshire	13–1
1937	New Hampshire	4–12
1938	New Hampshire	3–9
1939	New Hampshire	8–6
1940	New Hampshire	7–2–1
1941	New Hampshire	7–4
1942	New Hampshire	5–5
1943	New Hampshire	8–1
New Hampshire:		144–136–7
New Hampshire Wildcats (Yankee Conference) (1926–1943)
1946	New Hampshire	8–0
1947	New Hampshire	4–7
1948	New Hampshire	8–4–1
1949	New Hampshire	3–9
1950	New Hampshire	4–10
1951	New Hampshire	7–7
1952	New Hampshire	6–11
1953	New Hampshire	6–8
1954	New Hampshire	10–3
1955	New Hampshire	11–5
1956	New Hampshire	13–7	CWS Lower round 2
1957	New Hampshire	6–10
1958	New Hampshire	2–14
1959	New Hampshire	7–11
1960	New Hampshire	4–11
1961	New Hampshire	3–8
1962	New Hampshire	2–12
New Hampshire:		104–137–1
Total:		248–273–1
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Soccer

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall
New Hampshire Bulls Independent (1924–1925)
1924	New Hampshire	2–0–1
1925	New Hampshire	2–4–0
New Hampshire Wildcats Independent (1926–1927)
1926	New Hampshire	2–2–1
1927	New Hampshire	3–3–0
New Hampshire:		9–9–2
Total:		9–9–2
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Ice Hockey

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall
New Hampshire Bulls Independent (1924–1925)
1924–25	New Hampshire	2–2–0
New Hampshire:		2–2–0
Total:		2–2–0
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

"Henry "Hank" Swasey". American Baseball Coaches Association. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
"Amherst Olio 1916". Amherst College. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
"The Granite 1923". University of New Hampshire. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
"The Granite 1927". University of New Hampshire. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
"Men's Soccer Year-by-Year Records". New Hampshire Wildcats. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
"MHOC Year-by-Year Quick Look". New Hampshire Wildcats. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
"The Granite 1963". University of New Hampshire. Retrieved December 30, 2024.

v t e New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey
Formerly the New Hampshire Bulls
Playing venues	UNH Ice Rink (1926–1955) Harry C. Batchelder Rink (1955–1965) Snively Arena (1965–1995) Whittemore Center (1995–present)
Head coaches	Hank Swasey (1924–1925) Ernest Christensen (1925–1936, 1937–1938) Carl Lundholm (1936–1937) George Thurston (1938–1939) Anthony Dougal (1939–1943, 1946–1947) Joseph Petroski (1947–1951) Horace "Pepper" Martin (1951–1962) A. Barr Snively (1962–1964) Rube Bjorkman (1964–1968) Charlie Holt (1968–1986) Bob Kullen (1986–1987, 1988–1990) Dave O'Connor (1987–1988) Dick Umile (1990–2018) Michael Souza (2018–present)
Seasons	1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	ECAC Hockey (1961–1964, 1966–1984) ECAC 2 (1964–1966) Hockey East (1984–present)
Rivalries	Dartmouth Maine
All-time leaders	Ralph Cox (243 Points) Ralph Cox (127 Goals) Kevin Regan (70 Wins)
Frozen Four appearances	1977 1979 1982 1998 1999 2002 2003
NCAA Tournament appearances	1977 1979 1982 1983 1992 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC Hockey: 1979 Hockey East: 2002 2003
Hobey Baker winners	Jason Krog (1999)

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