Coaches that were never fired?

[Pontius Palat]

How many coaches have there been in the NHL to never be fired at any point of their career? Have any coaches only ever changed teams when their contract expired? Or end up coaching the same team their entire NHL career? Scotty Bowman comes to mind but I'm young and really don't know his history all too well.

 

[Clamshells]

Brent Sutter lol

 

[Retire91]

Was Scotty Bowman ever fired?

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Dale Hunter

 

[kmad]

Barry Trotz

 

[SabresFan26]

Was Scotty Bowman ever fired?

I think in Buffalo in the 80's

 

[Jeffrey]

Mike Babcock?

 

[HotPaquette]

None they are only relieved of duty

 

[Filatov2Kovalev2Bonk]

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

 

[jameswrjobe53]

None they are only relieved of duty

I know; they try to make it sound like they're are doing the coaches a favor by firing them.

 

[norrisnick]

I think in Buffalo in the 80's

I believe with the Sabres he was the gm/coach and stepped down as coach. Or something. An older fan (and Sabre fan) than me would need to verify that.

 

[KGpens]

Mike Babcock?

Didn't Anaheim fire him?

 

[OpAck]

Arbour replaced Scotty Bowman in St. Louis...Arbour was there for parts of 3 seasons...not sure if he was fired though.

 

[MakeTheGoalsLarger]

was jacques Lemaire ever fired?

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

 

[Filatov2Kovalev2Bonk]

Yep, looks like Al Arbour retired in '86 after joining them in 73. Craziness.

 

[Debrincat93]

Didn't Anaheim fire him?

Googled it and read he declined to resign.

 

[Troy McClure]

Mike Keenan was never fired.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Mike Keenan was never fired.

The Flames fired him.

 

[habs03]

Googled it and read he declined to resign.

Yup

Burke had taken over as GM and Babcock was already a coach and Burke offered him a 1 year deal, Mike decide to just move on since Burke really didn't want him but couldn't fire him without a reason.

 

[sirlaxalot]

The Flames fired him.

I find that hard to believe

 

[DL44]

Glen Sather

 

[CantTouchThis]

Doesn't count, cause he's brand new to the league right? ah well.

 

[Nalens Oga]

Joe Sacco, 4 seasons and counting at the end of this one.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

I find that hard to believe

Prepare to be amazed. I should warn you, these links are not for the faint of heart.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=279606
http://www.thestar.com/sports/2009/05/22/flames_fire_mike_keenan.html
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=423581
http://www.citynews.ca/2009/05/22/c...ke-keenan-following-first-round-playoff-exit/
http://www.canada.com/sports/Flames+fire+Mike+Keenan/1621583/story.html

 

[CantTouchThis]

Joe Sacco, 4 seasons and counting at the end of this one.

Learn how to read, he said Coach.






Everyone knows Sacco does not count as a coach