Maple Leafs Name Steve Sullivan As AHL Head Coach

By Brian La Rose | at July 10, 2026 8:58 pm A long-time NHL winger is getting his first professional head coaching opportunity. On Thursday, the AHL’s Toronto Marlies, affiliate of the Maple Leafs, announced that Steve Sullivan has been named as their new head coach. He takes the place of John Gruden, who was promoted to an assistant role with the Maple Leafs earlier this week. Sullivan was a veteran of over 1,000 NHL games as a player and got his off-ice career started with the Coyotes, one of the teams he played for. He started as a development…