Gary Agnew

Gary Agnew
Born	(1960-05-24) May 24, 1960 Niagara Falls, ON, CAN
Position	Forward
Shot	Right
Played for	Fredericton Express (AHL) Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1981–1983

Gary Agnew (born May 24, 1960) is a Canadian ice hockey coach. He was formerly an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. He has also served as an assistant coach with the St. Louis Blues and Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League. He has a Master's Degree in coaching from the University of Western Ontario.

As a player, Agnew played four years for the University of New Brunswick, and then for the Fredericton Express of the American Hockey League and the Milwaukee Admirals of the International Hockey League.

In 1990 Agnew took over the head coaching job of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League. He won the Matt Leyden Trophy as Coach of the Year in 1992–93. In 1994–95 Agnew took over the coaching job of the Kingston Frontenacs and led them to what remains their only division title in 1994–95. He moved back to the Knights from 1997 to 2000 and won another Matt Leyden Trophy in 1997–98. From 2000–2006 he assumed the reins of the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League. In 2006 he graduated to become the assistant coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets.

With the November 13, 2006 firing of Columbus Blue Jackets head coach Gerard Gallant, Agnew was named interim head coach. On November 22, Ken Hitchcock was named the new head coach. Agnew led the team in that evening's game, with Hitchcock set to take over the following day. Agnew's record as interim head coach was 0–4–1. It was reported on June 16, 2010 that new Blue Jackets head coach Scott Arniel had fired Agnew as assistant coach.

On June 15, 2012, the St. Louis Blues announced Agnew had been hired as an Assistant Coach, under the direction of Ken Hitchcock. He was relieved of his duties on May 7, 2014.

It was announced on July 10, 2014, that the Pittsburgh Penguins had hired Agnew as an Assistant Coach.

Coaching record

Team	Year	Regular Season							Post Season
		G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
LDN	1990–91	66	38	25	3	-	79	3rd in Emms	Lost in first round
LDN	1991–92	66	37	25	4	-	78	3rd in Emms	Lost in second round
LDN	1992–93	66	32	27	7	-	71	3rd in Emms	Lost in first round
LDN	1993–94	66	32	30	4	-	68	5th in Emms	Lost in first round
KGN	1994–95	66	40	19	7	-	87	1st in Eastern	Lost in second round
KGN	1995–96	66	29	31	6	-	64	5th in Eastern	Lost in first round
KGN	1996–97	66	25	35	6	-	56	4th in Eastern	Lost in first round
LDN	1997–98	66	40	21	5	-	85	1st in Western	Lost in Third round
LDN	1998–99	68	34	30	4	-	72	3rd in West	Lost in OHL Finals
LDN	1999–2000	68	22	36	7	3	54	5th in West	Missed Playoffs
SYR	2000–01	80	33	30	12	5	83	3rd in Mid-Atlantic	Lost in first round
SYR	2001–02	80	39	23	13	5	96	1st in Central	Lost in second round
SYR	2002–03	80	27	41	8	4	66	4th in Central	Missed Playoffs
SYR	2003–04	80	38	25	10	7	93	2nd in North	Lost in first round
SYR	2004–05	80	36	33	-	11	83	5th in North	Missed Playoffs
SYR	2005–06	80	47	25	-	8	102	2nd in North	Lost in first round
CBJ	2006–07	5	0	4	-	1	(73)	4th in Central	Interim Coach

External links

• Profile at HockeyDB
• Profile at Syracuse Crunch website

Preceded by Wayne Maxner	Head Coaches of the London Knights 1990–1994	Succeeded by Mike Fedorko
Preceded by Dave Allison	Head Coaches of the Kingston Frontenacs 1994–1997	Succeeded by Larry Mavety
Preceded by Paul McIntosh	Head Coaches of the London Knights 1997–2000	Succeeded by Lindsay Hofford
Preceded by Stan Smyl	Head Coaches of the Syracuse Crunch 2000–2006	Succeeded by Ross Yates
Preceded by Gerard Gallant	Head Coaches of the Columbus Blue Jackets 2006 (interim)	Succeeded by Ken Hitchcock