Pittsburgh Penguins Title Former New York Rangers Assistant Dan Muse Head Coach

The Pittsburgh Penguins have named Dan Muse the twenty third head coach in franchise historical past, it was introduced as we speak by President of Hockey Operations and Normal Supervisor Kyle Dubas.

“Throughout this course of, we met with many candidates who we felt would have been a match as the subsequent head coach of the Penguins, however finally, Dan Muse stood out as your best option. What separated Dan was his potential to develop gamers, win in any respect ranges the place he has been a head coach and his constant success teaching particular groups within the NHL,” stated Dubas. “From his success in creating faculty and junior gamers, to his impactful work with veteran gamers throughout his time within the NHL, Dan has proven a confirmed potential to attach with gamers in any respect levels of their careers and assist them to achieve their potential.”

“Moreover, his management of particular groups models on the NHL degree in each Nashville and New York produced elite outcomes persistently. His total physique of labor, consideration to element and imaginative and prescient for our group confirmed us that he’s the most effective coach to take our crew ahead. We’re excited to welcome Dan, and his household, to the town of Pittsburgh.”

Muse, 42, joins the Penguins with 20 years of teaching expertise, together with 5 seasons within the NHL as an assistant coach with the New York Rangers (2023-25) and Nashville Predators (2017-20). Muse helped information his groups to a few divisional titles (Nashville in 2017-18 and ’18-19; New York in 2023-24), in addition to two President’s Trophies throughout his 5 seasons within the NHL, with Nashville and New York reaching the feat in 2017-18 and ‘23-24, respectively.

As a part of his duties, Muse ran Nashville’s penalty killing unit, which ranked fourth total within the NHL over his two full seasons (2017-19) with the membership. He assumed the identical position with New York from 2023-25, serving to the Rangers’ penalty kill to the fourth-highest PK success fee and second-best internet penalty killing share in that span.

A local of Canton, Massachusetts, Muse has received championships on the NCAA, USHL, and IIHF U18 and U20 degree.

Muse started his teaching profession on the collegiate degree, primarily spending six seasons with Yale College as an assistant coach (2009-14) and affiliate head coach (2015), serving to the Bulldogs to the Nationwide Championship in 2013. Previous to Yale, he spent one season at Sacred Coronary heart College (2008-09) and Williams Faculty (2007-08) after starting his teaching profession at Milton Academy in 2005.

Following his time on the NCAA degree, Muse served as the pinnacle coach of the Chicago Metal of the US Hockey League from 2015-17. Through the 2016-17 season, Muse led Chicago to the highest document within the Japanese Convention and third-best document within the USHL en path to the franchise’s first-ever Clark Cup Championship.

Muse has substantial expertise with USA Hockey, serving as a head coach on the Nationwide Staff Growth Program from 2020-23. Muse served as the pinnacle coach of the Beneath-18 Staff in 2020-21 and ’22-23, main the squad to the gold medal on the 2023 World Beneath-18 Championship. That season, the crew set a single-season NTDP document with 16 wins over NCAA opponents throughout the common season underneath Muse’s management. He spent the ’21-22 season as the pinnacle coach of the Beneath-17 Staff. All through his three years with the Program, Muse coached the likes of forwards Rutger McGroarty, Ryan Leonard and Will Smith in addition to defensemen Zeev Buium and Luke Hughes throughout their improvement levels.

Moreover on the worldwide stage, Muse served because the video coach at two World Junior Championships (2013, ’14), successful a gold medal in 2013.

Muse graduated from Stonehill Faculty in 2005 the place he loved a four-year taking part in profession earlier than transferring into teaching. He and his spouse, Maureen, have 4 kids–Fiona, Niamh, Kieran and Honora.

The Penguins, who’re within the early levels of a rebuild, parted methods with head coach Mike Sullivan after lacking the postseason for the third consecutive season and ending with a 34-36-7 document (.482 factors share), thirteenth within the Japanese Convention. Pittsburgh recorded a 2.59 goals-per-game common (18th), 3.50 goals-against per sport common (thirtieth), .258 power-play effectivity (sixth), .778 penalty-killing effectivity (18th), and .8991 five-on-five save share (twenty eighth).

Sullivan changed Peter Laviolette because the Rangers’ head coach.

The Boston Bruins are the one crew seeking a brand new head coach.

By Harrison Brown