Rob Murray enters his first season as the Head Coach of the Providence Bruins after being named to the position on August 21, 2008. Prior, the 41-year-old Toronto, Ontario, native spent five years as an assistant coach with the P-Bruins under Scott Gordon after retiring from a 16-year playing career.

Murray is regarded as one of the true greats in the history of the American Hockey League. In fact, he and long-time Boston Bruins defenseman Eddie Shore are the only two men to have had their numbers retired for the Springfield Falcons franchise. Murray's number 23 was raised to the rafters in a pre-game ceremony in Springfield last season on February 10, 2007. Among Murray's accomplishments, he became just the sixth player in AHL history to play 1,000 games on February 23, 2003. He retired ranking sixth in the league with 1,018 games played. Murray also ranks second in AHL history with 2,940 PIM. He is Springfield's career leader in games played (501) and penalty minutes (1,529), and ranks first in assists (157), second in points (218) and fifth in goals (61).

During the 90's, Murray's name became synonymous with Falcons hockey. He played 378 games with Springfield from 1994-99, and played 22 games with the team in 1999-2000 before being traded by the Phoenix Coyotes to the Edmonton Oilers on November 30, 1999. Murray signed with the Philadelphia Flyers on July 24, 2000 and began the season with their top affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms. He was reacquired by Springfield in a mid-season trade in 2000-01. Murray signed with the Calgary Flames on August 2, 2001 and spent the 2001-02 season with their affiliate, the Saint John Flames. He returned for one final season in Springfield when he signed an AHL deal on August 1, 2002.

Prior to turning pro, Murray began his hockey career with the junior Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League, suiting up from 1984-87 while posting 107 points (43g, 64a) and 484 PIM. He was the Washington Capitals third pick, 61^st overall, in the third round of the 1985 National Hockey League Entry Draft. His professional career started with the Fort Wayne Komets of the International Hockey League in 1987-88, tallying 33 points (12g, 21a) and 139 PIM in 80 games. During his third pro season, in 1989-90, Murray played in a career-high 41 NHL games with the Caps, notching 9 points (2g, 7a) and 58 PIM.

On May 30, 1991, the Minnesota North Stars selected Murray in the NHL Expansion Draft, but traded him the next day to the Winnipeg Jets. He went on to split the next five years between the Jets and their AHL affiliates, the Moncton Hawks and the Falcons. In the 1993-94 season, Murray tallied a career-high 57 points (25g, 32a) with a team-leading 280 PIM in 69 games with Moncton, leading the club to an appearance in the Calder Cup Finals.

Murray was known throughout his career as a leader, serving as the captain of four different clubs, beginning with Moncton for two seasons from 1992-94. He was the Falcons captain from the 1994-95 season until his trade to Edmonton on November 30, 1999. He became the captain of the Oilers AHL affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs for the remainder of that season. He also served as the Phantoms captain in 2000-01 until his trade back to the Falcons and resumed Springfield's captaincy for the 2002-03 season.

Murray and his wife Carolyn reside year-round in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, with their daughters Taylor and Quinn, and sons Zachary and Brendan.

Bruce Cassidy is in his first season as an assistant coach with the Providence Bruins, joining the club on September 12, 2008 to fill the role of former assistant and present head coach Rob Murray. Known to many as "Butch", the 43-year-old Cassidy brings 12 years of coaching experience to Rhode Island, highlighted by a stint as head coach of the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals from 2002-04. Cassidy's coaching resume is a lengthy one after having served as a head or assistant coach at a variety of levels from the NHL down to the Ontario Hockey League, where he spent the last two seasons leading the Kingston Frontenacs.

A native of Ottawa, Ontario, the former defenseman began his junior-level playing days in the OHL for his hometown team, the Ottawa 67's, during the 1982-83 season. Cassidy's best statistical season was his very first as he paced the 67's with 86 assists in 70 games and finished second to John Ollson for the club's overall scoring lead with 111 points. The following season, after being selected by the Chicago Blackhawks 18th overall in the first round of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, Cassidy made his NHL debut at the young age of 19, appearing in only one NHL game for Chicago and spending the rest of the year with Ottawa. He would again finish second on the 67's in scoring, this time with 95 points, including a career-best 27 goals, in 67 games. The regular season proved to be a mere afterthought, however, as Ottawa went on to win a Memorial Cup championship in 1984 over the Kitchener Rangers with Cassidy notching 22 points (6g, 16a) in 13 playoff games. His final junior season with Ottawa was in 1984-85 when he registered 40 points (13g, 27a) despite appearing in just 38 games in what was the first of three straight abbreviated seasons due to numerous knee surgeries.

From 1985 to 1990, Cassidy played primarily in Chicago's system, seeing time with the Hawks as well as their affiliates, the Nova Scotia Oilers of the American Hockey League and the International Hockey League's Saginaw Generals, Saginaw Hawks and Indianapolis Ice. Though many of those years were spent in the IHL, Cassidy did appear in 36 NHL games for Chicago, scoring four goals and adding 13 assists. His best years were in 1988-89, when he tallied 80 points (16g, 64a) for Saginaw, and 1989-90, a season highlighted by a Turner Cup championship for Indianapolis. The following three years, Cassidy played in the Italian Ice Hockey League and German Hockey League, suiting up for Alleghe HC in Italy and Kaufbeuren. In international play, the blue-liner posted 134 points (43g, 91a) in 94 games. In 1994-95, Cassidy returned to Indianapolis, playing the final three of his 12 seasons before retiring 10 games into the 1996-97 campaign to accept a head coaching job with the Jacksonville Lizard Kings of the ECHL. Cassidy led Jacksonville to a 15-25-10 record after it began the year 6-12-2.

Cassidy's second season as a coach and first full year was much improved for Jacksonville as the Lizard Kings finished 35-39-6 for 76 points. The following year, 1998-99, Cassidy was promoted to head coach of the team in Indianapolis for which he had played parts of four seasons. The club went 33-37-12 but advanced to the second round of the playoffs, where the Ice lost to the Detroit Vipers in a best-of-five series. The Ice folded after the season, leading Cassidy to take the head coaching position with the expansion Trenton Titans of the ECHL. The Titans advanced to the fourth round of the playoffs before falling to the Peoria Rivermen, earning Cassidy a move to the Ottawa Senators organization as head coach of the Grand Rapids Griffins in the IHL. Grand Rapids was a league-best 53-22-7 in 2000-01 and again won a division title the next year at 42-27-11, though neither team advanced past the second round of the playoffs. Cassidy was honored by the AHL in 2001-02 as the league's Louis A.R. Piere Memorial Award winner for Coach of the Year.

The Washington Capitals took notice of Cassidy's work in the minors and made him their new head coach in 2002-03, where he led the Caps to the postseason with a record of 39-29-8-6 and 92 points. Washington fell, however, to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round as Tampa Bay went on to win the Stanley Cup. His tenure with the Capitals concluded with a record of 47-45-9-6 over parts of two seasons.

Cassidy signed on with Chicago in June 2004 as an assistant coach, working with the AHL's Norfolk Admirals during the 2004-05 NHL lockout season and the Blackhawks in 2005-06. He returned to the head coaching ranks in 2006-07, guiding Kingston to a 31-30-7 mark and a trip to the OHL playoffs. His time with the Frontenacs ended with a two-season record of 33-39-8. Cassidy's overall head coaching record is 295-253-36-37 (W-L-T/SOL-OTL) in 621 games.

Cassidy resides in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife Julie.

Thomas Bourdon enters his first season with the Providence Bruins.  The native of Adams, Massachusetts graduated from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology with a concentration in sports medicine.  From 2001-2003 Bourdon was a Certified Athletic Trainer with Healthsouth in Portland, Maine.  In the following years, 2003-2006, he was the Athletic Trainer & Equipment Manager with the Lewiston MAINEiacs (QMJHL).  Bourdon currently resides in East Providence.

J.W. Aiken is in his third season with the Providence Bruins. Prior, the Groton, Massachusetts native spent one season with the Port Huron Beacons of the United Hockey League where he was in charge of all locker room duties. Upon graduation he was an Assistant Equipment Manager with the Lowell Lock Monsters. Aiken graduated from Bowling Green State University with a degree in Sports Management, focusing in enterprise. While at Bowling Green, he worked four years with the Men's ice hockey team, baseball team and football training camps. He and his wife Melinda reside outside Providence.