List of Johnstown Chiefs head coaches

The Johnstown Chiefs were an American professional ice hockey team based in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. They played in the East Coast Hockey League (eventually shortened to ECHL). The franchise was originally established in January 1988 as a member of the All-American Hockey League. In June 1988, the franchise would become one of the five new franchises of the ECHL. Since their foundation in 1988, the Chiefs have played their home games at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena. The Chiefs were last owned by former New York Rangers general manager Neil Smith. Although the Chiefs franchise was moved to Greenville, the name, records, logos and all names identifying the Johnstown history have been retained by a non-profit organization.

Coaching History

There have been 10 head coaches for the Chiefs franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Joe Selenski, who held the position while the team was a member of the AAHL. Former NHL player Steve Carlson - also famous for his role in the movie Slap Shot (movie) as one of the Hanson brothers - was the only coach who took the Chiefs to the then-Riley Cup Finals, losing four games to three to the Carolina Thunderbirds. Ed Johnstone coached the Chiefs to three consecutive thirty-win seasons, but only advanced past the first round of the playoffs once. Former NHL enforcer Nick Fotiu coached the Chiefs from 1995–97, managing 47 wins in his first two seasons. He started the 1997-98 ECHL season with six wins in his first thirty games, and eventually was replaced by assistant coach Scott Allen. Allen experienced the longest and most successful runs of all the previous Chiefs coaches, having coached the team for 324 regular season games, and taking the team to the second round of the playoffs three of his four full seasons as head coach. Former Chiefs goaltender Toby O'Brien would assume the role of coach in 2003. Despite missing the postseason two of his three years, O'Brien would also lead the Chiefs to the best record in their 22 year history, going 45-20-7. During the final five years, the Chiefs would go through three more coaches (Frank Anzalone, Ian Herbers, and Jeff Flanagan) before owner Neil Smith stepped down to the bench for the final thirty seven games in Chiefs history.

Key
# Number of coaches
Term Years spent as coach
Games Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties
OTL Overtime/shootout losses
Win% Winning percentage
PG Playoff games coached
PW Playoff wins
PL Playoff losses
PWin% Playoff winning percentage
Coached in the ECHL All-Star game

Coaches
#Name[b]Term[c]GamesWLTOTLWin%PGPWPLPWin%AchievementsRef
1Joe Selenski1987–19882613130—.500————coached Chiefs during only season in AAHL[1]
2Steve Carlson1988–199214912310620—.535141413.519[2]
3Ed Johnstone1992–19952001028216—.55014 35.375[3]
4Nick Fotiu1995–1997170519722—.364————Fired 12-26-97[4][5]
5Scott Allen1997–200232414415033—.49512712.368[6]
6Toby O'Brien2002–2005216958932—.514101.000[7]
7Frank Anzalone2005-2007144635922—.514725.285 [8]
8Ian Herbers2007–2009144736011—.545624.333 [9]
9Jeff Flanagan2009-2010359197—.357———— [10]
10Neil smith2009-2010379240—.297————[11]

References
  1. "Joe Selenski Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  2. "Steve Carlson Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  3. "Ed Johnstone Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  4. "Former Chiefs Coach Lands Job with Islanders". Mike Mastovich. Tribune-Democrat.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  5. "Nick Fotiu Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  6. "Scott Allen Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  7. "Toby O'Brien Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  8. "Frank Anzalone Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  9. "Ian Herbers Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  10. "Jeff Flanagan Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  11. "Neil Smith Coaching Record". HockeyDB.com. HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
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