Minnesota Duluth head coach Jim Boos has been named the Tachikara/AVCA Division II North Central Region Coach of the Year.

Boos has led the University of Minnesota Duluth to the NCAA national quarterfinals for the second time in three years.  The Bulldogs posted a perfect 12-0 record in the North Central Conference (NCC), the first team to run the table in the NCC since 1991.  The league title was the third consecutive for Boos' Bulldogs, in only their third season in the league.  Despite losing an AVCA All-American to graduation as season ago, the Bulldogs were ranked in the top 10 of the CSTV/AVCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll all season, currently coming in at No. 2.  Playing in their fifth consecutive NCAA Division II Tournament, the Bulldogs won the North Central Regional, and advance to square off with UC San Diego Thursday, Nov. 16 in Pensacola, Fla.  Boos is now 139-21 in his fifth season at the helm of UMD.  This is the second Tachikara/AVCA Division II North Central Region Coach of the Year honor for Boos, the first coming in 2004.