Jon Cooper (ice hockey coach)

Jon Cooper
Cooper (right) alongside Luke Richardson at the 2013 AHL All-Star Classic
Coaching stations
2003-2006	Texarkana bandits
2006-2008	St. Louis Bandits
2008-2010	Green Bay Gamblers
2010–2012	Norfolk Admirals
2012-2013	Syracuse crunch
since 2013	Tampa Bay Lightning

Jon Cooper (born August 23, 1967 in Prince George , British Columbia ) is a Canadian - American ice hockey coach who has coached the Tampa Bay Lightning from the National Hockey League since March 2013 .

Career

After Cooper played ice hockey in the amateur field in school and university leagues for several years, his coaching career also started as coach of the school team at Lansing Catholic High School in the 1998/99 season. In the following years he continued to work in various junior / amateur leagues before he coached the Texarkana Bandits from the North American Hockey League from the 2003/04 season and also acted as general manager there . After three seasons, the Canadian moved within the league to the St. Louis Bandits , where he again occupied both the coach and managerial posts. In the same function, Cooper was active between 2008 and 2010 with the Green Bay Gamblers from the United States Hockey League , where he won the championship in the 2009/10 season and was then named Trainer and Manager of the Year.

In the summer of 2010, the organization of the Tampa Bay Lightning from the National Hockey League took him under contract, where he first coached their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Norfolk Admirals , for two seasons from the 2010/11 season . After the Lightning changed their farm team, Cooper was first head coach of the Syracuse Crunch for the 2012/13 season , before he succeeded the dismissed Guy Boucher in the Lightning in the NHL in March 2013 and has been there ever since.

In the 2014/15 season he reached the Stanley Cup final with the Lightning, but lost 4-2 to the Chicago Blackhawks .

In September 2016, he was the assistant coach of Team North America at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey , a selection of U23 players from Canada and the USA. At the 2017 World Cup , he led the Canadian national team to the silver medal as head coach.

In the 2018/19 season he led the Lightning with 62 wins and 128 points as the best team for over 20 years to the Presidents' Trophy , but surprisingly failed with the team in the first playoff round 4-0 at the Columbus Blue Jackets .

Achievements and Awards

North American Hockey League 2006: NAHL Coach of the Year 2007: Robertson Cup with the St. Louis Bandits 2008: Robertson Cup with the St. Louis Bandits 2008: NAHL Coach of the Year United States Hockey League 2009: USHL General Manager of the Year 2010: Clark Cup with the Green Bay Gamblers 2010: USHL Coach of the Year 2010: USHL General Manager of the Year

American Hockey League 2012: Calder Cup with the Norfolk Admirals 2012: Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award 2013: Participation in the AHL All-Star Classic National Hockey League 2018 participation in the NHL All-Star Game

International

• 2017 silver medal at the world championship

NHL coaching statistics

team	season	regular season						Play-offs
		Games	S.	N	OTL	Pts	space	S.	N	result
Tampa Bay Lightning	2012/13	16	5	8th	3	13	4. ( Southeast )	-	-	not qualified
Tampa Bay Lightning	2013/14	82	46	27	9	101	2. ( Atlantic )	0	4th	Conference quarterfinals
Tampa Bay Lightning	2014/15	82	50	24	8th	108	2. (Atlantic)	14th	12	Stanley Cup Final
Tampa Bay Lightning	2015/16	82	46	31	5	97	2. (Atlantic)	11	6th	Conference finals
Tampa Bay Lightning	2016/17	82	42	30th	10	94	5. (Atlantic)	-	-	not qualified
Tampa Bay Lightning	2017/18	82	54	23	5	113	1. (Atlantic)	11	6th	Conference finals
Tampa Bay Lightning	2018/19	82	62	16	4th	128	1. (Atlantic)	0	4th	Conference quarterfinals
total		509	305	159	44	654	2 division titles	36	32	0 Stanley Cups

S = victories; N = defeats; OTL = defeat in overtime or shootout ; Pts = points

Others

Prior to his coaching career, Cooper played in addition to hockey, lacrosse and served as a public defender, having previously graduated from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School with a law degree. He is the son of a Canadian and an American , which means that he is citizens of both countries. He is also married and has two children.

Web links

• Jon Cooper at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Jon Cooper at hockeydb.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hockeysfuture.com, Green Bay Gamblers win USHL Clark Cup
2. ↑ theahl.com, Jon Cooper named head coach in Norfolk
3. ↑ lightning.nhl.com, Lightning name Jon Cooper as head coach
4. ↑ tampabay.com Passion takes Cooper from lawyer to Lightning coach