Joel Quenneville resigned Thursday as head coach of the Florida Panthers following a meeting with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman about his involvement in the Chicago Blackhawks' sexual abuse case.
Assistant coach Andrew Brunette will take over on an interim basis, an NHL source told ESPN.
Quenneville was in his third year as head coach of the Panthers, who are off to a 7-0-0 start. He resigns with two additional years and more than $15 million left on his contract.
Bettman said in a statement that the NHL agrees with Quenneville's decision to resign.