Brent Peterson
Nashville - Assistant Coach
Years Coached:1 year
Last Season Coached:2010-2011
Brent Peterson enters his 13th season as a member of the Predators’ coaching staff. He was originally appointed to the position of assistant coach on June 19, 1998 and was promoted to associate coach on June 19, 2003. Peterson has helped guide the team to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in five of its last six seasons.
Peterson joined the Predators after serving as head coach of the Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) for seven seasons, posting a 201-138-20 mark. During the 1997-98 season, the Winter Hawks were a league-best 53-14-5 and captured the WHL Championship and the Canadian Hockey League’s Memorial Cup. He was originally appointed co-coach in 1991-92 and was named head coach for the 1993-94 season. He recorded 40-or-more victories on four occasions and helped develop NHL first-round picks Adam Deadmarsh (1993), Jason Wiemer (1994), Brenden Morrow (1997) and Marian Hossa (1997).

Prior to joining Portland, the Calgary, Alta., native spent two seasons (1989-91) as an assistant coach with the Hartford Whalers (NHL) following his retirement as a player. The former Detroit first-round pick (1978) played 11 NHL seasons from 1978-89 with Detroit, Buffalo, Vancouver and Hartford. He appeared in 620 NHL games, collecting 213 points (72g-141a) and 484 penalty minutes. Peterson was known as one of the NHL’s top defensive forwards and penalty killers.

Peterson teaches area hockey coaches through the Predators’ Coaches Clinic series during each season. He is also active in many of the Predators’ community-relations initiatives and served as the head coach for Middle Tennessee State University’s club team in 2004-05.

In 2007, he established the Peterson for Parkinson’s Foundation to benefit Parkinson’s Disease research, education and support groups. The Foundation holds a dinner/auction event, a celebrity golf tournament and a golf scramble each year, in addition to sponsoring a team for the Country Music Marathon.

Brent and his wife, Tami, reside in Franklin, Tenn. They have three children: Ryan, Brad and Kristin.