Colgate University Athletics

Howard Starr established himself as the winningest hockey coach in Red Raider history. He guided the program for 15 seasons (1932- 42, 1945-50) while posting an overall record of 86-72-4 including one undefeated season. His squads won the Lake Placid Intercollegiate Ice Hockey Tournament four consecutive years (1938-41). They also won the 1947 National A.A.U. ice hockey championship. Starr was responsible for instituting the first complete program of intramural athletics at Colgate in 1930. He was a charter member of the American Ice hockey Coaches Association and College Intramural Directors Association; he served as a member of the NCAA Ice Hockey Rule Committee for six years and was chairman in 1951-52.