NHL Veteran Rick Bowness Retires After Decades-Long Coaching Career

Rick Bowness concludes his extensive NHL tenure, leaving a legacy marked by significant team achievements and personal milestones.

Rick Bowness announced his retirement as head coach of the Winnipeg Jets, ending a 38-season career in the NHL.
Bowness, recognized for leading the Dallas Stars to the 2020 Stanley Cup Final, also achieved a record 52 wins with the Jets this season.
He becomes one of only three coaches to have served in the NHL across five decades, joining the ranks of Scotty Bowman and Pat Quinn.
Under his leadership, the Jets secured back-to-back playoff appearances, though both ended in first-round exits.
No immediate successor has been named as Winnipeg now faces a coaching vacancy.