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American ice hockey coach (born 1966)

Ice hockey player

David Quinn
Born	(1966-07-30) July 30, 1966 (age 58) Cranston, Rhode Island, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position	Defense
Shot	Left
Played for	Binghamton Rangers Cleveland Lumberjacks
Coached for	Pittsburgh Penguins San Jose Sharks New York Rangers
NHL draft	13th overall, 1984 Minnesota North Stars
Playing career	1991–1993
Coaching career	1993–present

David Quinn (born July 30, 1966) is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is an assistant coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL and the head coach for the United States men's national team. He was previously the head coach of the New York Rangers and San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL); assistant coach for the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL; and head coach at Boston University. He was formally inducted into the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame in 2021.

Career

Playing career

After his prep career at the Kent School, he was drafted in the first round, 13th overall, by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

Quinn forwent turning professional immediately after being drafted, and instead played collegiately for Boston University. After his junior season, he tried out for the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team. However, during his tryout he was diagnosed with Haemophilia B (also known as Christmas disease), a rare disorder which prevents blood from clotting properly. Due to the disorder, Quinn was forced to retire from the game.

Quinn was later able to find funding for expensive medication to combat the disease, and he was given a tryout for the 1992 U.S. Olympic team. He did not make the team, but he did attract the attention of the New York Rangers, who signed him to his first professional contract in February 1992. Quinn finished the 1991–92 season with the Rangers' American Hockey League affiliate, the Binghamton Rangers. He then played the entire 1992–93 season with the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League. He retired following that season, however, without ever making the National Hockey League.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing, Quinn began a career as a coach. After serving as an assistant coach for Northeastern University, Quinn joined a start-up program at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. After helping build the program at Omaha for six years, Quinn left to become a developmental coach for USA Hockey. He then worked as an assistant at his alma mater, Boston University, helping the Terriers to the National Title in 2009.

On June 22, 2009, Quinn was introduced as head coach for the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL), affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). It marked a return to Cleveland where he played with the Lumberjacks of the IHL. He coached Lake Erie from 2009 to 2012. On June 14, 2012, Quinn was named as an assistant coach for the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL.

On March 25, 2013, Quinn was named the eleventh head coach of Boston University, replacing Jack Parker.

On May 23, 2018, the New York Rangers announced that Quinn was hired as head coach. On October 11, Quinn picked up his first NHL regular season win, against the San Jose Sharks. On May 12, 2021, the Rangers fired Quinn after the team failed to make the playoffs.

In December 2021, Quinn was named as the head coach for the US men's ice hockey team for the 2022 Winter Olympics after Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan could not proceed with the NHL pulling out of the Olympics.

On July 26, 2022, Quinn was named head coach of the San Jose Sharks, returning to the NHL.

On March 4, 2023, Quinn was ejected for the first time of his NHL coaching career in a loss to the Washington Capitals. His ejection was the first NHL coach ejection since Jon Cooper's ejection on March 3, 2022, and the first Sharks coach ejection since Peter DeBoer on November 25, 2018.

After the Sharks finished last in the league in his second season, Quinn was fired on April 24, 2024.

On June 11, 2024, Quinn was named assistant coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, coaching alongside longtime friend and former Boston University teammate Mike Sullivan.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1982–83	Kent School	HS-Prep	23	10	20	30		—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Kent School	HS-Prep	25	12	20	32	26	—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Boston University	HE	30	3	11	14	26	—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Boston University	HE	37	2	20	22	58	—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Boston University	HE	27	1	11	12	34	—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Binghamton Rangers	AHL	19	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0
1992–93	Cleveland Lumberjacks	IHL	60	8	13	21	102	3	0	0	0	0
HE totals			94	6	42	48	118	—	—	—	—	—
Professional totals			79	8	13	21	108	5	0	0	0	0

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1986	United States	WJC		7	1	3	4	8

Head coaching record

NHL

Team	Year	Regular season						Postseason
Team	Year	G	W	L	OTL	Pts	Finish	W	L	Win%	Result
NYR	2018–19	82	32	36	14	78	7th in Metropolitan	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
NYR	2019–20	70	37	28	5	79	7th in Metropolitan	0	3	.000	Lost in Qualifying Round (CAR)
NYR	2020–21	56	27	23	6	60	5th in East	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
SJS	2022–23	82	22	44	16	60	7th in Pacific	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
SJS	2023–24	82	19	54	9	47	8th in Pacific	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
Total		372	137	185	50			0	3	.000	1 playoff appearance

NCAA

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Boston University Terriers (Hockey East) (2013–2018)
2013–14	Boston University	10–21–4	5–12–3	9th
2014–15	Boston University	28–9–5	14–5–3	1st	NCAA Runner Up
2015–16	Boston University	21–13–5	12–6–4	5th	NCAA West Regional semifinal
2016–17	Boston University	24–12–3	13–6–3	T-1st	NCAA West Regional Final
2017–18	Boston University	22–14–4	12–8–4	4th	NCAA Northeast Regional Final
Boston University:		105–69–21	56–37–17
Total:		105–69–21
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-Hockey East First Team	1985–86
Hockey East All-Tournament team	1986

References

Marrapese-Burrell, Nancy (March 26, 2013). "David Quinn to be named BU men's hockey coach". Sports. Boston Globe. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
1984 NHL Entry Draft picks
^ 1984 NHL Entry Draft – David Quinn
^ "Quinn: Boston to Omaha and back again". Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
MEN'S ICE HOCKEY: USA Hockey Names David Quinn As Associate U.S. National Development Coach
"Boston University Athletics Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on November 2, 2007. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
"Avalanche hire Quinn as coach of AHL affiliate". The Denver Post. June 22, 2009. Retrieved June 24, 2009.
"Quinn Named Assistant Coach". National Hockey League. June 14, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
Buccigross, John (March 25, 2013). "Source tells me David Quinn will succeed Jack Parker as the next hockey coach at Boston University". Retrieved March 26, 2013 – via Twitter.
"David Quinn Named Rangers Head Coach". National Hockey League. May 23, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
Cyrgalis, Brett (October 12, 2018). "David Quinn picks up first Rangers win, but it wasn't pretty". New York Post. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
"Rangers Announce Changes to Coaching Staff". National Hockey League. May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
Mahoney, Andrew. "Rhode Island native David Quinn named head coach of the 2022 US Olympic men's hockey team". The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
"Sharks Name David Quinn Head Coach". National Hockey League. July 26, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
"David Quinn ejected in Sharks' blowout loss to Washington Capitals". March 5, 2023.
"Quinn fired as Sharks coach, no replacement named". NHL.com. April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
"Report: Penguins Hire David Quinn as Assistant Coach". thehockeynews.com. June 11, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
"Hockey East All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
"2013–14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved May 19, 2014.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
David Quinn's profile @ hockeydraftcentral.com

Sporting positions
Preceded byBrian Lawton	Minnesota North Stars first round draft pick 1984	Succeeded byWarren Babe
Preceded byAlain Vigneault	Head coach of the New York Rangers 2018–2021	Succeeded byGerard Gallant
Preceded byBob Boughner	Head coach of the San Jose Sharks 2022–2024	Succeeded byRyan Warsofsky
Awards and achievements
Preceded byJerry York	Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award 2014–15	Succeeded byNate Leaman

v t e Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Boston Arena (1918–1971) Walter Brown Arena (1971–2005) Agganis Arena (2005–present)
Head coaches	Edgar Burkhardt (1917–1918) Harold Stuart (1919–1920) John J. O'Hare (1922–1924) Chippy Gaw (1924–1928) Wayland Vaughan (1928–1940) Syd Borofsky (1940–1941) Wayland Vaughan (1941–1943) Harry Cleverly (1945–1962) Jack Kelley (1962–1972) Leon Abbott (1972–1973) Jack Parker (1973–2013) David Quinn (2013–2018) Albie O'Connell (2018–2022) Jay Pandolfo (2022–present)
Seasons	1917–18 1919–20 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	ECAC Hockey (1961–1984) Hockey East (1984–Present)
Rivalries	Boston College Eagles (Green Line Rivalry) Beanpot Maine Black Bears
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders John Cullen (241 Points) Chris Drury (113 Goals) Sean Fields (62 Wins)
National championships	1971 1972 1978 1995 2009
Frozen Four appearances	1950 1951 1953 1960 1966 1967 1971 1972 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1990 1991 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 2009 2015 2023 2024
NCAA Tournament appearances	1950 1951 1953 1960 1966 1967 1971 1972 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1984 1986 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2012 2015 2016 2017 2018 2021 2023 2024
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC Hockey: 1972 1974 1975 1976 1977 Hockey East: 1986 1991 1994 1995 1997 2006 2009 2015 2018 2023
Hobey Baker winners	Chris Drury (1998) Matt Gilroy (2009) Jack Eichel (2015)
Boston University Boston, MA

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