London Knights - Coaches

Coaches

The London Nationals were coached by Jack McIntyre for the 1965-66 season. For their second and third seasons from 1966–68, the Nationals were coached by Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Turk Broda.

London Knights coaches have won the Matt Leyden Trophy, emblematic of the OHL's Coach of the Year, five times. Bill Long won it once, in 1976–77, Gary Agnew twice, in 1992–93 and in 1997–98, and Dale Hunter twice, in 2003–04 and 2004–05. Dale Hunter also won the Brian Kilrea Coach of the Year Award, emblematic of CHL Coach of the Year honours, in 2003–04. The team's current assistant coach is Jacques Beaulieu. Beaulieu was the assistant coach for the Knights from 2002–2006 before being hired as Coach and General Manager of the Saint John Sea Dogs until 2009. Former NHLer, Dave Gagner left the team during the summer of 2008 to accept a position with the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL.

As London Nationals:

  • 1965–66 — Jack McIntyre
  • 1966–68 — Turk Broda

As London Knights:

  • 1968–69 — Gene Taylor
  • 1969–71 — Bep Guidolin
  • 1971–72 — Bronco Horvath
  • 1972–80 — Bill Long
  • 1980–83 — Paul McIntosh
  • 1983–86 — Don Boyd
  • 1986–90 — Wayne Maxner
  • 1990–94 — Gary Agnew
  • 1994–95 — Mike Fedorko
  • 1995–96 — Murray Nystrom (interim)
  • 1995–96 — Tom Barrett
  • 1996–97 — Brad Selwood
  • 1996–97 — Paul McIntosh (interim)
  • 1997–00 — Gary Agnew
  • 2000–01 — Lindsay Hofford
  • 2001–2011 — Dale Hunter
  • 2011–2012 — Mark Hunter
  • 2012–Present - Dale Hunter

Notes: Mike Fedorko was entering his second season as Knights' coach and GM in the autumn of 1995. He was fired in October 1995 when the Knights began the season with a 13-game losing streak. Assistant Murray Nystrom took over coaching duties temporarily. Tom Barrett, who had led the Kitchener Rangers to the 1984 Memorial Cup, was named head coach in December. Barrett died of cancer in April 1996, shortly after the conclusion of the season. Moe Mantha was originally named the head coach to take over from Barrett, but left to coach the Baltimore Bandits of the American Hockey League before coaching a game. Brad Selwood was ultimately named Barrett's replacement for 1996–97 but was fired mid-season and GM Paul McIntosh took over on an interim basis for the rest of the season. Gary Agnew was rehired at the start of 1997–98.

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