Bingo gets a coach with some AHL experience, albeit in a market that no longer has an AHL team:
| TEAM | Old | New |
| SYR* | Ross Yates (4/12) | Mark Holick (5/21) |
| HOU | Kevin Constantine (4/15) | Mike Yeo (6/16) |
| PEO | Rick Wamsley (5/6) | Jared Bednar (6/15) |
| ROC | Benoit Groulx (5/31) | Chuck Weber (7/27) |
| MTB | Scott Arniel (6/8, CLB head coach) | Claude Noel (6/21) |
| HAM | Guy Boucher (6/10, TB head coach) | Randy Cunneyworth (7/20) |
| LOW/ALB | John MacLean (6/17, NJ head coach) | — |
| BIN | Don Nachbaur (6/22) | Kurt Kleinendorst (8/6) |
| OKC | — | Todd Nelson (7/15) |
| NOR | Jim Johnson (7/23) | — |
| SPR | Rob Daum | Rob Riley (8/3) |
*-Syracuse’s new coach was hired by Anaheim. Springfield’s new coach was hired by Columbus. Jeff Daniels moves with the franchise from Albany to Charlotte.

