Sports team management changes
Maryland hires Skinn as assistant for Willard's staff

Mar. 24, 2022 05:55 PM EDT
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland hired Tony Skinn as an assistant for new basketball coach Kevin Willard's staff. The school announced the move...

Seattle Kraken NHL hockey team pro scout Cammi Granato poses with her new book, "I Can Play Too," Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Seattle. For years, Hockey Hall of Famer Granato was asked to write a book about her experience in becoming one of the finest women's hockey players of all time. She finally has, but on her own terms and with a specific audience in mind—kids. And while her book is based around hockey and her personal experiences, Granato is hoping the message can resonate beyond the ice. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Canucks hire Cammi Granato as an assistant general manager

Feb. 10, 2022 01:23 PM EST

Colliton elevated to Canada coach after Julien gets hurt

Jan. 30, 2022 12:19 PM EST
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Jeremy Colliton has been elevated to head coach of Canada’s men’s hockey team for the Beijing Olympics after Claude Julien was sidelined by...

Julien named coach, Doan GM of Canada's Olympic hockey team

Jan. 14, 2022 02:48 PM EST
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Claude Julien was named coach of Canada's men's hockey team for the Beijing Olympics on Friday, and Shane Doan was named general manager. ...

FILE - New York Rangers coach David Quinn gestures from the bench during the third period of the team's NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins in Boston on Jan. 19, 2019. On Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, Quinn was named the U.S. men's hockey coach and John Vanbiesbrouck general manager for the upcoming Winter Olympics after the NHL decided not to send players to Beijing. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)
U.S. names Quinn coach, Vanbiesbrouck GM for no-NHL Olympics

By Stephen Whyno Dec. 27, 2021 04:52 PM EST

FILE - Kunlun Red Star Beijing players look at a scoreboard during the Kontinental Hockey League ice hockey match between Kunlun Red Star Beijing and Amur Khabarovsk in Mytishchi, just outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. China will take part in the men’s hockey tournament at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing after initial concerns that the team would be embarrassed on home ice against NHL-level competition. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Without the NHL, Russia emerges as favorite for Olympic gold

By James Ellingworth Dec. 23, 2021 01:03 AM EST

FILE -Canada defenseman Shea Weber, left, trips over USA forward David Backes during the third period of a men's semifinal ice hockey game at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. NHL players will not take part in the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing after all. A person with direct knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press the league is going to withdraw from the Olympics after the regular-season schedule was disrupted by coronavirus outbreaks, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021.(AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
NHL announces players won't be allowed to go to Olympics

By Stephen Whyno Dec. 22, 2021 10:53 AM EST

This Sept. 27, 2021, photo provided by U.S. Ski & Snowboard shows President and CEO Sophie Goldschmidt posed outside the USANA Center of Excellence in Park City, Utah. The new President and CEO of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association has vivid memories of her first time clicking into boots on a mountain in Chamonix, France, during a school trip at age 12. Sophie Goldschmidt’s best sport was always tennis — that’s what brought her from London to Baylor University on a scholarship — but the affinity for skiing stuck.(Sarah Brunson/U.S. Ski & Snowboard via AP)
New CEO of US skiing 'confident' of Olympic results, medals

By Pat Graham And Howard Fendrich Dec. 08, 2021 04:22 PM EST

Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve poses with her ceremonial jersey during a press conference to announce she'd been named the head coach of women's USA Basketball, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, at the Target Center in Minneapolis. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP)
Cheryl Reeve named USA Basketball women's team coach

By Doug Feinberg Dec. 07, 2021 08:22 PM EST

FILE - United States' head coach Dejan Udovicic yells at his players after a loss to Hungary in a preliminary round men's water polo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Udovicic, 51, was hired in 2013 after coaching Serbia to bronze at the London Olympics. The U.S. stumbled in Rio, going 2-3 and finishing 10th, but it showed signs of growth in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
US water polo coaches returning for Paris Olympics

By Jay Cohen Dec. 07, 2021 09:01 AM EST

Two-time Olympian Clarissa Chun speaks at a press conference where she was introduced as the coach of the new Iowa women's wrestling program in Iowa City, Iowa, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP)
'No better place': Iowa's new women's wrestling coach ready

By John Bohnenkamp Nov. 19, 2021 03:39 PM EST

FILE - In this June 4, 2012, file photo, former assistant United States Attorney Reid Schar speaks during an interview in Chicago. The Chicago Blackhawks are holding a briefing Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, to discuss the findings of an investigation into allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted a player in 2010. Team owner Rocky Wirtz, CEO Danny Wirtz and former federal prosecutor Reid Schar, who ran the investigation, are scheduled to speak. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
Blackhawks GM resigns, team fined after sexual assault probe

By Jay Cohen And Stephen Whyno Oct. 26, 2021 06:09 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2020, file photo, Florida Panthers head coach and former Chicago Blackhawks coach, Joel Quenneville, responds to a question during his first visit back to Chicago as a head coach before an NHL hockey game between the Blackhawks and Panthers. The Blackhawks are holding a briefing Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, to discuss the findings of an investigation into allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted a player in 2010. The Blackhawks pledged to release the findings of the investigation, which general manager Stan Bowman, former coach Quenneville and others who were in the organization at the time agreed to cooperate with. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Bowman out as GM of US men's Olympic hockey team

By Jay Cohen And Stephen Whyno Oct. 26, 2021 05:54 PM EDT

United States players celebrate winning the women's volleyball semifinal match between Serbia and United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
US women seek to complete quest for 1st volleyball gold

By Josh Dubow Aug. 06, 2021 09:26 PM EDT

Japan head coach Thomas Hovasse hugs Saki Hayashi after a women's basketball quarterfinal round game against Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Not so crazy: Hovasse, Japan making women's hoops history

By Teresa M. Walker Aug. 05, 2021 03:44 AM EDT

FILE - Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan disagrees with a penalty called during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the New Jersey Devils in Pittsburgh, in this Saturday, April 24, 2021, file photo. Mike Sullivan has been named U.S. men’s hockey coach for the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. Sullivan will be behind the bench if the NHL participates. No deal is currently in place. Sullivan coached the Penguins to back-to-back Stanley Cup titles in 2016 and 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Mike Sullivan named US men's hockey coach for 2022 Olympics

By Stephen Whyno Jul. 28, 2021 10:56 AM EDT

FILE - Meghan Duggan (10), of the United States, and Russian athlete Yekaterina Nikolayeva (76) chase the puck during the first period of the preliminary round of the women's hockey game at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, in this Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, file photo. Former U.S. national team captain Meghan Duggan was named manager of player development for the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, the latest prominent women's hockey player to join an NHL team's front office. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
Devils hire Meghan Duggan as manager of player development

By Stephen Whyno May. 19, 2021 12:54 PM EDT

FILE - United States' assistant coach Jennifer Rizzotti watches during the second half of an exhibition basketball game in Hartford, Conn., in this Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, file photo. Rizzotti, who was the point guard on UConn's first national championship team before playing professionally and then embarking on a career as a college basketball coach, has been named president of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun, the team announced Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
Connecticut Sun's Rizzotti to continue as Olympic assistant

By Pat Eaton-Robb Apr. 27, 2021 05:26 PM EDT

FILE - Minnesota Wild NHL hockey team owner Craig Leipold, left, laughs with new team general manager Bill Guerin at an introductory press conference in St. Paul, Minn., in this Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, file photo. USA Hockey announced Wednesday, March 31, 2021, that Guerin will be the assistant general manager of the 2022 U.S. Olympic Men's ice hockey team.(David Joles/Star Tribune via AP, File)
Blackhawks' Bowman named as GM of 2022 US Olympic men's team

By John Wawrow Mar. 31, 2021 04:58 PM EDT

FILE - Buffalo Sabres head coach Ralph Kruege looks on during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Buffalo, N.Y., in this Saturday, March 13, 2021, file photo. The Sabres fired coach Ralph Krueger on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes, File)
Sabres fire coach Krueger while in midst of 12-game skid

By John Wawrow Mar. 17, 2021 09:09 AM EDT