The San Jose Sharks announced Tuesday that they have named David Quinn (Cranston, R.I.) as the 10th head coach in franchise history. Quinn, 55, previously spent three seasons as head coach of the New York Rangers. Under his direction the team compiled a 97-87-25 record, along with one appearance in the qualification round in the...
The San Jose Sharks announced Tuesday that they have named David Quinn (Cranston, R.I.) as the 10th head coach in franchise history.
Quinn, 55, previously spent three seasons as head coach of the New York Rangers. Under his direction the team compiled a 97-87-25 record, along with one appearance in the qualification round in the 2019-20 campaign.
He most recently served as head coach for Team USA at both the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and 2022 World Championship.
Quinn helped lead the youngest team in the Olympics to a perfect preliminary-round record before suffering a shootout loss in the quarterfinals.
"David has successfully coached at several different levels in his hockey career, including with Team USA on the international stage at the Olympics, and leading the team at the World Championships to the bronze-medal game," said Sharks GM Mike Grier (Holliston, Mass.). "His experience in developing young players as a head coach at Boston University and at the NHL level over the last few seasons has proven to be effective.
"His previous NHL head coaching experience is valuable to us and he implements a system that will fit with our philosophy of being a hard team to play against. We are extremely happy to have him a part of this organization."
Quinn served as head coach at Boston University from 2013-18 and went 105-69-21. The program made the NCAA tournament in four consecutive seasons (2015-18), including three regional final appearances, won two Hockey East tournament titles and two Hockey East regular-season titles.
In the 2014-15 season, Quinn helped BU reach the NCAA championship game, becoming the fourth head coach in NCAA history to win each of his first three tournament games to reach the final. He was selected as the Hockey East and New England Coach of the Year, and was runner-up for the Spencer Penrose Award, given to the top Division 1 coach in the nation.
Initially selected by the Minnesota North Stars in the first round of the 1984 NHL Draft, Quinn played three collegiate seasons at BU (1984-87). He signed a contract with the New York Rangers in 1991 and appeared in 19 games in 1991-92 with the AHL's Binghamton Rangers.
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