- Gary Agnew
Gary Agnew (born
May 24 ,1960 inNiagara Falls, Ontario ) is anice hockey coach who is currently an assistant coach of theColumbus Blue Jackets of theNational Hockey League . He has a Master's Degree in coaching from theUniversity of Western Ontario .As a player, Agnew played four years for the
University of New Brunswick and then for theFredericton Express of theAmerican Hockey League and theMilwaukee Admirals of the International Hockey League.In 1990 Agnew took over the head coaching job of the
London Knights of theOntario Hockey League . He won theMatt Leyden Trophy as Coach of the Year in 1992–93. In 1994–95 Agnew took over the coaching job of theKingston Frontenacs and led them to what remains their only division title in 1994–95. He moved back to the Knights from 1997 to 2000 and won another Matt Leyden Trophy in 1997–98. From 2000–2006 he assumed the reins of theSyracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League. In 2006 he graduated to become the assistant coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets.With the
November 13 ,2006 firing ofColumbus Blue Jackets head coachGerard Gallant , Agnew was named interim head coach. On November 22,Ken Hitchcock was named the new head coach. Agnew led the team in that evening's game, with Hitchcock set to take over the following day. Agnew's record as interim head coach was 0–4–1.Coaching record
External links
* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=5946 Profile at HockeyDB]
* [http://www.syracusecrunch.com/team/coaches.cfm Profile at Syracuse Crunch website]
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