Who picks the assistant coaches? the gm or the head coach?

Question

Who picks the assistant coaches? the gm or the head coach?

Answer 1

To answer your question, they work together, the coach and the gm talk,  they have a set style of play, the coach knows best what the teams needs to improve, and what qualifications the AC needs, the GM then talks contracts with the coach

Answer 2

Ha! Don't tell me you don't know!

Answer 3

It works all different ways.

Under ideal circumstances the coach has the most say in picking assistants. In some cases, a coach will get fired, and the new coach will get stuck with the old assistants. Or sometime a GM will hire an assistant coach who he thinks will make a good head coach in case the current coach screws up.

Answer 4

Different teams do it differently...............Keith Acton has worked for 3 coaches in Toronto, meanwhile, Mike Babcock brought Paul MacLean with him from Anaheim.  Similarly, Roland Melanson has been an assistant coach in Montreal for 11 years serving under 5 coaches.