Mike Yeo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mike Yeo
Occupation	Hockey Coach
Date Of Birth	Jul 31, 1973(1973-07-31)
Age	51
Birthplace	North Bay
Country	Canada
Horoscope	Cancer

Mike Yeo Biography

Mike Yeo is one of the most popular and richest Hockey Coach who was born on July 31, 1973 in North Bay, Canada. NHL coach who was named the Minnesota Wild’s head coach in 2011.

In 2012, he began to coach He began coaching Zach Parise on the Minnesota Wild in 2012. for the Minnesota Wild.

Yeo spent five seasons with the Houston Aeros while they were members of the International Hockey League (IHL). In 1998–99, he captained the team to the Turner Cup Championship.

In 1999, Yeo was signed as a minor league veteran by the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the top affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins at the onset of their inaugural season, in what would eventually become the first of eleven years of service with the Pittsburgh Penguins organization. After a serious knee injury ended his playing career after just 19 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Yeo accepted an offer to remain with the team by becoming an assistant to head coach Glenn Patrick, a position he continued to hold when Michel Therrien replaced Patrick in 2003. Yeo was promoted along with Therrien in 2005 to the Pittsburgh Penguins as Therrien’s assistant after the firing of Eddie Olczyk and his coaching staff. With his primary responsibilities focused towards special teams, Yeo aided Therrien in laying the groundwork for the Penguins rebuild towards future successes, ending the franchise’s six-year playoff absence in the 2006–07 season, and leading the Penguins to their second- highest points total in franchise history in 2007–08. Continuing to work as an assistant under Therrien’s successor, Dan Bylsma, Yeo began to have health issues with his blood pressure and in one game “felt lightheaded and dizzy and had chest pain… [his] blood pressure was really high” although he persevered and helped the team to a Stanley Cup victory in 2009.

He is the father of Braeden and Kyler with Tanya.

Mike Yeo Net Worth

Mike Yeo is one of the richest Hockey Coach from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mike Yeo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

As an assistant coach to the Pittsburgh Penguins, he was also the head coach for the AHL’s Houston Aeros.

He was a hockey player in the IHL, but never made it to NHL.

Michael Yeo (born July 31, 1973) is a Canadian professional ice hockey assistant coach for the Philadelphia Flyers and former player. He is the former head coach of the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). Yeo grew up in North Bay, Ontario. He had been an assistant coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins and head coach of the American Hockey League’s Houston Aeros.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Mike Yeo Dating?

According to our records, Mike Yeo married to Tanya Yeo. As of December 1, 2023, Mike Yeo’s is not dating anyone.

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With the hirings of Jeff Blashill by Detroit and John Hynes by New Jersey during the summer of 2015, Yeo was no longer the youngest head coach in the NHL, a title he had held for his first four seasons.

Facts & Trivia

Mike Ranked on the list of most popular Hockey Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Mike Yeo celebrates birthday on July 31 of every year.

On June 13, 2016, he was named as the eventual successor to Ken Hitchcock as coach of the St. Louis Blues. He served as an assistant coach during the 2016–17 season and was to assume the head coach position beginning in the 2017–18 season.

Did the Flyers fire Mike Yeo?

Mike Yeo will not return as Flyers head coach ; GM Chuck Fletcher to begin search for ‘ideal candidate profile’ Wednesday. Yeo, 48, took over as for Alain Vigneault on Dec. 6 and led the team to a 17-36-7 record. Fletcher says he and his staff have no strict timeframe for naming the next head coach.

Who did Mike Yeo play for?

Mike Yeo
Weight| 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position| Left Wing
Shot| Left
Played for| Houston Aeros WBS Penguins

What nationality is Mike Yeo?

Canadian

Where is Mike Yeo coaching now?

It sure sounds like the Flyers could be open to bringing him back in another role, however. The Flyers hired Mike Yeo on May 6th, 2019 to be an assistant coach under Alain Vigneault. Yeo then replaced Vigneault as the interim head coach of the Flyers on December 6th, 2021.

Which nhl coach got fired today?

Barry Trotz was fired as coach of the New York Islanders on Monday.