Career
He has formerly managed the Kazakh team Barys Astana (of the Kontinental Hockey League"s Chernyshev Division), the Ukrainian national team and been joint coach of the Russian National Hockey Team. He has been nicknamed "The Russian Bear", and in his coaching career, "The Russian Keenan". Nazarov was drafted 10th overall by the San Jose Sharks in the 1992 National Hockey League Entry Draft.
He has also played for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Calgary Flames, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Boston Bruins and Phoenix Coyotes and the Minnesota Wild.
In his National Hockey League career, Nazarov played 571 regular season games, scoring 53 goals and 71 assists for 124 points. He also collected 1409 penalty minutes.
Nazarov served only one season (2013-2014) as the coach of The Human Context Donbass before moving to Barys.
