South Carolina Stingrays name new head coach

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The South Carolina Stingrays have a new head coach.

The team announced Friday morning that Jared Nightingale has been hired as the team’s 12^th head coach and director of hockey operations.

Nightingale played 13 seasons of professional hockey and coached for six years. The last three were spent as an assistant coach with the Blackhawks affiliate, Rockford IceHogs.

“I’m very thankful, thrilled, and humbled for this opportunity to be the next Head Coach of the South Carolina Stingrays,” said Nightingale in a news release. “I have always aspired to be a Head Coach and have enjoyed learning and growing at the junior level and in the American Hockey League. The ECHL is a league that springboarded my career, and I’m very familiar with the history of the Stingrays and the success that they’ve had. I want to thank Todd Halloran and Rob Concannon for giving me this opportunity, and I’m excited to get to work.”

Nightingale joined the team weeks after the SC Stingrays head coach Brenden Kotyk was “relieved of his duties.”

“In Jared, we believe we have found a seasoned leader who is prepared to do what it takes to get the Stingrays back to a perennial playoff contender,” said Stingrays Principal Owner Todd Halloran. “We are very excited he has decided to join us as we renew our quest to win another Kelly Cup Championship.”