Sharks name Steve Spott as new assistant coach
Posted Aug 24, 2015 04:14:56 PM.
Last Updated Aug 25, 2015 05:33:35 AM.
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San Jose Sharks’ General Manager Doug Wilson and Head Coach Peter DeBoer announced today that Steve Spott will serve as the second assistant coach on DeBoer’s staff.
Spott most recently spent the 2014/15 season as an assistant coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was also assistant coach for the Kitchener Rangers under DeBoer and helped them take the 2003 Memorial Cup championship.
The 47-year-old Toronto native served as the head coach of the Maple Leafs American Hockey League affiliate Toronto Marlies in 2013/14. He led the team to a record of 45-25-2-4, winning the North Division title and earning a spot in the Western Conference Final, where the Marlies fell in seven games to the eventual Calder Cup-winning Texas Stars.
This won’t be Spott’s first time working with DeBoer. Spott spent his first seven seasons in Kitchener working as an assistant coach under DeBoer, before he was hired as the head coach and general manager in 2008 following DeBoer’s departure.
In five seasons, Spott guided the Rangers to a record of 187-121-32, four playoff berths and two trips to the Western Conference Final.
