McGill University Athletics

(UPDATED ON Sept. 1, 2019)

Kelly Nobes, a 45-year-old native of West Hill, Ont., has completed nine years as head coach of the McGill University men's hockey team after the 2018-19 season. He will enter the 2019-20 campaign with a 259-119-3 record in 381 games overall (.684) at McGill, including a 186-64-0 mark in regular season play (.744) and a 47-21 record in post-season action (.691). With prior stints at RMC and Laurier, his overall record is 399-287-14 in 700 games (.580).

Nobes established single-season school records for coaching victories in each of his three U SPORTS institutions at Royal Military College in Kingston (2006-07), Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo (2008-09 and McGill (2010-11).

Nobes has guided McGill to five appearances in eight years at the national championship tournament (2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018), where the team twice reached the gold medal game and claimed their first-ever University Cup title in 2012. He also directed McGill to four OUA East Division titles (2011, 2012, 2014 and 2018), winning the Queen's Cup league championship three times ('11, '12, '18).

A McGill physical education graduate in 1997, Nobes was appointed head coach in April, 2010, becoming the 28th bench boss in team history and the 11th former player to guide the squad.

He received the Father George Kehoe Memorial Award as U SPORTS coach of the year in 2017-18 and was twice-named OUA East coach of the year, meriting the award in 2017-18, as well as in 2010-11, his first season with the team after guiding McGill to a school record win total. That year. McGill posted a 38-6-1 mark overall -- including a 24-2-2 first-place league record -- en route to capturing the Queen's Cup and winning a silver medal at the Nationals in Fredericton, N.B.

In his second year (2011-12), McGill registered a 22-4-2 first-place record and captured another Queen's Cup banner along with their first-ever CIS national championship, defeating Western 3-2 in double overtime in the gold-medal final.

In his third season (2012-13), an injury-plagued squad posted a 17-11-0 second-place standing but the team fell 2-1 to Nipissing in the best-of-three quarter-final round of the playoffs.

In his fourth campaign (2013-14), McGill had a division-leading 21-5-2 record. The team reached the Queen's Cup final, where they lost 2-1 to Windsor but advanced to the CIS tourney for the third time in four years.

In his fifth year (2014-15), McGill had a 21-5-0 first-place finish atop the OUA East. The team appeared to be firing on all cylinders with a 2-1 quarter-final series win over Concordia and a 2-0 sweep over Queen's but then stumbled in the divisional final and were swept by UQTR. McGill advanced to the OUA bronze medal game for a wildcard to Nationals but fell 2-1 in overtime at Windsor.

In his sixth year (2015-16), McGill had a 21-6-1 second-place record. They swept Concordia 2-0 in the quarter-finals but were swept 2-0 by Carleton in the semifinal round.

In his seventh year (2016-17), he led McGill to a 21-4-3 first-place record. They swept both Laurentian and Concordia 2-0 in the first two rounds but were swept by Queen's in the OUA East final series. McGill advanced to the OUA bronze medal game, where they defeated visiting Windsor for a wild-card berth at Nationals, where they fell to Acadia in the quarter-finals.

In 2017-18, he led his troops to a 34-9 record overall. During the regular season, McGill finished atop the OUA standings with a 22-4-2 record.They swept Laurentian 2-0 in the quarter-finals, then overcame a one-game deficit in both the semifinals and finals, defeating Ottawa and Concordia 2-1. In the Queen's Cup championship game, McGill defeated Brock 5-1. At Nationals, McGill was eliminated with a 4-1 quarter-final loss to Saskatchewan.

In 2018-19, Nobes led McGill to a 21-17 record overall and a 17-7-4 third-place finish in the OUA East. They swept UOIT 2-0 in the divisional quarter-finals but fell 2-1 in the semifinals.

Prior to taking over the reins at McGill, Nobes compiled nine years of head coaching experience in the university level and his teams qualified for post-season play in each season. He spent the previous four campaigns at Laurier, where he posted an impressive 77-34-1 regular-season mark (.692), guiding the Golden Hawks to the second-highest win total of all 19 teams in the OUA during that span and also a berth at the national championships in 2007. His first head coaching post was a five-year stint at RMC, where he led the Paladins to a 32-81-7 tally, including more career victories (32) and playoff appearances (5) than any other coach in RMC history.

Before his posting at RMC, Nobes spent six years at McGill, where he played from 1993 to 1997, followed by a brief pro playing stint in Majadahonda, Spain. After teaching for a year in Toronto, he returned to serve two more years with McGill as an assistant coach under Martin Raymond, who went on to coaching stints with Hamilton (AHL), Tampa Bay (NHL), Drummondville (QMJHL) and Ottawa (NHL).

Nobes played four seasons at McGill, where he earned a bachelor's degree in physical education (1997) and master's degree in exercise physiology (2001). A speedy centre, he graduated as the ninth-leading scorer in school history with 181 points, including 64 goals, in 131 career games. His most productive season was in 1995-96, when he tallied 20 goals and 63 points in 37 games overall.

Nobes is married to Michelle, a McGill graduate (B.Ed '97) originally from Dollard des Ormeaux, Que., whom he met during his undergraduate years. They have four young children (son Bodie, daughters Darcy and Jetlyn and son Wesley).

KELLY NOBES SEASON BY SEASON COACHING RECORD:

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McGill Redmen Hockey Coaches (since 1909-10)

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SEASON    COACH    W - L - T

1909-10    *Harry Trihey (4-3-0)

1910-11    Art Ross (4-2-1)

1911-14    Laurie Roberts (17-14-2)

1914-16    (no head coach) (5-18-3)

1916-17    F.D. Poulin (6-6-1)

1917-18    *Vincent P. Heney (see overall record listed in 1929-20)

1918-19    *Harry Hyland (7-4-1)

1919-27    Frank Shaughnessy (61-56-2)

1927-28    Wallace Whitehead (8-7-0)

1928-29    *Vincent P. Heney (see overall record listed in 1929-20)

1929-30    *Vincent P. Heney (17-24-4) & Walter Smaill (4-8-1)

1929-37    *Dr. Bobby Bell (see overall record listed in 1944-45)

1937-42    *Hugh Farquharson (46-18-3)

1942-43    *Dr. Bobby Bell (see overall record listed in 1944-45)

1943-44    Lorne White (3-11-3)

1944-45    *Dr. Bobby Bell (137-58-25)

1945-51    Dave Campbell (62-40-4)

1951-58    *Rocky Robillard (54-64-5)

1958-61    Ken Murray (12-37-4)

1961-64    Kelly Burnett (22-29-6)

1964-68    Dave Copp (28-62-6)

1968-71    Brian Gilmour (29-41-6)

1971-72    Dave Dies (3-28-0)

1972-79    *Herb Madill (47-92-16)

1979-88    Ken Tyler (130-200-27)

1988-90    Al Grazys (46-24-6) & Jean Pronovost (see overall record listed below)

1990-94    Jean Pronovost (76-77-11)

1994-95    *Jamie Kompon (16-9-0) & *Martin Raymond (see overall record listed below)

1995-96    Terry Bangen (19-16-2)

1996-09    *Martin Raymond (293-192-35)

2009-10    *Jim Webster (34-14-1)

2010-19    *Kelly Nobes (259-119-3)