Bill Coffey

Bill Coffey is a businessman and minor league sports entrepreneur. He is one of the founders of the ECHL (formerly known as the East Coast Hockey League).^[1] Founded in 1988, the ECHL is a minor professional ice hockey league that serves as a development league for the NHL.^[2] The ECHL iced 20 teams during the 2009-10 season.^[3]

Coffey is also the founder of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League (ACHL)^[4] - where he served as the league's president; and he is the director of hockey operations for the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL).^[5] Coffey has been the owner of several minor league ice hockey teams.

Teams owned by Bill Coffey

• Fayetteville Force (CHL)^[6]
• Knoxville Cherokees (ECHL)^[7]
• St. Petersburg Parrots (ACHL)^[8]
• Tallahassee Tide (ACHL)

References

1. Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. pp. 138–139. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
2. "Honored Members". ECHL Hall Of Fame. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
3. "2009-10 East Coast Hockey League". Hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
4. Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 185. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
5. Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 199. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
6. Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 103. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
7. Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 138. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
8. Greensboro Monarchs Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. p. 186. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.