Jim Montgomery will be announced as the Stars' next head coach on Friday, according to a source.
Montgomery, 48, has served the past five seasons as head coach at Denver University, winning the NCAA championship in 2017. He will be just the fifth coach in history to jump straight from the college ranks to head coach in the NHL, so the Stars are going a different route with this hire.
Stars general manager Jim Nill said when the coaching search to replace Ken Hitchcock, who announced his retirement April 13, began that he would interview veteran coaches, but also wanted to consider coaches with less experience.