Is set to coach Team USA at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, China
Led the Penguins to back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2016 and '17 to become the first American-born coach in NHL history to win multiple Cups
Is the second head coach to win Stanley Cups in each of his first two seasons behind the bench with a team, joining Toe Blake (Montreal, 1956-58)
Orchestrated one of the most dramatic turnarounds in NHL history in 2015-16. Began the year as bench boss for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton but was promoted to Pittsburgh on Dec. 12. Led the Penguins from ninth place in the Eastern Conference to the second-best record in the conference, posting a 33-12-5 mark to finish the year, en route to a Stanley Cup championship
Helped steer a club that suffered 286 man-games lost in 2016-17, including 139 from March 1 to the end of the season, to a 50-21-11 mark - becoming the third coach in team history to win 50 games. Even without All-Star defenseman Kris Letang, who was unavailable after Feb. 15 due to a herniated disc, Sullivan led the team to the second-best overall record in the NHL and to a second consecutive Stanley Cup title
Became only the second AHL head coach promoted to the NHL mid-season to win the Cup (Dan Bylsma, Pittsburgh, 2009)
Signed a four-year contract extension through 2023-24
Has 18 years of NHL (Pittsburgh, Boston), AHL (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Providence) and international coaching experience
Has a career NHL head coaching record of 321-187-81 with two Stanley Cup championships (Pittsburgh, 2016, '17) and two division championships (Pittsburgh, East, 2021; Boston, Northeast, 2003-04) on his resume
Served two seasons as the head coach of the Boston Bruins from 2003-06. Led Boston to a Northeast Division crown in his first season as head coach (2003-04) with a 41-19-22 mark for 104 points
Compiled record of 41-17-9-4 with the Providence Bruins before his promotion to Boston
Spent seven years as an NHL assistant coach with Tampa Bay (2007-08), the New York Rangers ('09-13) and Vancouver ('13-14)
Spent 2014-15 season as a member of the Stanley Cup-winning Chicago Blackhawks' player development staff, mainly in charge of the development of forward prospects
Served as an assistant coach for the United States at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey
Served as head coach for the United States national team at the 2007 World Championship and as an assistant at the 2006 Olympics
Sullivan, 53, is a native of Marshfield, Massachusetts
Playing Career
Appeared in more than 700 games over an 11-season NHL career with San Jose, Calgary, Boston and Phoenix
Recorded 54 goals, including 16 shorthanded tallies, and 136 points in 709 career games
Drafted by the New York Rangers in the fourth round (69th overall) of the 1987 NHL Draft
Played four years collegiately at Boston University, serving as the Terriers captain as a senior
Represented Team USA at the 1988 World Junior Championship and the 1997 World Championship
