The guiding force behind the Husky Hockey bench the past five seasons
is 42-year-old Cindy Dayley. She compiled an 87-31-1 record at the
University of Washington (UW) in the first five years. She directed the
team to three Athletic Awards I-5 Club Championship titles, one
Intercollegiate PAC-8 Collegiate Hockey Association (PAC-8) regular
season 1st place finish (2001-2002), two 2nd place finishes, and two
PAC-8 Championship Tournament 2nd place finishes, and one 4th place
finish. Among 30 teams, Dayley marched the team up the American
Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) West Regional ranking from off the
charts into single digits.

The 2002 PAC-8 Conference Coach of the Year and ACHA DII West
Region Coach of the Year, Dayley spearheaded the greatest ice hockey
turnaround in UW history. The Huskies rebounded from several
disappointing years with a winning percentage of less than .201 to finish
with an astounding .650 after Dayley’s first year. The next three years
Dayley’s teams have won 24 games or more, with winning percentages
of .860 and .964 respectively – a testament to her consistent success.

Adding to her distinguished list of accomplishments, in 1992 Dayley had
her coaching memorabilia entered into the Hockey Hall of Fame in
Toronto, Canada, for being one of the first women to be a head coach of
a men’s collegiate hockey team at any level. Her 1998-1999 Husky Hockey
coaching jacket and photograph is periodically displayed at the Hall’s
entrance.

A fact even dearer to the head coach’s heart is that players from the
team have secured their own success regionally and nationally. They
range from First Team All PAC-8, to First Team All ACHA DII West, to ACHA
DII West Player of the Year, to ACHA DII All American, and everything in
between. Even more important to her is the fact that the team has a
100% graduation rate with the majority of the players carrying over 2.5
GPAs.

Dayley also assisted in the development of the American Collegiate
Hockey Association’s Women’s Division (2000) and currently serves as
the Intercollegiate PAC-8 Hockey Association Vice President for her
second season in the position. In 2002-2003 she was selected to be the
ACHA West Region Regional Coordinator, after serving on the ACHA West
Ranking Committee for the previous season.

Prior to her appointment to the Husky Hockey team, Dayley co-founded a
high school girl’s elite program called the 49th Parallel, which showcase
Western US and Canadian talent to collegiate scouts. The program
placed over 20 girls in varsity Division I and III programs within two years
and many with substantial scholarships. At the same time she directed
the Seattle Women’s In-Line Hockey team to a 1997 AIRHS National
Championship title after forming a team within four months. From 1995-
1997, Dayley formed the first girls travel rep team in the Seattle area,
which was the first US female team to win the Canadian Lower Female
Hockey League regular season and championship title, with a record of
19-0. The team also took third place in USA Hockey Regional
Championships and placed half the seniors in a collegiate hockey
programs.

A native of Seattle – Washington, Dayley played on several elite women’s
teams and for a Canadian women’s AAA team that competed in a
Canadian National Women’s AAA Championship. After returning to
Seattle, she played for several men’s recreational check teams before
retiring in 1994. Coach works fulltime for Washington Mutual Bank as a
Project Analyst in the Consumer Bank Credit Planning and Development
Department.

Contact: Cindy Dayley