The Associated Press | July 21, 2014 UMass coach Koch dies Share UMass head coach Sam Koch AMHERST, Mass. -- Massachusetts men's soccer coach Sam Koch, who led the Minutemen to a berth in the 2007 College Cup, has died after a two-year battle with sinus cancer. The university said in a statement that Koch died Sunday at his Hadley home. He was 59. Koch had a 222-182-45 record in 23 seasons at UMass. He won four regular-season Atlantic 10 Conference titles and two A-10 tournament championships, reaching the NCAA tournament three times. In 2007, the unranked Minutemen won four consecutive games, including 2-1 against No. 1 Boston College, to reach the tournament's final four, before losing 1-0 to Ohio State in the semifinals. Before UMass, Koch was the coach at Stanford from 1984-89, going 58-53-16. He is survived by his wife and four children. UMass hockey head coach Greg Carvel's mission to repeat starts with new-look roster, avoiding complacency UMass hockey head coach Greg Carvel spoke with NCAA.com about winning a national title in 2021 and how he hopes to repeat in 2022. READ MORE 2022 Frozen Four: Dates, schedule for the college hockey championship Here are the dates and schedule for the 2022 men's DI college ice hockey championship. The 2022 Frozen Four will take place April 7-9 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. READ MORE 2021 Frozen Four bracket: Printable NCAA hockey tournament .PDF The Frozen Four bracket for the 2020-21 NCAA Division I men's college hockey tournament, set for April 8 and 10 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pa. READ MORE