Bill Coffey

For the Australian footballer, see Bill Coffey (footballer).

Bill Coffey is a businessman and minor league sports entrepreneur. He is one of the founders of the ECHL (formerly known as the East Coast Hockey League).^[1] Founded in 1988, the ECHL is a minor professional ice hockey league that serves as a development league for the NHL.^[2] The ECHL iced 20 teams during the 2009–10 season.^[3]

Coffey is also the founder of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League (ACHL)^[4] - where he served as the league's president; and he is the director of hockey operations for the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL).^[5] Coffey has been the owner of several minor league ice hockey teams.

Teams owned by Bill Coffey

• Fayetteville Force (CHL)^[6]
• Knoxville Cherokees (ECHL)^[7]
• St. Petersburg Parrots (ACHL)^[8]
• Tallahassee Tide (ACHL)
• Greensboro Monarchs (ECHL)
• Winston-Salem Thunderbirds (ECHL)