Kangas was hired in the spring of 1989 to succeed long-time Eph head hockey coach Bill McCormick who retired with 336 wins. Kangas guided the Ephs to their first winning season in 10 years and was named the New England Div. 2/Div. 3 Coach of the Year in 1991.

Kangas owns Williams records for most wins in a season (18 – 2003-04, 1998-99, & 1997-98), longest unbeaten streak (10 – 2003-04) and second longest unbeaten streak (9 – 2005-06).  Additionally, Kangas' 2005-06 Eph team, tied the Eph in-season record for most consecutive wins (8) set in 1961-62 under Bill McCormick and 1993-94 also under Kangas.

Kangas graduated in 1982 from the University of Vermont with a bachelor of arts  in zoology. He also won the Wasson Award as the top men's senior student-athlete at UVM and received a Master's in Education from North Adams State College in1994
 

Bill Kangas
18 years, 234-173-35 (.569)

Little Three Championships:  11 outright and one tie
Won: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004 & 2005
Tie:  1990 & 2007

1991 – New England Div. 2/Div. 3 Coach of the Year

1994 – ECAC East Champions

1994 – National Shriner's All-Star Game Coach

2006 – Co-NESCAC Coach of the Year

2006 – Finalist for Div. 3 National Coach of the Year

6 – All-Americans

Dan Muse is a 2005 graduate of Stonehill College where he earned a BA with a major in criminal justice and a minor in political science and lettered in ice hockey.

Muse served as an assistant captain for the Chieftains as a senior and received the team's most improved player award in 2003. He was named to multiple ECAC Northeast/ Northeast-10 All-Academic Hockey Teams and is a recipient of the Canton (MA) High School Hockey Distinguished Alumni Award (2007).

In addition, Muse has worked at skills programs and hockey schools during the fall, spring , and summer months and coached with the Massachusetts Satellite Development Program for the past two summers. He coached at the USA Hockey 14 Festival in Rochester, NY in 2006 and 2007 and also served as an assistant coach for 2007 Massachusetts Select 14 Team that traveled to Sweden.

Muse taught history at Archbishop Williams High school in Braintree, MA during the 2006-2007 school year and served as the assistant coach of Milton Academy’s boys varsity team from 2005-2007 before coming to Williams.