and his plan to jump the team to Division I. Upon hearing of their coach's decision to leave, the entire varsity roster of the Skating Dutchmen refused to play the remainder of the season in a show of solidarity with their coach. With a team made up of Junior Varsity and intramural players coached by an inexperienced coach, the Skating Dutchmen would lose their next game 19–1 and go on to lose every game remaining on their schedule. Later years In the spring of 1978, Harkness was a finalist for the North Dakota head coach position that was ultimately given to John "Gino" Gasparini. Harkness later served as director of the Glens Falls Civic Center and president of the New York Olympic Regional Development Authority, which ran the facilities in Lake Placid, New York which hosted the 1980 Olympic Winter Games. He was responsible for the construction of the US Olympic Training Center from 1989–1990. He retired from these duties in August 1993. He died on September 19, 2008 on his 89th birthday. Head coaching record College ice hockey † Resigned midseason NHL See also List of members of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame Sports in New York's Capital District References External links Recalling Ned Harkness Coaching record at College Hockey News 1919 births 2008 deaths American ice hockey coaches Canadian emigrants to the United States Canadian ice hockey coaches Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse coaches Detroit Red Wings coaches Detroit Red Wings general managers RPI Engineers men's ice hockey coaches RPI Engineers men's lacrosse coaches Union Dutchmen ice hockey coaches Sportspeople from Glens Falls, New York Ice hockey people from Ottawa United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductees Worcester Academy alumni Lacrosse people from Ontario Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey coaches Adirondack Red Wings