Dan Bylsma is one of the most popular and richest Hockey Coach who was born on September 19, 1970 in Grand Haven, Michigan, United States. A former NHL player who was promoted to head coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins, leading the team to the Stanley Cup Championship in 2009. He was appointed director of hockey for Buffalo Sabres in 2015. Buffalo Sabres in 2015.
He was a coach for He coached Sidney Crosby from 2008 to 2012. from 2008 until 2012.
During his high school days, Bylsma was a standout in many sports, including golf, baseball, and ice hockey. Bylsma graduated from Western Michigan Christian High School where he won the Class D golf individual championship as a freshman. He also played baseball and was the starting left fielder as a freshman on Christian’s 1985 State championship team. In his senior year, he was a member of the all-state all-class “Dream Team” (the best player at each position in the state – all classes), and won many regional baseball honors.
Bylsma played amateur hockey in Muskegon Junior Hockey, Norton Shores Recreational Leagues, and Grand Rapids GRAHA before playing Junior “B” hockey in Canada for the St. Marys Lincolns and the Oakville Blades of the Ontario Hockey Association. Bylsma went on to play college hockey at Bowling Green State University from 1988–1992 and was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in his freshman year. He was twice selected to the Central Collegiate Hockey Association All Academic Team and once earned Honorable Mention. He was a Bowling Green Scholar Athlete all four years and won the Jack Gregory Award for the highest grade point average on the team in his Sophomore season and the Howard Brown Coaches’ Award for excellence in his senior year. Bylsma is one of the few players in the CCHA to have scored a shorthanded goal while his team was two men short.
He was married Mary Beth Bylsma in 2001.
