Chad Johnson leaving Fargo for Lincoln head coaching job

Chad Johnson is finally getting his calling as a USHL Head Coach.  The "associate head coach" a.k.a. the assistant coach of the Fargo Force will be moving on to be the head coach of the Lincoln Stars for the 2010-11 season.  Their current head coach Jimmy McGroarty will now be the "associate head coach".  I heard a rumor about this earlier this year and had it on Twitter on March 25th but the rumor has become reality today.

Sounds like a pretty awkward situation that Chad is getting into with the 2009-10 head coach still being on staff with the Stars.  I can't imagine Jimmy McGroarty would be too happy with the demotion.  As many people know, Chad's brother Steve (current head coach of the Force) coached in Lincoln from their inaugural season to 2006-07.  Chad was an assistant for Steve with the Stars until he got a position in the NAHL with the F-M Jets.  Good luck to Chad in Lincoln.  Here is the link from Lincoln.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

He will be a disaster as a head coach in this league

Anonymous said...

Why do you say that? Sure seems like he's enjoyed some success with kids this age.

ndhockey said...

He's been successful at every level, why wouldn't he be successful as a head coach in the USHL?!

Anonymous said...

Good Luck to Chad! Wonder who the next assistant coach will be?! Hopefully this doesn't affect any of the players on the team going into the playoffs.

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