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Willie Desjardins is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Desjardins was born on February 11, 1957 in Climax, Saskatchewan, Canada. He played junior hockey with the Lethbridge Broncos of the Western Hockey League (WHL) from 1974 to 1977.
Desjardins began his coaching career in the WHL with the Victoria Cougars in 1989. He then moved on to the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Hamilton Bulldogs in 1997. He was the head coach of the Texas Stars of the AHL from 2009 to 2012, and then the head coach of the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL from 2014 to 2017.
Desjardins was named the head coach of the Los Angeles Kings on April 23, 2019. He has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
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67 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius |
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11 February, 1957 |
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11 February |
| Birthplace |
Climax, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Nationality |
Canada |
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Willie Desjardins Height, Weight & Measurements
At 67 years old, Willie Desjardins height is 1.73 m and Weight 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb).
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1.73 m |
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160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb) |
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Who Is Willie Desjardins's Wife?
His wife is Rhonda Carlson-Desjardins (m. 1991)
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Rhonda Carlson-Desjardins (m. 1991) |
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Sheehan Desjardins |
Willie Desjardins Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Willie Desjardins worth at the age of 67 years old? Willie Desjardins’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Canada. We have estimated
Willie Desjardins's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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Timeline
On May 31, 2019, it was announced that Desjardins had been re-hired as head coach and general manager of the Medicine Hat Tigers.
On November 4, 2018, Desjardins was named interim head coach by the Los Angeles Kings after they fired John Stevens. Desjardins' presence did not lead to the team improving as the Kings went 27–34–8 and finished in last place in the Western Conference. One day after the season ended, the Kings announced that they would not bring Desjardins back for the 2019–20 season.
On July 25, 2017, he was named head coach of Canada's men's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, with his university head coach Dave King as an assistant. In December 2017, he led Team Canada to gold at the Spengler Cup in Davos.
From 2010 to 2012, Desjardins served as the associate head coach of the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League before being selected as the head coach of their AHL team in Cedar Park, Texas in June 2012. On June 17, 2014, he led his Texas Stars team to their first Calder Cup Championship.
On June 23, 2014, Desjardins was hired as the head coach for the Vancouver Canucks, replacing John Tortorella, who was dismissed as head coach after one season. On April 10, 2017, he was fired after the team missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season, along with assistants Perry Pearn and Doug Lidster. Desjardins posted a record of 109–110–27 in three seasons with the club.
In 2009, he was the assistant coach of Team Canada's World Junior Gold medal team, under head coach Pat Quinn and alongside fellow assistant coaches Guy Boucher and Dave Cameron. Desjardins was the head coach of Team Canada's 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships team.
Once hired by the Medicine Hat Tigers, Desjardins was instrumental in the Tigers' first playoff appearance in five years in the 2002–03 season, leading them to a Memorial Cup appearance and their 4th WHL championship in 2003–04, and a 96-point Eastern Conference regular season champion 2004–05 season. Desjardins took on the duties of general manager for the 2005–06 season.
Desjardins began his coaching career at the University of Calgary in 1985 as assistant coach and became head coach in 1989. He then coached the Seibu Bears in Japan. He then returned to Canada and became head coach of the Saskatoon Blades, replacing Donn Clark midway through the 1997–98 season. He was then offered a job as an assistant coach for the Canada men's national team.
Desjardins began his hockey career playing in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) for the Moose Jaw Canucks from 1971 to 1974 and split the 1974-75 season between the Moose Jaw Canucks and the Swift Current Broncos (WHL). He played in the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) for the Lethbridge Broncos from 1975 through 1977. He followed his junior hockey career by studying at the University of Saskatchewan and played with the Saskatchewan Huskies under then head coach Dave King, serving as captain of the 1982-83 University of Saskatchewan Huskies hockey team that won the Canadian university championship, after losing back-to-back national championship finals in previous seasons. King recommended him to Alex Andjelic, head coach of Vissers Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Desjardins spent the 1983/84 season in Nijmegen and won, as captain, the first Dutch championship with the club.
Wilbrod "Willie" Desjardins (born February 11, 1957) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and player. He is currently head coach and general manager of the WHL's Medicine Hat Tigers. He has also been the head coach of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks from 2014 to 2017 and the interim head coach for the Los Angeles Kings for the 2018–19 season. In July 2017, he was named head of the coaching staff for Canada's men's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
