Penguins Have Interviewed Jay Leach, David Quinn, Jay Woodcroft For Head Coaching Vacancy

Penguins Have Interviewed Jay Leach, David Quinn, Jay Woodcroft For Head Coaching Vacancy

The Penguins have obtained permission to and completed an interview with Bruins assistant Jay Leach for their vacant head coaching job, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet said on Friday’s 32 Thoughts podcast. Friedman added that they’ve also considered promoting assistant David Quinn to the head job and talked to former Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft. Those names get added to a list that includes former Blues bench boss Drew Bannister, Capitals assistan…

05/16/2025 ✅ Hockey. Only one of them has experience in the NHL as a head coach: The North American portal The Athletic named three candidates for the post of head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The first on the list is the former... ᐉ football news ⚽ on UA-Football

Two front-runners emerge for coaching job in Pittsburgh!

The Pittsburgh Penguins are one of the NHL teams looking for a new head coach ahead of the 2025-26 season and some of the buzz has been around captain Sidney Crosby and his role in the search. However, the team’s superstar spoke about this earlier this week and stated that he is not involved in the Penguins’ search and that he does not have a say in who the next coach is going to be. “Because, ultimately, I’m a hockey player,” Crosby explained t…