Ottawa 67's - Coaches

Coaches

Brian Kilrea is a national coaching legend and has been a coaching presence behind the Ottawa bench for 31 years. Kilrea has led the 67's to 3 OHL Championships and 2 Memorial Cups. Kilrea briefly moved up to the NHL as an assistant coach with the New York Islanders in 1984 to 1986, and briefly retired for the 1994–95 season. Kilrea, also known as "Killer" has over 1000 wins coaching junior hockey, all with the Ottawa 67's. He has been named the OHL Coach of the Year 5 times, and CHL Coach of the Year once in 1996–97. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003.
On September 3, 2008, Brian Kilrea announced that after the 2008–09 season is over, he will be stepping down from his head coaching position, however, he will remain with the team as their general manager.

List of coaches with multiple seasons in parentheses.

  • 1967–1972 - Bill Long (5)
  • 1972–1974 - Leo Boivin (2)
  • 1974–1984 - Brian Kilrea (10, 31 total)
  • 1984–1985 - Cliff Stewart & Bob Ellett
  • 1985–1986 - Bob Ellett (2)
  • 1986–1994 - Brian Kilrea (8, 31 total)
  • 1994–1995 - Peter Lee
  • 1995–2009 - Brian Kilrea (14, 32 total)
  • 2009-pres - Chris Byrne

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