Report: Red Wings associate coach Tom Renney takes job as president of Hockey Canada

Veteran hockey coach Tom Renney, who spent this past season as an associate coach on Mike Babcock's staff with the Detroit Red Wings, will be appointed president of Hockey Canada this week according to a report from TSN's Darren Dreger. 

The 59-year-old Renney takes over for Bob Nicholson, who held the title of president and CEO of Hockey Canada for 16 years before stepping down in June and accepting an executive position with the Edmonton Oilers' new Oilers Entertainment Group. 

Renney has served as the head coach for a variety of NHL organizations including the New York Rangers, Vancouver Canucks, and Edmonton Oilers. In 592 games as an NHL head coach, he's amassed 260-255-9-68 win/loss record. 

The veteran bench boss also has a long and storied resume with Hockey Canada, including a two-year stint as the national team's head coach in the early 90s - during which he won an Olympic silver medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. 

Renney will be formally introduced on Tuesday in Calgary.

With Renney joining Hockey Canada and his Red Wings colleague Bill Peters taking over in Carolina next season, Detroit will have two new lieutenants joining Babcock behind the bench next season. One of those assistants coaches will reportedly be Tony Granato, so Detroit has just one more assistant to hire. 

This summer Red Wings general manager Ken Holland has been vocally reticent to lose talented coaches and executives, but Renney has his full blessing. 

"It's an incredible opportunity for somebody to be the head man of Hockey Canada," Holland told Ansar Khan of Mlive.com last week. "We supported Tom by allowing him to be part of the process."