Rand Pecknold (born February 4, 1967) is an American ice hockey coach who serves as the head coach for the men's ice hockey team at Quinnipiac University.

Early life

Pecknold was born February 4, 1967, in Bedford, New Hampshire. He attended, and played varsity hockey, for Manchester High School West and Lawrence Academy. He went on to play collegiately at Division III Connecticut College, where he set single season scoring records for goals and points by a defenseman.[1]

Career

Pecknold was an assistant hockey coach at Connecticut College for three years.[2] Pecknold is currently the head coach of the Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey team.[3] He took over the program at Quinnipiac in 1994 and led the transition from Division II to Division I in the 1998–99 season, when he was able to become full time as coach of the program.[4] In his first five years at Quinnipiac, he continued to teach high school history at North Haven High School.[5]

In his 19th season behind the bench, he led the Bobcats to the 2013 Frozen Four where they lost the National Championship game to archrival Yale.[6] In the 2014–15 season, Pecknold reached 400 career wins, making him the 33rd Division I head coach to reach such a feat. Pecknold once again led the Bobcats to the Frozen Four in 2015–16 where they fell in the National Championship game to North Dakota 5–1.[7] In April 2017, Pecknold selected by USA Hockey as an assistant coach for the U.S. Men's National Team at the 2017 IIHF World Championship in Germany and France.[8] In 2022, he was named head coach of the U.S. National Junior Team at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship in Canada.[9] After losing to the defending and eventual back-to-back world junior champions Canada in the semifinals, Pecknold led the U.S. to the bronze medal game, where they defeated Sweden 8–7 in overtime to win the bronze medal.[10] He coached the Quinnipiac Bobcats to the 2022–23 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Division I National Championship.[11]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Quinnipiac Braves (ECAC South) (1994–1997)
1994–95 Quinnipiac 6–15–1 5–8–1 T–6th
1995–96 Quinnipiac 11–12–4 6–3–3 T–3rd
1996–97 Quinnipiac 13–12–2 8–6–0 4th
Quinnipiac: 30–39–7
Quinnipiac Braves (Independent) (1997–1998)
1997–98 Quinnipiac 19–3–1
Quinnipiac: 19–3–1
Quinnipiac Braves (MAAC) (1998–2002)
1998–99 Quinnipiac 26–6–2 22–4–2 1st MAAC semifinals
1999–00 Quinnipiac 27–6–3 23–1–2 1st MAAC semifinals
2000–01 Quinnipiac 22–11–4 17–7–2 2nd MAAC runner-up
2001–02 Quinnipiac 20–13–5 15–6–5 2nd NCAA first round
Quinnipiac: 95–36–14 77–18–11
Quinnipiac Bobcats (MAAC) (2002–2003)
2002–03 Quinnipiac 22–13–1 18–7–1 2nd MAAC runner-up
Quinnipiac: 22–13–1 18–7–1
Quinnipiac Bobcats (Atlantic Hockey) (2003–2005)
2003–04 Quinnipiac 15–14–6 12–6–6 3rd Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2004–05 Quinnipiac 21–13–3 16–6–2 1st Atlantic Hockey runner-up
Quinnipiac: 36–27–9 28–12–8
Quinnipiac Bobcats (ECAC Hockey) (2005–present)
2005–06 Quinnipiac 20–18–1 8–13–1 10th ECAC quarterfinals
2006–07 Quinnipiac 21–14–5 10–8–4 5th ECAC runner-up
2007–08 Quinnipiac 20–15–4 9–9–4 6th ECAC quarterfinals
2008–09 Quinnipiac 18–18–3 9–10–3 7th ECAC quarterfinals
2009–10 Quinnpiac 20–18–2 11–11–0 7th ECAC quarterfinals
2010–11 Quinnipiac 16–15–8 6–9–7 8th ECAC quarterfinals
2011–12 Quinnipiac 20–14–6 9–8–5 5th ECAC quarterfinals
2012–13 Quinnipiac 30–8–5 17–2–3 1st NCAA runner-up
2013–14 Quinnipiac 24–10–6 12–6–4 3rd NCAA first round
2014–15 Quinnipiac 23–12–4 16–3–3 1st NCAA first round
2015–16 Quinnipiac 32–4–7 16–1–5 1st NCAA runner-up
2016–17 Quinnipiac 23–15–2 13–8–2 5th ECAC semifinals
2017–18 Quinnipiac 16–18–4 9–11–2 9th ECAC quarterfinals
2018–19 Quinnipiac 26–10–2 14–6–2 1st NCAA Midwest Regional final
2019–20 Quinnipiac 21–11–2 14–6–2 3rd Tournament cancelled
2020–21 Quinnipiac 17–8–4 10–4–4 1st NCAA West Regional semifinals
2021–22 Quinnipiac 32–7–3 17–4–1 1st NCAA Midwest Regional finals
2022–23 Quinnipiac 34–4–3 20–2–0 1st NCAA National Champion
2023–24 Quinnipiac 27–10–2 17–4–1 1st NCAA East Regional Final
Quinnipiac: 434–228–73 (.640) 237–226–72 (.641)
Total: 642–347–105 (.635)

      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


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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year
2004–05
Succeeded by
Preceded by Tim Taylor Award
2012–13
2015–16
2020–21 / 2021–22 / 2022–23
Succeeded by
Preceded by Spencer Penrose Award
2015–16
Succeeded by