Jason O'Leary
Jason O’Leary (born August 17, 1978) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach. He will serve as head coach of the SCL Tigers.
Career[]
Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, O’Leary played ice hockey at St. Thomas University in his hometown of Fredericton. Upon graduation, he worked as a teacher in Alberta and later in British Columbia, while coaching the respective schools’ ice hockey teams.[1] He then also worked in Hockey Canada’s High Performance Program at the U16 and U17 level.[2]
In 2009, he accepted the position as head coach of the Okanagan Hockey Academy in St. Pölten, Austria. During his time in Austria, O’Leary also served as head coach of the country’s U18[3] and U20[4] national teams.
He moved to Switzerland prior to the 2013-14 season, joining the coaching staff of SC Langenthal of the second-tier division National League B (NLB) as an assistant.[5] When Olivier Horak stepped down in December 2014, O’Leary took over the head coaching job at SCL.[6] In the 2016-17 season, he led the team to the NLB title, beating the SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers in the finals.[7] He parted ways with Langenthal after the conclusion of the season and was named assistant coach at National League A club Genève-Servette HC on May 19, 2017.[8]
On May 31, 2018, O'Leary was named head coach of the EVZ Academy, the farm team of EV Zug.[9] He took over the head coaching job of German DEL side Iserlohn Roosters in March 2019.[10] O'Leary was relieved of his duties in February 2021 after losing seven of the previous nine games.[11] The week before, it was announced that he would serve as head coach of Swiss side SCL Tigers from the beginning of the 2021-22 season.[12]
References[]
- ^ "St. Thomas University - Fredericton, NB Canada". w3.stu.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ^ "Swindon | Okanagan Hockey School/Academy". okanaganhockeyacademy.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ^ Artner, Sonja. "Eishockey U-18 WM - 3. Platz". www.borglsp-stpoelten.ac.at. Archived from the original on 2018-02-17. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ^ "New coaches for Austria". www.iihf.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ^ "Actualité - Nouvel entraîneur-assistant à Langenthal | Planète Hockey". Planète Hockey. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ^ Langenthal, SC. "SC Langenthal's coach Olivier Horak steps down, Jason O'Leary takes over". swisshockeynews.ch. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ^ "Rappis Aufstiegsträume sind geplatzt" (in German). Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ HC, Genève-Servette. "Jason O'Leary joins Genève-Servette HC's coaching staff". Retrieved 2017-05-19.
- ^ "Jason O'Leary neuer Head Coach beim EVZ-Farmteam | EVZ". www.evz.ch. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "Wie erwartet: Kanadier Jason O'Leary wird neuer Cheftrainer der Iserlohn Roosters". www.eishockeynews.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ "Eishockey, DEL: Iserlohn Roosters trennen sich von Trainer Jason O'Leary". www1.wdr.de (in German). 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
- ^ "SCL Tigers: Jason O'Leary remplace Franzen". Planète Hockey (in French). Retrieved 2021-03-18.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1978 births
- Canadian ice hockey coaches
- Ice hockey people from New Brunswick
- St. Thomas University (New Brunswick) alumni
- Sportspeople from Fredericton
- Living people