Campbell makes NHL coaching history
When Dan Bylsma went searching for an assistant coach to join him on the Seattle Kraken’s bench, he wasn’t out to make history; he was simply looking for the best coach available.
October 21, 2024
In Jessica Campbell, he thinks he got both. The best coach available and an historic hire -- the first female coach in the National Hockey League.
Campbell, who grew up in Rocanville, a small mining town in eastern Saskatchewan, was eminently qualified for the historic post. A hockey lifer, she has paid her dues on the ice and in the coaching ranks, and now she has almost reached the mountaintop.
Only one step remains, and that would be a head coach. Only time will tell if the best hockey league in the world is ready for that, but Campbell's credentials are strong and if a woman is ever named to a head coaching position, it would surprise no one if it were her.
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