{"id":717138,"date":"2026-06-21T09:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T09:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/717138\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T09:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T09:52:18","slug":"hes-gonna-be-the-coach-as-long-as-hed-want-to-be-rod-brindamour-apparently-has-a-contract-for-life-with-the-carolina-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/717138\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He\u2019s gonna be the coach as long as he\u2019d want to be\u2019: Rod Brind\u2019Amour apparently has a contract for life with the Carolina Hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amid rambunctious celebrations in Raleigh, Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> owner Tom Dundon shared that head coach and former player Rod Brind\u2019Amour can keep his job as long as he\u2019d like.<\/p>\n

A reporter remarked that Brind\u2019Amour, who has been a part of both Hurricanes\u2019 Stanley Cups and 102 of the Canes\u2019 104 franchise playoff wins, has done enough to be the coach for life, or as long as he wants to.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, that was already the deal,\u201d Dundon responded, in a video posted by Kamran Nia of The News & Observer on X<\/a>. \u201cRod was always gonna be the coach \u2013 since I hired him \u2013 he\u2019s always gonna be the coach as long as he\u2019d want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brind\u2019Amour played in Carolina from 2000 through 2010, captaining the team to its first Stanley Cup championship in 2006. He remained with the organization immediately after his retirement as a player, serving as Director of Player Development for the 2010-11 season. He spent seven seasons as an assistant coach before being promoted to head coach in 2018-19.<\/p>\n

During his eight years at the helm, the Hurricanes have been one of the most dominant teams in the league, reaching the playoffs every year except his first season and making the Eastern Conference Finals four different times (losing in 3 of those series). They also won their division four times and recorded 99 or more points six different years. Brind\u2019Amour won the Jack Adams award as Coach of the Year during the 2020-21 season. <\/p>\n

During his parade speech<\/a>, Brind\u2019Amour talked about what he asked of his players and the product they put on the ice to demand the success they have had.<\/p>\n

\u201cNumber one is to play to an identity. And that identity is, we gotta compete our asses off every night,\u201d Brind\u2019Amour said, per a video posted by The Hockey News\u2019 Ryan Henkel on X<\/a>. \u201cYou have to take pride in what you do and who you\u2019re doing it with and how you do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s stressful, right?,\u201d Dundon remarked<\/a> about Brind\u2019Amour\u2019s job. \u201cThe reason he\u2019s so good at it is cause he cares so much, but that\u2019s also the thing that could [make him burn out] over time.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, for the time being, \u201cRod the Bod\u201d is de-stressing and letting loose as he celebrates his second Stanley Cup \u2014 and he definitely seems to be enjoying himself.<\/p>\n

The respect and appreciation between Dundon and Brind\u2019Amour was apparent on Saturday, as Brind\u2019Amour was sure to shoutout Dundon during his parade speech and reiterate their goal. \u201cI got to thank one guy, because eight years ago, he gave me the chance to lead these guys,\u201d he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people talk about this team, they\u2019re gonna say its the greatest team that\u2019s ever won the Stanley Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amid rambunctious celebrations in Raleigh, Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon shared that head coach and former player Rod…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-717138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}