Barry Trotz

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Barry Trotz (born July 15, 1962 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is the head coach of NHL ice hockey team Nashville Predators. He was previously the coach of the American Hockey League's Baltimore Skipjacks and Portland Pirates, with whom he won an AHL championship in 1995.

He became the coach of Predators in 1998, when the team was created. As of 2006, Trotz remains the only coach of the team, having led the Preds to two consecutive playoff appearances. He holds the record for most games coached by the first coach of an NHL expansion franchise.

Coincidentally, the record was previously held by Terry Crisp who is now the radio and TV broadcaster of the Nashville Predators. He lives in Nashville with his family; Kim, Shalan, Tyson, Tiana, Nolan, and Hope.

Once when his Preds were playing against the Atlanta Thrashers, Trotz joked that star Thrash winger Ilya Kovalchuk “uses an illegal hockey stick each game”.

Nashville Predators Head Coaches
Trotz

Current National Hockey League head coaches
Babcock • Carbonneau • Carlyle • Crawford • Gretzky • Hanlon • Hartley • Hitchcock • Julien • Laviolette • Lemaire • Lewis • MacTavish • Martin • Maurice • A.Murray • B.Murray • Nolan • Playfair • Quenneville • Renney • Ruff • Savard • Stevens • Therrien • Tippett • Tortorella • Trotz • Vigneault • Wilson

Preceded by: none

Head Coaches of the Nashville Predators 1998-

Succeeded by: none