Dave O'Connor
# Dave O'Connor

David O'Connor is an American former ice hockey coach and player. He was the interim head coach of the University of New Hampshire for a year while head coach Bob Kullen was recovering from a heart transplant.

## Career

O'Connor played for the Wildcats hockey team in the mid-60's for the brief time while the team played in the lower classification while also playing for the football team. He returned to his alma mater in 1972 as an assistant coach for the football program and remained with the team for the next 18 seasons. In 1976 he added to his coaching responsibilities by becoming an assistant for the hockey team, a post he held until 1987 when he was named as the interim head coach for the 1987–88 season. O'Conner stepped away from the hockey team afterwards but returned for one more season as an assistant in 1992 before retiring.

He was inducted into UNH sports hall of fame in 2008.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| New Hampshire Wildcats (Hockey East) (1987–1988) ||||||
| 1987–88 | New Hampshire | 7–20–3 | 6–18–2 | 7th |
| New Hampshire: | New Hampshire: | 7–20–3 | 6–18–2 | |
| Total: | Total: | 7–20–3 | | |
| 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 ||||||
