Louis "Lou" Lamoriello (born October 21, 1942) is the CEO, president, and general manager of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). Lamoriello, who has been with the Devils since 1987, has served longer than any current general manager in the league with a single franchise.
He played a key part in negotiating the settlement of the 2004–05 NHL lockout.
Prior to joining the Devils, Lamoriello was a math teacher at Johnston (R.I....
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Louis "Lou" Lamoriello (born October 21, 1942) is the CEO, president, and general manager of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). Lamoriello, who has been with the Devils since 1987, has served longer than any current general manager in the league with a single franchise.
He played a key part in negotiating the settlement of the 2004–05 NHL lockout.
Prior to joining the Devils, Lamoriello was a math teacher at Johnston (R.I.) High School for several years ending in the early 1970s.
Lamoriello was the athletic director and men's ice hockey coach at Providence College, his alma mater. He coached Providence's ice hockey team from 1968 to 1987, and was named athletic director in 1982. As athletic director, he hired Rick Pitino as the head coach of the Providence's men's basketball team. Pitino would go on to take Providence to the Final Four in 1987.
In April 1987, then-Devils owner John McMullen appointed Lamoriello president of the club. Lamoriello named himself...
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