Coaches that were never fired?

[Hnidy Hnight]

Terry O'Reilly

Mike O'Connell

 

[DrVanntastic]

Mike Keenan was never fired.

The Blues fired him.

 

[Brooklanders*]

Al Arbour was the first to come to mind, Islanders fans can correct me though.

Yes Al Arbour is certainly the first to come to mind for all Isles fans and most hockey fans. He actually retired then came back to coach the Isles for a season or two then retired again.

 

[allan5oh]

Claude Noel has yet to be fired, he just keeps moving around. CBJ simply didn't renew his contract after he took over for Hitchcock.

 

[Snatcher Demko]

The Blues fired him.

And so did Burke in Van.

 

[Billy Mays Here*]

was jacques Lemaire ever fired?

don't feel like doing a google search to know it.

I'm curious about this too. He left the Wild to retire (then came back and coached NJ for a bit again) but I don't think he's ever actually been fired.

 

[Troy McClure]

The Blues fired him.

He was fired by 2/3 of the league. I was hoping the sports joke was obvious.

 

[Vikke]

Claude Noel has yet to be fired, he just keeps moving around. CBJ simply didn't renew his contract after he took over for Hitchcock.

That's pretty much the same thing, though.

 

[Thierry]

I think Lemaire has been fired by the Canadiens in 1985.

Maurice Richard never been fired though !

 

[Super Fadio Bro]

Learn how to read, he said Coach.






Everyone knows Sacco does not count as a coach

Yet he leads a poll here for the best coach of the NHL. That's saying something.

 

[allan5oh]

That's pretty much the same thing, though.

Maybe, but Hitch also hired him. Usually when a head coach is let go, the people he hired are let go as well.

 

[frederixx]

I think Lemaire has been fired by the Canadiens in 1985.

Maurice Richard never been fired though !

No, he stepped down at the end of the season and was replaced by Perron (They won the cup the following year).

 

[dennilfloss]

Toe Blake.

 

[Leafs87]

Was Gretzky fired or did he just leave ?

 

[Mickey Mouse]

Was Gretzky fired or did he just leave ?

Pretty sure he quit because the groups that were bidding on the team after bankruptcy said they weren't going to keep him on.

 

[Fish on The Sand]

Maybe, but Hitch also hired him. Usually when a head coach is let go, the people he hired are let go as well.

That's actually not true. That's only true when they hire from the outside. The NHL has a tendency to promote a lot of assistants after firing a coach which basically means the staff remains the same.

 

[Fish on The Sand]

Claude Noel has yet to be fired, he just keeps moving around. CBJ simply didn't renew his contract after he took over for Hitchcock.

That's pretty much the same thing, though.

In Noel's case he was never actually the head coach, he was an assistant acting as head coach until a replacement could be found.

 

[TaLoN]

was jacques Lemaire ever fired?

don't feel like doing a google search to know it.

Never fired.

 

[cujoflutie]

How did Lemaire come about leaving the devils in his first stint?

Mario Tremblay was not fired (resigned)

I'm assuming all these interim coaches don't count? What about guys who had the dual role and fired themselves as head coaches such as Gainey hiring hitchcock or Bryan Murray hiring John Paddock?

The Flyers demoted Wayne Cashman to assistant coach, does that count?

 

[Pierre Dagenais]

Maurice Richard coached the Nordiques for 2 games and then stepped down

 

[NewtJorden]

Scotty Bowman

 

[gifted88]

Lester Patrick was never fired

 

[AfroThunder396]

Never fired.

Lemaire was fired by NJ in 1996. Pretty sure he was fired by MIN too. In 2010 he retired, then in 2011 he retired again.

Brent Sutter was the first to come to mind, he asked permission to leave NJ in 2009 and had his contract not renewed in CGY after 2012.

 

[Crymson]

Mike Babcock?

Correct.

Didn't Anaheim fire him?

He declined a contract extension offer from the Ducks after the lockout and went to Detroit instead.

 

[Psycho Papa Joe]

Don't think Toe Blake or Dick Irvin were ever fired.