Bobby Kromm

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Robert Kromm (June 8, 1928 – June 9, 2010^[1]) was an National Hockey League (NHL) head coach who in 1978 became the first coach of the Detroit Red Wings to win the Jack Adams Award as NHL Coach of the Year. He led the 1977–78 Red Wings to a 37-point improvement on their 16 win season the year previous, and a second place finish in the Norris Division.^[2] The Red Wings made the playoffs for the first time in eight years.

Prior to coaching the Wings, Kromm had been a successful coach in the World Hockey Association, where he had guided the high-flying Winnipeg Jets to the 1976 Avco Cup championship. That fall, he was as an assistant coach for Canada at the inaugural Canada Cup.

In 1961 Kromm took an underdog team from Trail, British Columbia to a World Championship win over the Russians. The Trail Smoke Eaters represented Canada that year.

Kromm's son, Richard, played ten years in the NHL for the Calgary Flames and New York Islanders.^[3]

Born in Calgary, Alberta. Kromm died from complications of colorectal cancer one day after his 82nd birthday.^[1]

NHL/WHA coaching record

Team	Year	Regular season						Post season
Team	Year	G	W	L	T	Pts	Finish	Result
Winnipeg Jets (WHA)	1975-76	81	52	27	2	106	1st in Canadian	Avco Cup champions
Winnipeg Jets (WHA)	1976-77	80	46	32	2	94	2nd in West	Lost in Avco Cup Finals
Detroit Red Wings (NHL)	1977-78	80	32	34	14	78	2nd in Norris	Lost in Quarter-Finals
Detroit Red Wings (NHL)	1978-79	80	23	41	16	62	5th in Norris	Missed playoffs
Detroit Red Wings (NHL)	1979-80	71	24	36	11	(63)	5th in Norris	(fired)
NHL Total		231	79	111	41

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Former Wings coach Kromm dies". 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
↑ "Norris Winners – Bobby Kromm". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
↑ "Richard Kromm player profile". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-04-26.

Preceded by Bobby Hull	Head coach of the original Winnipeg Jets 1975–77	Succeeded by Larry Hillman
Preceded by Larry Wilson	Head coach of the Detroit Red Wings 1977–80	Succeeded by Ted Lindsay
Preceded by Scotty Bowman	Winner of the Jack Adams Award 1978	Succeeded by Al Arbour

v t e Detroit Red Wings head coaches

Duncan Keats Adams Ivan Skinner Abel Gadsby Harkness Barkley J. Wilson Garvin Delvecchio L. Wilson Kromm Lindsay Maxner Dea Polano Neale Park Demers Murray Bowman Lewis Babcock

Persondata
Name	Kromm, Bobby
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian ice hockey coach
Date of birth	1928-06-08
Place of birth
Date of death	2010-06-09
Place of death

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