Head Coach

Marco Sturm enters his first season as the Head Coach of the Boston Bruins, having been named as the 30th position on June 5, 2025. He is the 14th former Bruin to serve as the head coach of the team.

Sturm came to the Bruins following seven seasons in the Los Angeles Kings organization as an Assistant Coach from 2018-22. He was elevated to their Head Coach of the Ontario Reign (American Hockey League) for the previous three seasons from 2022-25, with a record of 119-80-11-6 and three straight playoff berths.

The native of Dingolfing, Germany turned to the coaching ranks at the conclusion of his playing career, serving as the Head Coach and General Manager for the German Men’s National Team for four seasons. He led Germany to a Silver-medal finish in the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, becoming the first German team to ever appear in the Gold-medal game and the first German team to make the Olympic podium since 1976. His coaching career with the team included a Deutschland Cup title in 2015 and consecutive quarterfinal appearances at the 2016 and 2017 IIHF Men’s World Championships, their best team placements since 2011.

Sturm spent 14 NHL seasons with 938 career games with San Jose, Boston, Los Angeles, Vancouver, and Florida from 1997-2012. He had 242 goals and 245 assists for 487 career NHL points, including four 20-goal seasons and 106-87=193 totals in 302 career games in a Boston uniform. Bruins career highlights included the game-winning overtime goal for the Bruins at the 2010 Winter Classic at Fenway Park and the game-winning score at 17:23 of regulation in game six of the 2008 Boston-Montreal series. He was drafted by San Jose as their 21st overall selection in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft and played eight Sharks seasons before his November, 2005 trade to Boston. He had seven 20-plus-goal, and six 40-plus-point campaigns, including a career-high 59 points in 2005-06.

He retired as a player at the end of 2012, and remains the NHL’s all-time leader with 938 games played and second all-time in points among German-born players. He represented Germany in three Olympic Games (1998, 2002 and 2010), four IIHF Men’s World Championships (1997, 2001, 2004 and 2008) and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.