While a contract extension for Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois was completed last month, the next step was to wrap up a new deal for the coaching staff, starting with head coach Jon Cooper, who was entering the final year of his deal. TAMPA - On the eve of the season opener, the Tampa Bay Lightning ensure continuity among the staff remains intact. My coaching philosophy is revolved around growing the athlete as a whole. Steve Ludzik and Jon Cooper are the only two head coaches who have spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Lightning. Tampa Bay Lightning Coaches Team Name: Tampa Bay Lightning Seasons: 30 (1992-93 to 2022-23) NHL Playoff Appearances: 14 NHL Championships: 3 (3 Stanley Cups) Playoff Record: 121-87 Record (W-L-T-OTL): 1060-983-112-159 (2391 points) All-time Goals Leader: Steven Stamkos, 498 All-time Points Leader: Steven Stamkos, 1015 He brings tremendous track & field and coaching experience and skill to youth athletes. Michigan Lightning's premier team of coaching directors hand pick the best coaches that develop passionate, confident and competitive players. "But not like this, poring over it. "And we have an answer to every pattern.". They are slightly too big but the perfect size for Lalonde, who runs the league's sixth-best penalty kill with Richards. Jean's analytical approach benefits Tampa's goalies too, of course. Halpern can still picture one standing at the whiteboard, laboring through an inscrutable explanation of a controlled breakout. Copyright 2021 National Hockey Now and Erik Erlendsson. My passion is volleyball!! Bent over their laptops, the boysassistants Todd Richards, Jeff Halpern and Derek Lalonde, video coach Nigel Kirwan, video coordinator Brian Garlock and goalie coach Frantz Jeanare preparing for tonight's matchup with Atlantic Divisionrival Toronto. This will be Pat's 17th year coaching girls' AAU basketball and his 1st season coaching under the travel basketball club he founded, the Flood City Lightning. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Manager and Head Coach- Bo Diaz Coach Bo enters his 6th season with the Cypress Bay Lightning. If youre trying to build a culture with the players, youd be a little hypocritical if you didnt have the same thing in the staff.. Or so they try. Richards and Garlock discuss strategy for neutral zone face-offs. Coach Plumb and the Lightning open . Jeff. Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Before the Tampa Bay Lightning's Game 3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, Lightning head coach Jon Cooper took his staff out to dinner at Chicago Cut Steakhouse. 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. Buy his book. Head Coach/GM Will Hanna announces the 2021 Coaching Staff and Executive Team: GM/Head Football Coach: Will J. Hanna, II; Robert Jackson - Asst. Meet Schedule | Blue Lightning Track Club Overview Coaches Join Team/Rates Meets Practice Videos Test-Drive Contact Coach Members Fan Gear Login Meet Schedule WINTER/INDOOR TRACK SEASON 12-4 SEAAU Invit, Birmingham Crossplex, AL 12-17 Galleria Games, Birmingham, Crossplex, AL 1-8 Showdown Meet, Birmingham, Crossplex, AL "I don't want to be surrounded by a bunch of yes men. Those things include the staffs secret language (an executive workout means time in the sauna, "heading to rotary is hitting the bar after work). The former Red Wings coach, who will replace assistant coach Derek Lalonde, has known Jon Cooper for a few decades. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Coaching Staff. 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. This website is powered by SportsEngine's. 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. "In that moment," Halpern says, "he lost the entire room because he sounded stupid. Not only do my practices center on improving skill but also attitude and focus. "I don't think people appreciate all the work that goes into this job," he says. 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. Sports Illustrateds Alex Prewitt got an inside look at the Lightning coaches, spending three days with them in January as they prepared for games against the Maple Leafs and Sharks. The Lightning won their last meeting, 41 on Dec. 13, but goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy was pelted with 16 scoring chances on six man-advantages. The team's first head coach was Terry Crisp, who coached for five seasons. 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. And now, after Detroit hired former Lightning assistant coach Derek Lalonde at the end of June, theyre finally in the same circle as Blashill joins Coopers coaching staff as an assistant. 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. Tonight, for instance, after Jean notes that San Jose's Martin Jones is especially vulnerable to high-blocker and high-glove shots, the Lightning will score four times in those two areas during a 63 win. 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. Prewitt attended prescout meetings and strategy sessions in the bullpen, the windowless workspace the staff shares at Amalie Arena. 2023 ABG-SI LLC. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Required fields are marked *. As with his cohorts around the league, Jean largely functions independent of the larger staff. 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 school. Fueled by NHL leading scorer Nikita Kucherov, triggerman Steven Stamkos and center Brayden Point's 13 man-advantage goals, the unit is currently converting at an NHL-best 29.4%. Or write about sports? 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,. Justin Callan found his passion for the game of soccer over 30 years ago. If no results appear, use Enter to do a full site search. 81 NATIONAL JUNIOR OLYMPIANS 36 All- Americans. Unlike Coopers last extension, this one was completed before the season started and not late in the year, as was the case in 2019. Cooper signed a three-year deal with the team on Monday, a deal that carries through the end of the 2024-25 season. Data Provided By And the relationship Julien and I have had for a number of years now. For two decades, Blashill and Cooper have run in the same circles. It is half past midnight when Jon Cooper emerges from his office at Amalie Arena, necktie loosened under a dark-blue suit, sipping red wine out of a plastic cup stamped with the Lightning logo. Middle school teacher and coach. Bo comes from a baseball background. Minutia matters most in the playoffs, of course. Earlier in his career, like many young coaches, he was obsessed with trying to control the chaos. Before each series Lightning players receive a 10-or-so-page booklet from Cooper and the staff, crammed with scouting reports on specific players and diagrams detailing the opponent's structure. Middle school teacher and coach. NHL Championships: 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. There have been eight head coaches for the Lightning franchise. He spies a nearby clock. The staff has plenty to keep it busy. That hasn't stopped the Lightning from moving players around though, so it is an option. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. 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. Former Syracuse Crunch head coach. COACHING STAFF. 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. Cory played high school soccer at Luxemburg-Casco for coaches Blair and Jenny before moving on to UW-Madison to earna degree in Computer Sciences. 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 NHLs best team its edge. Justin has four children who all participate in soccer, and three of his children currently play for the Green Bay Lightning soccer club. When he returned home in early June following the teams fourth-place finish he worked through some different leads and ultimately re-connected with Cooper. ", The players have noticed. Your email address will not be published. "Every single detail, over and over," Cooper says. His piece details the work that goes into a game day, the dynamic among the Lightnings staff head coach Jon Cooper, assistants Todd Richards, Jeff Halpern and Derek Lalonde, video coach Nigel Kirwan, video coordinator Brian Garlock and goalie coach Frantz Jean and some of the amusing moments that arise when any group spends that much time together. This isn't one of those 24/7 operations, all-nighters pulled on air mattresses beneath a projection screen's glow. (Coaches get tons of swag.) ", He turns around, heads into his office and adds with a wink, "Gotta keep them on their toes.". WHA hat tricks courtesy Scott Surgent. Sitting at Erne's stall, Halpern spends several minutes on defensive zone coverage. John also holds a degree in business. 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.. [2] Having first played in the Expo Hall,[3] and later in the ThunderDome (now known as Tropicana Field),[4] the Lightning have played their home games at the Ice Palace, currently titled Amalie Arena, since 1996. 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. "I watched my shifts as a player," he says. Mike Seberger Founder & Director Ryan Kieper Coach Casey Babarskis Coach Erin Babarskis Coach Jake Bambule Coach Jeff Bambule Assistant Coach Seara Clayborn Coach Sierra Clayborn Coach Frankie Kokkines Coach Payton Kraus Coach Emma Ludwig Coach Taylor Morano Coach Claire Nazos Coach John Rutter Morgan Seberger Coach Elliott Whitefield Coach 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. He will be the head coach for Team Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, in February. Cory played high school soccer at Luxemburg-Casco for coaches Blair and Jenny before moving on to UW-Madison to earna degree in Computer Sciences. Cooper spends the next morning at his semiregular breakfast with Lightning owner Jeff Vinik. The Patriots' offensive coaching staff was a lightning rod for criticism throughout the 2022 season. Originally from Mississippi, Coach Bright joined the Blue Lightning Track Club coaching staff in the Spring of 2021 and is well-liked by teammates and parents. 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. Letsgetstarted. The Lightning coaching staff has a secret language? Follow Coach Diaz on Social Media. 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. Phone: 210-860-8087 Email. Some hockey portraits on this site are licensed from Images on Ice, Hockeys Photo Agency. He had previously spent six seasons as a European Scout for the Montreal Canadiens. But I also think they do a good job of giving the message to us every day in a different way, in different voices, so it doesnt feel stale. 4th year with SA Lightning. (2399 points), All-time Goals Leader: Steven Stamkos, 499, All-time Points Leader: Steven Stamkos, 1021, Most Goals, Season: "If their PP goes 0-fer tonight," Cooper says, "you can have them. Enter Search Term. After the season he compares these figures with leaguewide averages provided by the Lightning's hockey analytics department. Taylor (Campbell) Varghese (Season 9) Taylor graduated from EVHS in 2010 and was a 4-year member and senior captain of the LDT. There are a lot of Game 1s in there.". Lightning Marty St. Louis was a coach in the making as a Lightning player The Canadiens' interim head coach was preparing for a future in coaching during his last few seasons in Tampa. JEFF HALPERN enters his fourth season as assistant coach with the Lightning. Lightning hire Rob Zettler as an assistant coach The former NHL defenseman worked under Jon Cooper at AHL Syracuse before becoming head coach of the Crunch. "I always thought one of my biggest strengths was managing people. The Lightnings assistant coaching staff now includes: Blashill, Rob Zettler, Jeff Halpern, goaltending coach Frantz Jean and video coaches Nigel Kirwan and Brian Garlock. The Tampa Bay Sports Store at Amalie Arena features a selection of Tampa Bay Lightning t-shirts, jerseys, autographed memorabilia and more! After the morning skate Cooper and the assistants return to the bullpen to dissect film of the Maple Leafs' ninth-ranked power play. All Rights Reserved. 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. I love to learn about volleyball and evolve with the game! 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. Aaron Smith - 3000 Race Walk (USATF 2018) 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. He also keeps a note card in his desk with a quote from Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Walsh: Your enthusiasm becomes their enthusiasm; your lukewarm presentation becomes their lukewarm presentation.. Hockey-Reference utilizes Official NHL data for current NHL seasons. Stammer has been good for me in that respect of pushing back. "The Princeton guy is not at the top.". 81 NATIONAL JUNIOR OLYMPIANS 36 All- Americans. I have been coaching club volleyball for 6 years now. Hired by the team to replace Guy Boucher on March 25, 2013, Cooper is the longest tenured coach in the NHL and has been behind the bench for 634 games, posting an all-time record 384-197-53. 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. Do you have a sports website? Ordinarily this would be a risky gambit, but Tampa can afford tactical experiments; the team's 129-point pace would tie the 197778 Canadiens for the second best in NHL history. Frequently Asked Questions about the NHL and Hockey. John will be coaching the 2016 Girls, 2015 Girls, 2016 Boys and the 2011 Boys. We are pleased to announce the addition of Joao Ferraz to the Texas Lightning Coaching staff. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. In the 20-plus years since, the two have coached against each other across multiple levels. "And that's why you need a really good staff.". Besides, the hockey world contains fewer Kucherovs than young players who need teaching. Cooper follows that same approach with Tampa's captain. At 11:10 a.m., Halpern unplugs his laptop and heads into the locker room to meet with winger Adam Erne. 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