John Becanic Named Head Coach of the Utah Grizzlies
West Valley City, Utah – John Becanic has been named as the new head coach of the Utah Grizzlies. Becanic is the ninth head coach in team history.
Becanic spent four years as the Associate Head Coach with the Everett Silvertips of the WHL serving under former NHL head coach, Kevin Constantine. In their first year as an expansion franchise, the Silvertips became the first and only CHL team to make it to the league finals in their first season. Promoted to Head Coach of the Silvertips in 2006 where he won 66 games in two seasons.
Becanic had additional stops in the WHL as an associate head coach in Seattle and Vancouver serving under former NHL and Grizzlies coach Don Hay. In total, John has coached over 60 NHL draft picks.
After stepping away from a year 30 coaching career, John founded Pyramid Hockey 2016. With a passion for helping players and mentoring coaches, Pyramid’s primary focus was player/coach development through Hockey IQ.
In 2019, John founded and served as the CEO of The Prospect Exchange (TPE), a video and analytics platform. After acquiring ICEBERG Sports Analytics and growing TPE, John sold and stepped away from the company so that he could get back to working with players on the IQ side. In 2023 he partnered with Minnesota Advancement Program (MAP), and designed and implemented an online virtual IQ program for youth hockey in MN.
John resides with his wife of 36 years, Rhonda in Queen Creek AZ. He has two married daughters, Brooklyn 31, and Sheridan 30.
Grizzlies All-Time Head Coaching Wins
Tim Branham – 284
Butch Goring – 178
Kevin Colley – 157
Ryan Kinasewich – 133
Don Hay – 104
Jason Christie – 90
Bob Bourne – 83
Pat Conacher – 23
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