Ryan McGill

Assistant Coach

Ryan McGill is in his first season as Assistant Coach of the Anaheim Ducks in 2025-26. Named to his role July 1, 2025, McGill brings more than 25 years of coaching experience, including 10 as an assistant coach in the NHL. McGill most recently served as an Assistant Coach for the New Jersey Devils (2022-25) and Vegas Golden Knights (2017-22).

With New Jersey, McGill helped the Devils penalty kill rank second in 2024-25 (82.7%) and fourth in 2022-23 (82.6%). McGill helped Vegas become the first NHL expansion team to reach the Stanley Cup Final (2017-18) since St. Louis in 1967-68. Vegas reached three Western Conference Finals (2018, 2020, 2021) and the Stanley Cup Playoffs in four of the team’s first five seasons while McGill led the Golden Knights penalty kill to the NHL’s best mark in 2020-21 (86.8%).

McGill also spent two seasons as an Assistant Coach with Calgary from 2009-11. Prior to his promotion to Calgary’s NHL bench, he spent seven straight seasons as an AHL Head Coach, including Calgary’s primary development affiliates in Quad City (2007-08) and Omaha (2005-07), in addition to leading Hartford from 2003-05.

McGill was a Head Coach in the Canadian Hockey League for nine seasons, compiling a 349-227-64 record (.595%). He was named the Western Hockey League (WHL) Coach of the Year in 2012-13 with Kootenay and Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Coach of the Year in 2016-17 with Owen Sound. While Head Coach of Kootenay (1997-02 and 2012-15), he led the club to a Memorial Cup championship in 2002, and WHL championships in 2000 and 2002. He spent two seasons as Head Coach at Owen Sound from 2015-17. He began his coaching career as an Assistant Coach for the WHL’s Edmonton Ice from 1996-98.

The Sherwood Park, Alberta native also served as Canada’s Assistant Coach at the 2014 World Junior Championship. Selected by Chicago in the second round (29th overall) of the 1987 NHL Draft, McGill earned 4-15=19 points with 391 penalty minutes in 151 career NHL games as a defenseman with Chicago, Philadelphia and Edmonton. He also spent parts of five seasons playing professionally in the AHL and International Hockey League.