1.   Club insiders said team president Mike Brown first offered the job to linebacker coach Mark Duffner, the only Coslet assistant with head coaching experience.

2.   Coyotes General Manager Bobby Smith had said he hoped to surround Francis with someone who has NHL head coaching experience.

3.   He came to Pepperdine after four seasons as a Bruins assistant with those lofty expectations, even though he had never had collegiate head coaching experience.

4.   He said he will consider coaches with coordinator experience at the I-A level but someone with head coaching experience would be a plus.

5.   His only head coaching experience had been at Troy State.

6.   I say that despite his age and glaring lack of head coaching experience.

7.   It will be someone with previous NHL head coaching experience, he said.

8.   Midway through last season, Waddell told Fraser that he was looking to hire somebody with NHL coaching experience for the Thrashers.

9.   Not only did DiCicco have no professional, college or head coaching experience, his four children are boys.

10.   Sampson, whose only head coaching experience was at Santa Clara University, is attempting to make the most of his chance.