Flyers name Darryl Williams as assistant coach

After acquiring defenseman Ryan Ellis last weekend, the Philadelphia Flyers weren’t done making moves to (hopefully) contend for a playoff spot next season. The team announced that they have hired Darryl Williams as an assistant coach.

OFFICIAL: We have named Darryl Williams as an assistant coach. Williams will join Mike Yeo, Michel Therrien, Kim Dillabaugh and Adam Patterson on head coach Alain Vigneault's staff. https://t.co/BwG3BjhYTb

— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) July 19, 2021 Williams, 53, has spent the last couple of years as an assistant coach of the Newfoundland Growlers, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ ECHL affiliate, during a little bit of a homecoming period for the brief former…