The team announced that assistant coach Gary Agnew was also fired, while Wilkes/Barre-Scranton Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan will be promoted from the AHL to serve as Pittsburgh's interim head coach.
The Penguins were ousted in the first round of the playoffs last season, and they are off to a disappointing 15-10-3 start in 2015-16 despite boasting elite forwards in Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.