Former minor league hockey coach Cory Clouston serves as the head coach the Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League.Official Site of the Ottawa Senators: Clouston Takes Senators Reins

Clouston was named interim head coach on February 2, 2009, after former coach Craig Hartsburg was fired.Official Site of the Ottawa Senators: Clouston Takes Senators Reins He was named the permanent head coach of the team in April of 2009 and given a two-year contract.CBSSports.com: Senators Reward Interim Coach Clouston with Two-year Contract

After playing college hockey with the Alberta Golden Bears from 1989 to 1993 and winning the 1992 Canadian Interuniversity Sport Championship, Clouston took his first coaching position in 1994. He served as an assistant coach for the Powell River Paper Kings of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League for one year, before leaving to become the head coach general manager for the Grande Prairie Storm of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.Official Site of the Binghamton Senators: Cory Clouston

Clouston was selected as the Alberta Junior Hockey League coach of the year in 1996 and continued with the Storm until 1999, when he was hired as an assistant coach for the Kootenay Ice of the Western Hockey League. He was promoted to head coach of the Ice in 2002 and went on to lead the team to a .637 winning percentage with 209 wins and 146 losses over five seasons. In 2007, Clouston was hired as the head coach of the Binghamton Senators, the Ottawa Senators American Hockey League affiliate.Official Site of the Binghamton Senators: Cory Clouston