Barry Trotz

Who is Barry Trotz?

Barry Trotz is the head coach of the National Hockey League's Nashville Predators. He was previously the coach of the American Hockey League's Baltimore Skipjacks and Portland Pirates, with whom he won an AHL championship in 1994. That same year, he won the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award, which is awarded to the outstanding coach in the AHL as voted upon by the AHL Broadcasters and Writers. With the firing of Lindy Ruff by the Buffalo Sabres on February 20, 2013, Trotz, the only coach the Predators have ever known in their 15-year history, became the longest-tenured head coach in the NHL. He is also the second-longest tenured coach in the four major North American professional leagues, behind only Gregg Popovich of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs.