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What an absolutely insane year for Bronco Athletics.

- Hockey National Championship
- Dance National Championship
- 3 Regular Season Conference Championships
- 4 Conference tournament/game championships
- 35-point bowl win over another conference champ to reach 10 wins
- Volleyball makes the conference final

Best year in Bronco sports ever?

Hard to argue against it. A National Championship in a revenue sport is a healthy bar to have.

Hope we don't lose Dan.

(12-19-2025 04:26 PM)Nacho Wrote:  Hope we don't lose Dan.

They gave him a new contract thru 2031.

I'm guessing he wants to at least be here until the new arena opens. That'll be a pretty significant milestone to open a top notch college hockey arena with a National Championship banner in the rafters.

The other thing is some of those conference champs are getting wins in the National Tournament. We're not just a bye for a bigger program

(12-19-2025 02:25 PM)SilentStryk09 Wrote:  What an absolutely insane year for Bronco Athletics.

- Hockey National Championship
- Dance National Championship
- 3 Regular Season Conference Championships
- 4 Conference tournament/game championships
- 35-point bowl win over another conference champ to reach 10 wins
- Volleyball makes the conference final

Best year in Bronco sports ever?

Don't forget both Men's and Women's Soccer teams Qualified for NCAA National Tournament Championship.

I've spoken with Dan's wife. She DOES NOT want to move soon or just anywhere. They have young kids and continuity is real important to her. It's a matter of time but hopefully no time soon.

(12-23-2025 12:08 PM)bronco1988 Wrote:  I've spoken with Dan's wife. She DOES NOT want to move soon or just anywhere. They have young kids and continuity is real important to her. It's a matter of time but hopefully no time soon.

Great to hear, and I hope she gets her wish. But one of the big programs must be sniffing around and once the arena is completed I expect Dan and his family to take the 2-3x pay raise and won't blame him at all. He has done a magnificent job so far and hopefully he can fix mbb before he's done.

My vote….Yes, best year ever! I’ve been following Bronco athletics for almost 50 years and 2025 was an amazing year on so many fronts! The year started off with a Hockey team that we all thought could make some noise on the national scene absolutely capping off a magical season by winning it all and ended with a Football squad that had minimal expectations from most “experts” at the beginning of the season that just kicked butt…particularly down the stretch. The best part of those 2 championship squads was that both teams got significantly better down the stretch. That’s not something we’ve seen most seasons!

Not to discount the accomplishments of the other Bronco squads by any means but when I’m older and grayer and think of 2025, those 2 squads will immediately come to mind.

After last night, WMU claimed 13 athletic trophies in 2025. Wow.

Hockey
Penrose Cup
NCHC Tourney Champs
NCAA Regional Champs
NCAA National Champs
Kwik Trip Holiday Faceoff

Men's Soccer
MVC Tournament Champs

Women's Soccer
MAC Regular Season Champs
MAC Tournament Champs

Football
MAC Champs
Myrtle Beach Bowl Champs
Battle for the Cannon
Michigan MAC Champs

Dance
National Champions

Epic year and full of so many memories.

I hope everyone is wearing their WMU socks today as we wrap this up. It’s a great year to be a Bronco.

(12-23-2025 04:12 PM)WesternDave Wrote:  hopefully he can fix mbb before he's done.

Dan, Dan! One last thing?!

Gymnastics ranks #11:

https://roadtonationals.com/results/stan...2026/1/0/5