Richard Gary Bowness is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player currently serving as the head coach of the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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He was announced by the Winnipeg Jets as the team’s next head coach on July 3, 2022, and he signed a two-year, $2.5 million per year contract.
Born in Moncton, New Brunswick, Bowness began his junior hockey career with the Quebec Remparts of Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) in 1972–73, where in 30 games, he had two goals and nine points.
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Bowness began the 1973–74 season with the Remparts, appearing in 34 games and registering 16 goals and 45 points.
He spent a vast majority of his first professional hockey season in 1975–76 with the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Hockey League (CHL), where in 64 games, he earned 25 goals and 63 points, and had 160 penalty minutes.
As of 2022, Bowness is the last active coach in the NHL who was also a head coach for an NHL team in the 1980s, and the first and only coach to have led both iterations of the Winnipeg Jets.
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