Mike Sullivan has been named the head coach of Team USA for the 2025 Four Nations Face-Off and the 2026 United States Men’s Olympic Hockey Team.
San Jose Sharks head coach David Quinn will face his good friend Mike Sullivan for the 16th time tonight.
The four longest-tenured coaches in the NHL are Jon Cooper (hired in 2013), Mike Sullivan (2015), Jared Bednar (2016), and Rod Brind’Amour (2018).
When former Penguins’ General Manager Jim Rutherford promoted Mike Sullivan to be the Penguins’ head coach on December 15, 2015, he knew what he was getting.
Being an assistant coach in the NHL is a pretty sweet gig. You get paid less than the top guy, for sure, but you also get fewer hours, fewer meetings, fewer non-hockey responsibilities, fewer headaches.
Sullivan says facing Bruins in ballpark of his youth ‘thrill of a lifetime’.
Another Pittsburgh Penguins franchise mark goes to Mike Sullivan.
In his eighth season as head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Mike Sullivan is able to add another achievement to his resume.
It was December 13, 2015, in downtown Pittsburgh.
Ever since Mike Sullivan took over behind the Penguins bench, he has hosted coaches’ meetings for the Pittsburgh, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Wheeling staffs prior to the start of each season.
The game’s longest-tenured coach is staying right where he is. Last week, head coach Mike Sullivan and the Pittsburgh Penguins agreed to a three-year contract extension that will keep the two-time Stanley Cup-winning bench boss in the Steel City through the 2026-27 season.
The Pittsburgh Penguins and head coach Mike Sullivan have agreed to a three-year contract extension, it was announced today by General Manager Ron Hextall.
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