John Hynes

John Hynes is a retired American ice hockey player and the current head coach for the Nashville Predators of the NHL.

College playing career
A 1997 graduate of Boston University, Hynes was a three-year letterman for the Terriers as a forward and participated in four straight NCAA Frozen Four tournaments. In 1995 Boston University captured the 1995 NCAA Division I National Championship in front of Hynes' home crowd in Providence, Rhode Island. Hynes earned a bachelor's degree in health and physical education.

College coaching
Hynes was a former assistant coach at the University of Massachusetts Lowell during the 2000-01 season. The 2002-03 season, he became an assistant coach for the University of Wisconsin.

USA Hockey
After the 2002-03 season, Hynes spent the next six seasons as a head coach with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, posting an overall record of 216-113-19-9. In 2008-09 he was head coach of the U.S. Under-17 Development Team, posting a 42-17-6 record.

Hynes also lead the U.S. Under-18 national team to three medals at the World Under-18 Championships, a gold in 2006, silver in 2004 and bronze in 2008. He was head coach of the U.S. national team at the 2008 World Junior championships, and was an assistant coach on the 2004 U.S. team that won a gold medal at the World Junior event.

Hynes also was the head coach at the 2016 World Championship and the assistant coach at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey and 2019 World Championship.

WBS Penguins
On August 4, 2009, Hynes was named an assistant coach for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, by general manager Ray Shero. He served as an assistant under coach Todd Reirden. On July 31, 2010, the WBS Penguins announced that Hynes would be the teams new head coach, after Reirden was promoted to an assistant level for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

New Jersey Devils
Hynes coached the Devils since 2015 as the head coach. He was fired in the 2019-20 mid-season.

Nashville Predators
After he was fired from Devils, he became the head coach of the Nashville Predators.