Don Granato

Don Granato
Born (1967-08-11) August 11, 1967
Downers Grove, IL, USA
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Center
Played for Columbus Chill
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1991–1993

Don Granato (born August 11, 1967) is an American former ice hockey player and current coach with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program. Granato was previously head coach of the Worcester IceCats and Chicago Wolves of the AHL He was also head coach of the Columbus Chill and Peoria Rivermen of the East Coast Hockey League (with whom he won the Kelly Cup as a coach in 2000). He also coached the Green Bay Gamblers and Wisconsin Capitols of the United States Hockey League.

During the 2000–01 AHL season, Granato won the Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award as the outstanding coach of the AHL.

In March it was announced that Granato would assume an assistant coaching position under his brother, Tony, with the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team.[1]

He is also the brother of Cammi and Tony, and the brother-in-law of Ray Ferraro.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ncaa.com/news/icehockey-men/article/2016-03-30/ncaa-hockey-wisconsin-announces-head-coach-tony-granato-and

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