The Carolina Hurricanes announced Monday that they have signed head coach Paul Maurice to a three-year contract.
Terms of the deal were not released.
In addition, the club announced that Ron Francis will return as associate head coach and become the director of player personnel, while Tom Barrasso will become an assistant coach after previously serving as goaltending coach.
The 41-year-old Maurice returned this past season for his second tour of duty as the Hurricanes' head coach. In the final 57 games of the 2008-09 season, Carolina went 33-19-5 and earned a trip to the Eastern Conference finals.
He was the first head coach for the Hurricanes after the team moved from Hartford, becoming the head coach of the Whalers during the 1995-96 season at the age of 29.
Maurice remained in charge until 2003-04, when he was fired after 30 games as the team was in a rebulding phase. He then coached for two seasons with the Maple Leafs (2006-08) before returning to the Hurricanes this season.
The one-time draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers is the all-time winningest coach in franchise history, with 301 wins in 731 games coached with the Whalers/Hurricanes.
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