Beginning in 2017, the USOC added the Olympics and Paralympic coaching accolades to the Team USA Awards program for Best of the Year and Best of the Games, further highlighting the important role coaches play in athlete performance. 

The winners are determined via selection committee, and recognized during the Team USA Awards ceremony, to be held April 26 in Washington, D.C. Hosted by Mike Tirico, the ceremony will be televised as a 90-minute feature for the first time, and will run from 6-7:30 p.m. ET May 12 on NBCSN.

Gosselin, a two-time U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team member (1988, 1992) who also serves as a regional manager of USA Hockey's American Development Model, guided the U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team to an unprecedented third-straight Paralympic gold medal on the strength of an unbeaten record that culminated in a thrilling come-from-behind overtime win against rival Canada in the gold-medal game.

Under his direction, Team USA tallied a U.S. Paralympic record 40 goals in five games. Individually, Gosselin coached forward Brody Roybal (Northlake, Ill.) to tournament accolades as Best Forward and MVP with 17 points -- including 10 goals and seven assists -- while forward Declan Farmer (Tampa, Fla.) tied a U.S. and Paralympic record for most goals at a single Paralympic Winter Games with 11 as he shared the tournament-lead in points with Roybal at 17. The PyeongChang Games marked Gosselin's first Paralympic Winter Games in a head coaching role after assisting the late Jeff Sauer to the gold medal in 2014.