Darryl Sutter, Calgary Flames/Head Coach On March 4, 2021, Darryl Sutter was named head coach. This is Sutter's second tenure with the Flames having being hired head coach on December 28, 2002, and coaching until July 12, 2006. From April 11, 2003 to December 28, 2010, he was also the team's general manager. The Flames selected his son Matthew in the first round (third overall) of the 2011 NHL Draft. He is a two-time winner of the Jack Adams Award as the league's best coach, winning in 2009-10 with the Los Angeles Kings and again in 2013-14 with the San Jose Sharks. He is a three-time finalist for the Stanley Cup Championship, including in 2009 with the King's and in 2013 and 2014 with the Sharks. In four seasons with the Flames, he has never missed the playoffs - including two consecutive 100-point seasons - and has won at least 50 games each year. Prior to joining the Flames, Sutter spent nine seasons as head coach of the Los Angeles Kings, leading them to the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals before losing to the Chicago Blackhawks. He replaced Terry Murray who had been fired by the Kings after they failed to make the playoffs. A native of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Sutter played eight seasons in the NHL as a defenseman with the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers and California Golden Seals. He was part of the original group of players signed by the Oilers as free agents in 1979.