Before being promoted to the Lightning, Cooper led the Norfolk Admirals Tampa Bays affiliate in the American Hockey League at the time to a Calder Cup championship in 2012, a season that included a 28-game winning streak to finish the regular season. No doubt the casual atmosphere reflects the Lightning's perch atop league standings, where they have been since Nov. 29. Cory has spent 11 seasons coaching club and high school soccer and currently holds a USSF National "C" Coaching License. For over 12 years, he coached various age groups and teams, and for the past five years, he coaches two girls' Green Bay Lightning teams. Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 202021 NHL season. He grabs a seat in the bullpen, the nickname for the windowless workspace that Tampa Bay's coaching staff shares for studying film, discussing tactics and mercilessly roasting one another. One way to do that is by playing Sergachev on his right . While he has never won a Jack Adams Trophy as the top coach in the NHL, he has been named a finalist on two occasions, 2014 and 2019 when he led the Lightning to an NHL record tying 62 wins on the season. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. But I'm way better now than when I came into the league.". Michigan Lightning's premier team of coaching directors hand pick the best coaches that develop passionate, confident and competitive players. John also holds a degree in business. "O.K., boys," Cooper says, setting down his coffee at 9:21 a.m. "Let's get our s--- organized.". And Tampa is my home, so its great to be able to be back and be able to be here for a few more years.. But Cooper also wanted to ensure that his staff was also looked after and indicated that Rob Zettler, Derek Lalonde, Jeff Halpern, Frantz Jean, Nigel Kirwan and Brian Garlock also agreed to extensions as well. You are dependent on guys following the system. They play tennis on road trips, race laps in hotel pools and recently held a board game night at which Richards taught everyone the rules to Settlers of Catan. He was hired as an assistant coach by the Predators, it was announced Friday, after serving in the same role for four years in Tampa Bay.. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, odds-on favorites to lift the Stanley Cup. Follow @faiello_mari. Phone: 210-860-8087 Email. Success depends on the second letter and a great attitude will take you a long way. Use arrows to navigate between autocomplete results. Her past coaching experience includes over a decade with the Merrimack Magic USA Softball program, as well as the Merrimack Youth Association (MYA) Softball . All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. "It's a confidence builder for the players to know where they stand, rather than just guessing," Erne says after practice. Coaching Staff 2020/2021 San Antonio Lightning Coaching Staff 11's Regional Amber Tomas Head Coach Born in El Paso and raised in Ruidoso NM. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? For over 12 years, he coached various age groups and teams, and for the past five years, he coaches two girls' Green Bay Lightning teams. A second-round pick in 2013, the rugged 23-year-old is halfway through his first full NHL season. Blashill feels he can contribute to the development of Tampa Bays roster. TAMPA - On the eve of the season opener, the Tampa Bay Lightning ensure continuity among the staff remains intact. How Bobby McMann is earning the trust of the Maple Leafs' coaching staff. (Coaches get tons of swag.) Legs kicked onto a table, Cooper continues musing. NHL Championships: Follow our Tampa Bay Times sports team on Twitter and Facebook. In 2011-12, he served as an assistant on Detroits staff. Tacked onto a cork board behind Richards's desk is the schedule for La Liganot the Spanish ftbol association but the coaches' monthly nine-hole golf tournament. WHA hat tricks courtesy Scott Surgent. Richards and Garlock discuss strategy for neutral zone face-offs. There have been eighthead coaches for the Lightning franchise. You can see the Lightning coaching staff finding a way to get Sergachev minutes, as he's averaging a career-high 21 minutes, 34 seconds. Besides, the hockey world contains fewer Kucherovs than young players who need teaching. But a second-period defensive breakdown leads to winger Mitch Marner's decisive goal in a 42 Leafs victory, ending Tampa's home winning streak at nine, one shy of a franchise record. Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Lightning twitter, Tampa Bay Lightning set opening roster, say goodbye to a prospect, ahead of season opener, Roster decisions look set as Tampa Bay Lightning make final camp cuts and the logic behind them, Your email address will not be published. Contact Mari Faiello at mfaiello@tampabay.com. Success depends on the second letter and a great attitude will take you a long way. Sitting at Erne's stall, Halpern spends several minutes on defensive zone coverage. ", The players have noticed. Lightning Coaching Staff Technical Development Cory Romdenne Technical Director Cory played high school soccer at Luxemburg-Casco for coaches Blair and Jenny before moving on to UW-Madison to earn a degree in Computer Sciences. "Lightning Unveil Third Jerseys vs. Devils", "Lightning name Jon Cooper as head coach", "Guy Boucher hockey statistics & profile at hockeydb.com", "Jon Cooper named Atlantic Division coach for 2018 NHL All-Star Game", "Jon Cooper named Atlantic Division coach at 2019 NHL All-Star Game", "Tampa Bay Lightning are your 2018-2019 Presidents' Trophy winners obviously", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Tampa_Bay_Lightning_head_coaches&oldid=1102015261, Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Lightning, This page was last edited on 2 August 2022, at 23:49. Coopers point percentage of .657 is the second best in NHL history among coaches with at least 350 games coached behind only Hall of Famer Scotty Bowman. Aaron Smith - 3000 Race Walk (USATF 2018) This includes ea, rning a partial scholarship to play D2 volleyball at. ", He turns around, heads into his office and adds with a wink, "Gotta keep them on their toes.". In 2022, the Blue Lightning Coaching Staff under the Champion's program produced 21 AAU All-Americans, 41 National Junior Olympians, and 52 Regional Junior Olympic qualifiers.84% of our Summer roster qualified for the National Junior Olympic Games. Since 2011, the Lightning have honored a Community Hero at every game and presented that hero with a check for $50,000 to donate to a non-profit charity of their choice. 2023 ABG-SI LLC. Coaching Staff. ", This advice has proven particularly helpful as he manages the Lightning power play. Im just excited to be a part of this organization for a few more years and just continue to build on this standard that weve set, Cooper said. As with his cohorts around the league, Jean largely functions independent of the larger staff. My coaching philosophy is revolved around growing the athlete as a whole. Do you have a sports website? This includes ea, rning a partial scholarship to play D2 volleyball at. Eventually you get so good that you can start riffing with the notes. I'm in my 5th year as the Head Varsity Volleyball Coach at St. Gerard Catholic High School and Regional Middle School. He is a great leader, spokesperson and ambassador for our organization. On game days he posts a scouting report that breaks down the opposing goalie's tendencies. 1064-983-112-159 This isn't one of those 24/7 operations, all-nighters pulled on air mattresses beneath a projection screen's glow. Former Syracuse Crunch head coach. The game happens so fast that you need a structure in place, and players have to buy into the system. Like Lalonde, though, Halpern is a rookie behind the bench at this level, which makes them easy targets. He played for numerous soccer clubs throughout southeast Wisconsin, on varsity at Arrowhead Union High School, and collegiately at Cardinal Stritch University. He can still name them all in order, from Ron Wilson to Dave Tippett. "If this puck comes out of the corner and hits you," Halpern asks, "what's your next play?" "We're growing up together, and I think you're seeing the fruits of our labors," Cooper says. He is only the second coach in league historywith at least 300 career wins in the first 500 games, joining Bruce Boudreau in that club when he recorded his 300th win on March 21, 2019. "Chemistry and synergy are paramount," Cooper explains. It's why he keeps a note card with a Bill Walsh quote in a desk drawer: "Your enthusiasm becomes their enthusiasm; your lukewarm presentation becomes their lukewarm presentation." Coach Plumb and the Lightning open . Over these three days he will seek out Stamkos for private chats three times, including this afternoon. Copyright 1999-2020 Lightning Hockey, L.P. and the National Hockey League. When coach Cooper received a pair of golf shoes that fit Lalonde, he offered them to Lalonde if the assistant coachs penalty kill was successful that night. "Can't get caught up in the minutiae. Kirwan puts the final touches on a clip package of the Sharks' systems, having stayed up until 1:30 a.m. assembling footage from their three most recent games. Coop felt that there was a potential of him potentially losing an assistant coach, Blashill said. U13 Boys Coach Cory played high school soccer at Luxemburg-Casco for coaches Blair and Jenny before moving on to UW-Madison to earn a degree in Computer Sciences. Former players Dan Girardi and Matt Ellis join the staff as assistant coaches after being the two development coaches for the team, presumably taking over the defense and offense,. Were all in this together, Cooper said. After joining the Lightning as part of Kyle Julius championship coaching staff during the 2016- 17 season before signing as the team's head coach in 2019. . [7] Under Cooper, the franchise won its second Stanley Cup championship in 2020 and third championship in 2021. Cooper is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season wins (434), playoff games coached (139), and the most playoff-games won (84). "If you do a drill every day, it's like playing the piano. The Brasher Falls, N.Y. native even filled in for Jon Cooper . A few hours later, as techno music from the locker room softly thumps through his office walls, Cooper fills the dead time by revisiting old wounds. The training emphasis of this group is . 81 NATIONAL JUNIOR OLYMPIANS 36 All- Americans. Cooper said the talks of an extension began a few days after the team won the Stanley Cup in July and it was never much of a concern it would not get done. After the season he compares these figures with leaguewide averages provided by the Lightning's hockey analytics department. "And that's why you need a really good staff.". All rights reserved. Copyright 2021 National Hockey Now and Erik Erlendsson. Tampa Bay Hockey Now is an independently owned and operated site and is not affiliated with the Tampa Bay Lightning organization or the National Hockey League. "I can read every book on coaching, but I don't think I'll ever get to see the game the way a guy like Kucherov does," says Halpern, a career bottom-six grinder. Do you have a blog? Jon Cooper leads a Tampa Bay coaching staff that deploys colorful terms, competes for swag, holds a monthly golf tournamentand devotes itself to giving the NHL's best team its edge. So what is a coach, that singular breed of master micromanager, supposed to do? This Month in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. Never miss out on the latest with the Bucs, Rays, Lightning, Florida college sports and more. At 11:10 a.m., Halpern unplugs his laptop and heads into the locker room to meet with winger Adam Erne. He will be the head coach for Team Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, in February. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Visit site. Meanwhile, a pair of new golf shoes has shown up in Cooper's office. The first is Kirwan, an original Lightning employee who started in marketing and pivoted to video coach in 1996, when the job required little more than two VCRs and a trunk full of VHS tapes. More than their peers in other sports, NHL coaches are rendered largely helpless when the action starts. There were other factors that led to parting ways with assistants Brad Lauer and Rick Bowness last Mayamong them, Cooper's desire to put Richards, a former minor league defenseman, in charge of Tampa's bluelinersbut wanting greater looseness and stronger camaraderie inside the bullpen played a big role. I have been coaching club volleyball for 6 years now. The team's first head coach was Terry Crisp, who coached for five seasons. Born to a French-Canadian mother and Haitian father, Jean has been nurturing netminders since age 14, when the owner of a Montreal-area goalie school tapped him to help out during a summer camp. Sports Illustrated spent three days shadowing head coach Jon Cooper and his assistants. And if you hear a Lightning player yell "nipple" on offense, he's asking teammates to pass the puck into the slot. Lightning coach Jon Cooper, 50, and Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill, 44, are the headliners, along with Daniels, who is dubbed "The Godfather" after his three decades on the Big Rapids,. Adelaide Lightning is excited to announce the appointment of Nat Hurst as the new Head Coach for the next two years with a third-year option. Around 2000, the pair met in Michigan while Cooper coached at Lansing Catholic High School his first coaching job and Blashill was an assistant at Ferris State University. Required fields are marked *. 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As I kind of went through this (interview) process, I was hoping to get to a spot where there was an opportunity to grow and learn, and I know that is the case here, Blashill said. "But if you broke it down by hour.". There are a lot of Game 1s in there.". I love to learn about volleyball and evolve with the game! Jeff. Lightning add Jeff Blashill to coaching staff as assistant The former Red Wings coach, who will replace assistant coach Derek Lalonde, has known Jon Cooper for a few decades. The Patriots' offensive coaching staff was a lightning rod for criticism throughout the 2022 season. Tampa Bay Lightning and tampabaylightning.com are trademarks of Lightning Hockey L.P. NHL, the NHL Shield, the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup and NHL Conference logos are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League. The coaches will be hard at work assembling those books again soon, given Tampa's status as odds-on favorites to lift the Stanley Cup this spring. By now, thoughnearly three hours after the Lightning finished a 63 win over visiting San Jose on Jan. 19, maintaining their huge lead over the rest of the Eastern Conference entering the NHL All-Star breakthe rest of his staff have gone home. Meet the Coaches. "If their PP goes 0-fer tonight," Cooper says, "you can have them. Played volleyball since 7th grade, both public and club. The Lowes Lightning is a competitive training group aimed at developing advanced technical skills and a strong aerobic foundation. "And we have an answer to every pattern.". 4th year with SA Lightning. Idling in the doorway, Cooper surveys the standard postgame coaching flotsam: crumpled stat sheets, closed laptops, darkened TV screens, a sushi party platter whittled down to some tuna sashimi and a golf-ball-sized glob of wasabi. Cory has been playing recreational and competitive soccer since the age of four, and he began his coaching career with Green Bay Lightning at age 18 following his senior year of high . John Tortorella, the only American to head coach the team, was the first Lightning coach to have won the Prince of Wales Trophy,[5] the Stanley Cup,[2] and to have been awarded the Jack Adams Award, all of which happened in the 200304 season. Chemistry and synergy are paramount, Cooper explains. "Ah, f---," Tampa Bay's 51-year-old coach says, an expletive that sounds more like a sigh. Nikita Kucherov (2018-19), 128, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 11:22AM. "It's very individualized, very niche.". The Tampa Bay Lightning have announced the hiring of Derek Lalonde as an assistant coach for the team. There have been eight head coaches for the Lightning franchise. 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