Claude Julien

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**Claude Julien**

Claude Julien (born April 23, 1960 in Blind River, Ontario, Canada) is a former National Hockey League defenceman and is the current head coach of the New Jersey Devils. Claude was announced as the head coach of the Devils on June 13, 2006. He is the 15th head coach in Devils history.

He was the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens from January 17, 2003 to January 14, 2006 when he was fired and replaced by GM Bob Gainey.

Julien has also coached the QMJHL Hull Olympiques and AHL Hamilton Bulldogs and played for the Quebec Nordiques as well as the Ontario Hockey League Oshawa Generals, Windsor Spitfires, the Central Hockey League Salt Lake Golden Eagles, IHL Milwaukee Admirals, AHL Fredericton Express, Baltimore Skipjacks, Halifax Citadels and Moncton Hawks.

In 2000, Claude won a bronze medal as the head coach Canada's national junior ice hockey team. He also served as an assistant coach to Marc Habscheid at the 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.

On October 6,2006, Julien won his first game as Devils Head Coach, a 4-0 win at the defending Stanley Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes. On November 4, 2006, Julien won his first return to Montreal as the Devils defeated the Canadiens 2-1.

Montreal Canadiens Head Coaches
Laviolette • Lecours • Dorval • Gardner • Lalonde • Dandurand • Hart • Mantha • Dugal • Siebert • Lépine • Irvin • Blake • Ruel • MacNeil • Bowman • Geoffrion • Berry • Lemaire • Perron • Burns • Demers • Tremblay • Vigneault • Therrien • Julien • Gainey • Carbonneau

New Jersey Devils Head Coaches
MacMillan • McVie • Carpenter • Schoenfeld • Cunniff • Brooks • Lemaire • Ftorek • Robinson • Constantine • Burns • Lamoriello • Julien

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: Michel Therrien	Head Coaches of the Montreal Canadiens 2003–2006	Succeeded by: Bob Gainey (interim)
Preceded by: Lou Lamoriello	Head Coaches of the New Jersey Devils 2006–Present	Succeeded by: current