Legendary hockey coach and St. Paul native Herb Brooks, who won three national titles at the University of Minnesota and coached the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team, died Monday afternoon in ...

Herb Brooks is the coach of the U.S. Olympic hockey team, which has become one of the very best stories at the XII Winter Olympics. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 82°F.

The new and larger statue of legendary hockey coach Herb Brooks is lifted into place in front of the RiverCentre's entrance off Washington Street in St. Paul on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.

New York Rangers coach Herb Brooks yells at the buzzer as his team leaps off the bench with a 4-2 win over the New York Islanders at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., April 21, 1982.

Coach Herb Brooks skates with his team during practice at St. Cloud State University on Oct. 21, 1986. Brooks was the head coach in the 1986-87 season for the men's hockey team.

Herb Brooks leaned back in his chair and looked to the heavens. ”What am I doing with my life?” he moaned. ”What am I doing? I had a company car. A club membership. Why am I putti… ...

The new and larger statue of legendary hockey coach Herb Brooks is lifted into place in front of the RiverCentre's entrance off Washington Street in St. Paul on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017.

Herb Brooks’s Miracle in Minnesota: Spreading Division I Hockey. The coach known for the Miracle on Ice at the 1980 Olympics has a legacy that touches all five universities playing Division I ...

Herb Brooks became an unemployed hockey coach last week. Considering his former employer, it`s not surprising. Brooks is the seventh coach fired by the New York Rangers in 11 years.

Olivia loves sports and coaching, and maybe that's where this makes sense -- she is the daughter of one of the all-time greats, Herb Brooks, best known for his role as head coach of the gold medal ...

Coach Herb Brooks was brought in to lead a group of young, mostly unknown college players against seemingly impossible odds. He was charged with beating the Soviet Union, a powerhouse that ...

Brooks went on to coach in the NHL — including a brief stint with the Minnesota North Stars — and even returned to coach Team USA to a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.