Career
Before that he was an Assistant Coach with the Pittsburgh Penguins and former Head Coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League. Reirden played in the National Hockey League with the Edmonton Oilers, Saint Louis Blues, Atlanta Thrashers, and Phoenix Coyotes. Reirden was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 12th round, 242nd overall in the 1990 National Hockey League Entry Draft.
Upon being drafted Reirden went to Bowling Green State University where he played for 4 years.
From there he played in the ECHL and IHL for a number of years before finally getting the call up to the National Hockey League with the Edmonton Oilers for part of the 1998–1999 season. Following his brief stint with the Oilers Reirden signed as a free agent with the Saint Louis Blues and had his most successful season in the National Hockey League for the 1999–2000 season, scoring 25 points.
The following year Reirden was hurt for most of the year and played only 38 games with the Blues. Reirden then played the 2001–2002 season with the Atlanta Thrashers.
He played his last tour in the National Hockey League with the Phoenix Coyotes during the 2003–2004 season, playing in 7 games.
In the 2005/2006 season, Reirden played for the DEG Metro Stars of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany and his last season as a player was split between Graz European Commission of the Austrian Hockey League and SønderjyskE Ishockey in Denmark"s Superisligaen. Reirden spent the 2007-2008 season as an assistant coach for the Bowling Green State University Falcons men"s hockey team On July 31, 2010 Reirden was named Assistant Coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins joining other Assistant Coach Tony Granato.
He replaces Mike Yeo who left the organization to become the Head Coach of the AHL Houston aeronautics
On June 25, 2014, it was announced that he and Tony Granato had been relieved of their duties with the Penguins. Later in the same day, he was hired by the Washington Capitals as an assistant coach.