{"id":214406,"date":"2026-07-08T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.betmgm.ca\/en\/blog\/?post_type=article-new&#038;p=214406"},"modified":"2026-07-15T12:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:18:39","slug":"who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22","status":"publish","type":"article-new","link":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/nhl\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is the Edmonton Oilers Head Coach?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who is the Edmonton Oilers head coach? I answer that question while profiling the team\u2019s controversial bench boss. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":231443,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[697],"team":[319],"league":[693],"level":[],"sport":[689],"gender":[],"bettingpreview":[],"event":[],"class_list":["post-214406","article-new","type-article-new","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","team-edmonton-oilers","league-nhl","sport-ice-hockey"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who Is the Edmonton Oilers Head Coach? | BetMGM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Who is the Edmonton Oilers head coach? I answer that question while profiling the team\u2019s controversial bench boss.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/nhl\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who Is the Edmonton Oilers Head Coach?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Who is the Edmonton Oilers head coach? I answer that question while profiling the team\u2019s controversial bench boss.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/nhl\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BetMGM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-15T19:18:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nhl-who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-betmgm.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"610\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/nhl\\\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/nhl\\\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Gary Pearson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9d04c232de17b9dbf37cef2c1270fc24\"},\"headline\":\"Who Is the Edmonton Oilers Head Coach?\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-08T15:00:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-15T19:18:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/nhl\\\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":26,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/nhl\\\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/nhl-who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-betmgm.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2026\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/nhl\\\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/nhl\\\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\\\/\",\"name\":\"Who Is the Edmonton Oilers Head Coach? | BetMGM\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/nhl\\\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/nhl\\\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/nhl-who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-betmgm.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-08T15:00:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-15T19:18:39+00:00\",\"description\":\"Who is the Edmonton Oilers head coach? I answer that question while profiling the team\u2019s controversial bench boss.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/nhl\\\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/nhl\\\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/nhl\\\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/nhl-who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-betmgm.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/nhl-who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-betmgm.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":610,\"caption\":\"(AP Photo\\\/Gene J. Puskar)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/nhl\\\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Who Is the Edmonton Oilers Head Coach?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"BetMGM\",\"description\":\"Sports blog\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"BETMGM\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sports.betmgm.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/author-image.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sports.betmgm.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/author-image.jpg\",\"width\":297,\"height\":297,\"caption\":\"BETMGM\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9d04c232de17b9dbf37cef2c1270fc24\",\"name\":\"Gary Pearson\",\"description\":\"Gary Pearson is a freelance sports writer specializing in hockey, soccer, and NFL coverage. He has contributed to various sports and sports betting publications, including Covers.com, Yardbarker, NJ.com, the Miami Herald, the Canadian Press, and the Calgary Herald.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/newagejourno\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.betmgm.ca\\\/en\\\/sports\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/gary-pearson\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Who Is the Edmonton Oilers Head Coach? | BetMGM","description":"Who is the Edmonton Oilers head coach? I answer that question while profiling the team\u2019s controversial bench boss.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/nhl\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Who Is the Edmonton Oilers Head Coach?","og_description":"Who is the Edmonton Oilers head coach? I answer that question while profiling the team\u2019s controversial bench boss.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/nhl\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\/","og_site_name":"BetMGM","article_modified_time":"2026-07-15T19:18:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":610,"url":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nhl-who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-betmgm.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/nhl\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/nhl\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\/"},"author":{"name":"Gary Pearson","@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9d04c232de17b9dbf37cef2c1270fc24"},"headline":"Who Is the Edmonton Oilers Head Coach?","datePublished":"2026-07-08T15:00:32+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-15T19:18:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/nhl\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\/"},"wordCount":26,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/nhl\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nhl-who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-betmgm.jpg","articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-CA","copyrightYear":"2026","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/nhl\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\/","url":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/nhl\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\/","name":"Who Is the Edmonton Oilers Head Coach? | BetMGM","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/nhl\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/nhl\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nhl-who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-betmgm.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-08T15:00:32+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-15T19:18:39+00:00","description":"Who is the Edmonton Oilers head coach? I answer that question while profiling the team\u2019s controversial bench boss.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/nhl\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/nhl\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/nhl\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nhl-who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-betmgm.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nhl-who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-betmgm.jpg","width":1080,"height":610,"caption":"(AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/nhl\/who-is-edmonton-oilers-head-coach-bm22\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Who Is the Edmonton Oilers Head Coach?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/","name":"BetMGM","description":"Sports blog","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/#organization","name":"BETMGM","url":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sports.betmgm.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/author-image.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sports.betmgm.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/author-image.jpg","width":297,"height":297,"caption":"BETMGM"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9d04c232de17b9dbf37cef2c1270fc24","name":"Gary Pearson","description":"Gary Pearson is a freelance sports writer specializing in hockey, soccer, and NFL coverage. He has contributed to various sports and sports betting publications, including Covers.com, Yardbarker, NJ.com, the Miami Herald, the Canadian Press, and the Calgary Herald.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/newagejourno"],"url":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/author\/gary-pearson\/"}]}},"permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-new\/214406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-new"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article-new"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-new\/214406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214406"},{"taxonomy":"team","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team?post=214406"},{"taxonomy":"league","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/league?post=214406"},{"taxonomy":"level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/level?post=214406"},{"taxonomy":"sport","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sport?post=214406"},{"taxonomy":"gender","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gender?post=214406"},{"taxonomy":"bettingpreview","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bettingpreview?post=214406"},{"taxonomy":"event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betmgm.ca\/en\/sports\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event?post=214406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}