BIRTHPLACE:  South St. Paul, Minn.

BORN: January 26, 1944

TEAMS/ASSOCIATIONS: St. Paul Vulcans, University of Minnesota, U.S. Olympic Festival, U.S. National Junior Team

One of Minnesota's greatest all-time coaches, Doug Woog is synonymous with Gopher Hockey. Woog is a 1962 graduate of South St. Paul High School, where he garnered all-state hockey honors for three consecutive years and played in four Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournaments. From there Woog went on to play at the University of Minnesota under Coach John Mariucci. Woog's stellar collegiate career in Gold Country included All-American honors his junior year, 1965, when he led the team in scoring, and then NVP honors during his senior season as well. After graduating with honors in 1967 with a B.S. degree in Education, Woog went on to earn his Master's Degree in Guidance and Counseling from the College of St. Thomas.

In 1971, Woog took a position with the Minnesota Junior Stars, which later became the St. Paul Vulcans. He coached at the junior level from 1971 through 1977 and directed his team to two U.S. Junior National titles. He then returned to South St. Paul High School in 1977, to take over as the boys' head hockey coach. Over the course of the next six years, his Packer teams would win two conference titles and advanced to the state tournament four times.

In 1978, Woog was chosen to lead the West Team in the U.S. Olympic Festival where his squad won the gold. At the 1989 Olympic Festival, Woog duplicated that feat by winning the gold medal with his South squad. He was the assistant coach of the 1982 U.S. National Junior Team and then served as an assistand for the 1984 Olympic team that competed in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, as well. In 1985 Woog coached the U.S. National Junior Team; in 1987 he served as the assistant coach for the U.S. in the Canada Cup and in 1989 he was the head coach of the U.S. Select-17 Team

Then, in 1985, Woog returned to his alma-mater to guide Minnesota. There, he steered the Golden Gophers to seven league championships (four regular season & three postseason) over his illustrious 14-year tenure. During his time in Minnesota, the Gophers were among the nation's very best, garnering WCHA Final Four/Five and NCAA appearances in 12 of 14 seasons, posting seven 30-win seasons, and appearing in six NCAA FInal Fours. In 1999 Woog resigned as the Minnesota head coach to take an assistant athletic director position at the school. he would leave as the all-time winningest coach with a 389-187-40 record.