Bill Coffey

Bill Coffey is a businessman and minor league sports entrepreneur. He is one of the founders of the ECHL (formerly known as the East Coast Hockey League).[1] Founded in 1988, the ECHL is a minor professional ice hockey league that serves as a development league for the NHL.[2] The ECHL iced 20 teams during the 2009-10 season.[3]

Coffey is also the founder of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League (ACHL)[4] - where he served as the league's president; and he is the director of hockey operations for the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL).[5] Coffey has been the owner of several minor league ice hockey teams.

Teams owned by Bill Coffey

Fayetteville Force (CHL)[6]
Knoxville Cherokees (ECHL)[7]
St. Petersburg Parrots (ACHL)[8]
Tallahassee Tide (ACHL)
Greensboro Monarchs (ECHL)
Winston-Salem Thunderbirds (ECHL)

References

Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. pp. 138–139. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
"Honored Members". ECHL Hall Of Fame. Archived from the original on 2010-08-06. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
"2009-10 East Coast Hockey League". Hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 185. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 199. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 103. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 138. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
Greensboro Monarchs Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 186. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.

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[1] Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. pp. 138–139. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.

[2] "Honored Members". ECHL Hall Of Fame. Archived from the original on 2010-08-06. Retrieved 2010-06-05.

[3] "2009-10 East Coast Hockey League". Hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-05.

[4] Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 185. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.

[5] Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 199. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.

[6] Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 103. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.

[7] Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 138. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.

[8] Greensboro Monarchs Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 186. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.