Charles A. Hughes where they played in the National Hockey League as the Detroit Cougars. In 1927, on the advice of NHL President Frank Calder, Hughes hired Jack Adams as coach and general manager of the team. Adams would stay on as GM of the Cougars, later Falcons and Red Wings, until 1963. History of the Detroit Red Wings Charles A. Hughes Charles A. Hughes was a Detroit businessman and ice hockey executive. He was one of the founders of the Detroit Cougars of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1926. The team would later change its name to the Falcons, and then
Serie A Coach of the Year The inaugural award, given at the "Oscar del Calcio AIC" ceremony, was presented after the conclusion of the 1996–97 Serie A season to Marcello Lippi who had led Juventus to the title, winning Serie A by two points ahead of Parma. Juventus also won the 1996 UEFA Champions League Final that year, against Ajax. Lippi retained the Coach of the Year award the following season, when Juventus secured the domestic title again, yet lost the Champions League Final to "perennial German underdogs" Borussia Dortmund. Milan, led by Alberto Zaccheroni, won the league in the 1998–99 season, and he became the