Bill Watson, for the last three seasons an assistant hockey coach at Western Michigan, is departing his position, the school announced.<\/p>\n
“At this time, I feel it’s best to explore other options around hockey and outside the sport. The time I’ve spent here at Western has been invaluable and I look forward to putting the experience to good use down the road,” said Watson.<\/p>\n
“We are sorry to see Bill go; he has provided tremendous support to our program the past few seasons,” said Bronco head coach Bill Wilkinson.<\/p>\n
Watson, the 1985 recipient of the Hobey Baker Memorial Award while with Minnesota-Duluth, played four years with the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks. He served four seasons as head coach at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, and is also a member of the Minnesota-Duluth athletic hall of fame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bill Watson, for the last three seasons an assistant hockey coach at Western Michigan, is departing his position, the school announced. “At this time, I feel it’s best to explore other options around hockey and outside the sport. The time I’ve spent here at Western has been invaluable and I look forward to putting the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n