Glasgow Clan have announced the appointment of Canadian Jason Morgan as the club’s new head coach and head of hockey operations.
The 46-year-old native of St John’s, Newfoundland, heads to Scotland having previously coached in Germany, Denmark, Hungary and Romania.
During his time in Denmark, Morgan coached the Aalborg Pirates during their inaugural Champions Hockey League campaign in 2018/19.
Furthermore, he enjoyed success in the Erste Liga – winning three play-off championships, two league titles and one Romanian Cup with DVTK Jegesmedvek and SC Csikszereda.
Morgan also had an impressive playing career in the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings, Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild and nearly 600 games in the AHL with eight different clubs.
After an extensive search for a new head coach and head of hockey operations, new Clan owner Michael O’Rourke – of Irish broadcasting company TDL Media which has completed a takeover of the Elite League team – was delighted to make the appointment.
He said: “We’d like to welcome Jason Morgan and his family to the Glasgow Clan.
“From the outset of our search, we wanted to bring someone to the club that had previous coaching and hockey operations experience to compliment the team of people we already have in place.
“Jason comes to the Clan following a highly impressive playing career in North America and Europe.
“Since hanging up his skates and moving into coaching, his success in the Erste Liga as well as coaching Aalborg in the Champions Hockey League has impressed us.
“We’re looking forward to working with Jason during an exciting period coming up for the club and the fantastic Purple Army.”
Following confirmation of his move to Clan, Morgan said: “First, I want to thank Mr Michael O’Rourke and the TDL Media ownership group for giving me this opportunity.
“I’m honoured, and extremely excited for the challenge of leading the Glasgow Clan over the coming years.
“I’ve heard great things about the Clan organisation, the city of Glasgow, Scotland as a country and the tremendous fans that turn up in huge numbers to support the team week after week.
“My family and I are looking forward to joining the Purple Army family.”
Player recruitment and planning for the 2023/24 season is well underway with season tickets on sale from today.
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