Member of ‘Miracle on Ice’ team to coach U.S. women’s at the Olympics

Published 12:10 pm Tuesday, January 27, 2009

MILWAUKEE — Mark Johnson will coach the U.S. women’s hockey team at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

Johnson was selected Tuesday to continue as coach of the women’s program he’s led since replacing Ben Smith. Smith left after the U.S. women finished third at the Turin Olympics.

Johnson is also the coach of the University of Wisconsin’s women’s team. He has taken the Badgers to the NCAA title game the past three seasons, winning in 2006 and 2007.

Johnson played in eight world championships. He scored two goals for the U.S. men’s team in its “Miracle on Ice” victory over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympics.