June 30, 2022

Coaching Staff

Red Wings Hire Derek Lalonde as Head Coach

Detroit has hired former Tampa Bay Lightning Assistant Coach Derek Lalonde as the team’s new Head Coach.

Dereck Lalonde was hired as the Red Wing’s head coach, replacing former Head Coach Jeff Blashill. Lalonde was most recently an assistant coach for the Tampa Bay Lightning, where he won two Stanley Cups in 2020 & 2021 and reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 2022. Lalonde was hired as a Lightning assistant in 2018 by then-GM Steve Yzerman.

Lalonde has coached professionally since 1998 making stops at Ferris State University, the University of Denver, the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL, the Toledo Walley (Red Wings’ Affiliate) of the ECHL, and the Iowa Wild of the AHL.

 

Coaching Career

 

Season Team League Role
1995-97 North Adams State College NCAA III Asst. Coach
1997-98 Mass. College of Liberal Arts NCAA III Asst. Coach
1998-00 Lebanon Valley College NCAA III Asst. Coach
2000-02 Hamilton College NCAA III Asst. Coach
2002-06 Ferris State University NCAA Asst. Coach
2006-11 University of Denver NCAA Asst. Coach
2011-14 Green Bay Gamblers USHL GM / Head Coach
2014-16 Toledo Walleye ECHL Head Coach
2016-18 Iowa Wild AHL Head Coach
2018-22 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Asst. Coach
2022-Present Detroit Red Wings NHL Head Coach

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