Career
Coates is a former General Manager of the Calgary Flames, a post he held from November 1995 until the end of the 1999–2000 NHL season. He then was named the Vice President of Hartford Sports and Entertainment for the New York Rangers from 2000–03. He later served as interim General Manager of the Ducks in 2004–05 before becoming the Senior Advisor to the General Manager.
He then served as the Director of Player Personnel for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2008.
