George Crowe began his coaching career at the
Albany Academy for Boys before moving into the college level to take over for the newly minted
club team at
Oswego State in 1964. The Great Lakers became a
Division III in 1966, and while they had success early on, Crowe left the program after only three more years. He returned to coach
high school hockey, this time at
Phillips Exeter Academy. Six years on Crowe accepted a second coaching gig in the
NCAA, this time with
Dartmouth. When Crowe arrived in
Hanover, the Big Green hadn't made a
tournament appearance in 26 years and had 15 losing seasons in that span. Crowe's arrival brought about immediate dividends when Dartmouth won 11 more games than the previous season and, after two middling years, the Big Green posted back-to-back 19-win seasons, making the tournament in both
1979 and
1980 (The team's last appearance as of 2016). Unfortunately, Dartmouth began losing soon thereafter once more ending up with sub-.500 records in each of the next four seasons, bottoming out with a 3-23 mark in
1983–84 (a team-worst record to that point). After the season, Crowe resigned to spend more time with his Elite Sports Camps. After going through 3 separate head coaches over the previous three seasons, the
women's team at Dartmouth was looking for yet another bench boss and turned to Crowe to stabilize the program. The choice was soon proven to be a correct one as Crowe led the Big Green to winning seasons in each of the twelve years with the women's team. In that time, Dartmouth won four Ivy League titles and became a perennial power. Crowe retired from coaching for good following the
1997–98 season, turning the team over to
Judy Oberting He died on January 6, 2019, at the age of 82. ==Head coaching record==