According to multiple reports, the Philadelphia Flyers have reportedly hired former Washington Capitals head coach and one-time Stanley Cup champion Todd Reirden as an assistant coach, completing their coaching staff for the 2025-26 season.
Reirden, 53, last coached in the NHL in the 2023-24 season, serving as an associate coach on former Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan’s staff.
Reirden spent eight seasons coaching with the Penguins at the NHL level, which were abbreviated by a six-year stint with the Capitals.
In those six years, the former NHL defenseman spent two as an assistant coach, two as an associate coach, and two as the head coach of the Capitals.
Overall, in his lone two seasons as an NHL head coach, Reirden went 89-46-16 with the Capitals, including a 104-point finish in the 2018-19 season. However, the Capitals were just 5-10 in the postseason under Reirden’s watch, leading to his dismissal on Aug. 20, 2020 ahead of the 2020-21 season.
The 14-year veteran coach won the Stanley Cup with the Capitals as an associate coach in the 2017-18 season.
With Reirden now reportedly in the fold, the Flyers have made all the necessary hires to complete their coaching staff for the 2025-26 season.
Rick Tocchet, now tasked with leading his old Flyers back to glory, will be joined by his former Vancouver Canucks assistant Yogi Svejkovsky, former Detroit Red Wings assistant coach Jay Varady, and now Reirden.
Svejkovsky will run the Flyers’ power play, while Reirden will replace former interim head coach Brad Shaw and take charge of the defense and penalty kill.
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