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{{short description|American former ice hockey head coach}}
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| coach_years1 = 1977-1979
| coach_team1 = [[Chicago State Cougars|Chicago State University]]
| coach_years2 = 1979-1981
| coach_team2 = [[New Trier High School|New Trier High School (IL)]]
| coach_years3 = 1984–1987
| coach_team3 = [[Kent State Golden Flashes men's ice hockey|Kent State]]
| coach_years4 = 1987–1988
| coach_team4 = [[Sudbury Wolves]]
| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|104|56|9|record=y}} (college)
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'''John Wallin''' is an American former [[ice hockey]] [[head coach]] who previously headed the program at [[Kent State Golden Flashes men's ice hockey|Kent State]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Wallin Resigns|url=http://dks.library.kent.edu/cgi-bin/kentstate?a=d&d=sks19870617-01.2.38|publisher=Daily Kent Stater|date=1987-06-17|accessdate=2016-09-12}}</ref>
==Career==
Wallin arrived in [[Kent, Ohio|Kent]] in the summer of 1984 and took over as head coach of the university's club team as well as becoming the director of the [[Kent State University Ice Arena]]. After a successful season the Golden Flashes jumped up to the [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] ranks, and won 21 games their first season of competition (though all were exhibition contests).<ref>{{cite news|title=Ice hockey team joins new league|url=http://dks.library.kent.edu/cgi-bin/kentstate?a=d&d=sks19860716-01.2.24&srpos=33&e=------198-en-20--21--txt-txIN-ice+hockey----1986--#|publisher=Daily Kent Stater|date=1986-07-16|accessdate=2016-08-29}}</ref> In his third year behind the bench Wallin saw Kent State join an informal conference (along with [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey|Notre Dame]]) and win an additional 19 games. With 51 wins under his belt in three seasons Wallin resigned suddenly in June 1987 and took over behind the bench for the [[Sudbury Wolves]], a junior team in the [[Ontario Hockey League|OHL]].
In his first season with the Wolves the team finished dead-last in their division with a 17-48-1 record but things soon became worse. Wallin, who had been called a flamboyant person, had told several of his players at both Kent State and Sudbury about his history as an [[United States Army|Army]] [[Special Forces (United States Army)|Green Beret]] and the time he spent as a [[Prisoner of war|POW]] during the [[Vietnam War]]; the trouble was those stories were untrue. While he didn't have much focus on his yarns while at Kent State, his time in the Canadian Major Junior leagues brought increased attention and the stories reached the pages of [[The Hockey News]] before the Army disavowed his tales. Wallin was promptly dismissed from the club in March.<ref>{{cite news|title=Story telling closes book on ex-coach’s job|url=http://dks.library.kent.edu/cgi-bin/kentstate?a=d&d=dks19880301-01.2.48|publisher=Daily Kent Stater|date=1988-03-01|accessdate=2016-09-12}}</ref> Further injury was dealt to Wallin's reputation when reports surfaced in the 1990s from his former staffers that he had committed numerous recruiting violations while at Kent State and, while they weren't reported to the [[NCAA]], Wallin had been told about them and neglected to address the issues.<ref>{{cite news|title=He may not be JoePa, but he's a 'helluva' coach|url=http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_1b159d5e-61c0-5c08-9e1f-7a9cadb40e72.html|publisher=Daily Collegian|date=1995-02-02|accessdate=2016-09-12}}</ref>
==Head coaching record==
===College===
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|name       = [[Kent State Golden Flashes men's ice hockey|{{color|white|Kent State Golden Flashes}}]]
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|startyear  = 1984
|conference = Independent
|conflong   = NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
|endyear    = 1987
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season       = [[1984–85 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1984–85]]
| name         = Kent State
| overall      = 11–14–2
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season       = [[1985–86 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1985–86]]
| name         = Kent State
| overall      = 21–13–2
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season       = [[1986–87 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1986–87]]
| name         = Kent State
| overall      = 19–13–0
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name       = Kent State
| overall    = 51–40–4
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall      = 51–40–4
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==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
==External links==
*{{hockeydb|60409}}
{{Kent State Golden Flashes men's ice hockey navbox}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:American ice hockey coaches]]
[[Category:Kent State Golden Flashes men's ice hockey coaches]]