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Dallas Stars new head coach Glen Gulutzan, left, and general manager Jim Nill hold up a team jersey after Gulutzan was introduced during an NHL hockey news conference, Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. (AP Photo/Stephen Hawkins)

Gulutzan says the Stars were right not keeping him as coach 12 years ago, and now bringing him back

Glen Gulutzan believes the Dallas Stars have twice made the right decision about his coaching career. First by not keeping him as their head coach 12 years ago and now bringing him back in that same role. The Stars reintroduced Gulutzan as their coach Wednesday. Gulutzan and the franchise are both in much different places than back then. He was introduced by general manager Jim Nill, who was new to the job in 2013 when he decided against retaining Gulutzan, who had been the Stars head coach for two seasons in his first NHL job.

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