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Tim Army
Tim Army
Born	April 26, 1963 (age 61); Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	173 lb (78 kg; 12 st 5 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Right
Played for	Maine Mariners
NHL draft	171st overall, 1981; Colorado Rockies
Playing career	1985–1987
	Coaching career
Biographical details
Alma mater	Providence College
Playing career
1981–1985	Providence
1985–1986	Maine Mariners
1986–1987	Peliitat Heinola
1986–1987	HC Fribourg-Gottéron
Position(s)	Right Wing
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1993	Providence (Assistant)
1991	Team USA (Assistant)
1993	Team USA (Assistant)
1993–1997	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (Assistant)
1994	Team USA (Assistant)
1995–1996	Team USA
1996	Team USA (Assistant)
1997–2002	Washington Capitals (Assistant)
2002–2005	Portland Pirates
2004	Team USA (Assistant)
2005	Team USA
2005–2011	Providence
2011–2017	Colorado Avalanche (Assistant)
2013	Team USA (Assistant)
2017–2018	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (Assistant)
2018–2023	Iowa Wild
2024-Present	Anaheim Ducks (Assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	66–116–28 (.381) [college]

Tim Army (born April 26, 1963) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He currently serves as an assistant coach for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League. Army was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 9th round (171st overall) of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

Army played four seasons at Providence College with the Providence Friars, where during the 1984–85 season he was rewarded for his outstanding play when he was named to the NCAA (East) First All-American Team and was selected as a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award.^[1]

He was inducted into the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame in 2020.

Coaching career

Army played just two professional seasons before retiring due to injury. He returned to the Friars in serving as an assistant coach from 1988 to 1993, before accepting an NHL assistant coaching role with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim from 1993 to 1997. After five seasons with the Washington Capitals as an assistant, Army secured his first head coach role with the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League (AHL) in 2002.

In 2005, Army left the Pirates to take up the head coaching role with Providence College. Army directed the Friars program for six seasons before he returned to the NHL with the Colorado Avalanche as a video coach for the 2011–12 season. He was elevated to an assistant coach for the following season under Joe Sacco. He continued in an assistant coach role over the next five seasons under Sacco, Patrick Roy and Jared Bednar before his release from the club following the 2016–17 season.^[2]

Army then became an assistant coach for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the AHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2017–18 season.^[3] After one season, he was hired as the head coach of the Iowa Wild, the AHL affiliate of the Minnesota Wild, for the 2018–19 season.^[4]

Army has served as an assistant coach for the United States men's national ice hockey team at the 1994 and 1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, and at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, and also the 2012 World Cup of Hockey

Army was hired by the Anaheim Ducks for the 2024-25 NHL Season. This is his second stint with the team. First under head coach Greg Cronin.

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Providence Friars (Hockey East) (2005–2011)
2005–06	Providence	17–16–3	14–10–3	5th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2006–07	Providence	10–23–3	9–15–3	8th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2007–08	Providence	14–17–5	11–11–5	5th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2008–09	Providence	7–22–5	4–18–5	t-9th
2009–10	Providence	10–20–4	5–18–4	10th
2010–11	Providence	8–18–8	4–16–7	9th
Providence:		66–116–28	47–88–27
Total:		66–116–28
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion