John Hynes

John Hynes (born February 10, 1975) is an American professional ice hockey coach who is the head coach of the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL).

He previously served as head coach of the New Jersey Devils and Nashville Predators.

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.

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.

Hynes was a former assistant coach at the University of Massachusetts Lowell during the 2000–01 season.

In the 2002–03 season, he became an assistant coach for the University of Wisconsin.

After the 2002–03 season, Hynes spent the next six seasons as a head coach with USA Hockey's National Team Development Program.

He posted an overall record of 216–113–19–9 as the team's head coach.

Hynes also led 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.

In 2008–09, he was the head coach of the U.S. Under-17 Development Team, posting a 42–17–6 record.

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.

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 team's new head coach, after Reirden was promoted to an assistant coaching position for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Under Hynes, the WBS Penguins qualified for the playoffs in all five seasons, reaching the conference finals twice.

On June 2, 2015, Hynes was named as head coach of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL), replacing Scott Stevens and Adam Oates.

He became the youngest head coach in the NHL for the 2015–16 season.

On April 5, 2018, Hynes coached the Devils to their first playoff appearance since the 2011–12 season.

However, they lost in the First Round to the Tampa Bay Lightning in five games.

On January 3, 2019, Hynes signed a multi-year contract extension with the Devils.

On December 3, 2019, Hynes was fired by the Devils and was replaced by assistant coach Alain Nasreddine.

On January 7, 2020, Hynes was named as head coach of the Nashville Predators, replacing Peter Laviolette.

Hynes was fired on May 30, 2023, after parts of four seasons in Nashville.

On November 27, 2023, Hynes was appointed head coach of the Minnesota Wild.

Hynes was inducted into the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame in 2023.