Mike Babcock has told the Detroit Red Wings that he will not return as coach after a successful 10-year run in Hockeytown, a person with knowledge of the decision told USA TODAY Sports on Wednesday.

When Mike Babcock returned to to Detroit Friday night, it was his first NHL regular-season game there since bolting the Red Wings for a $50 million contract to coach the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Finding that balance between pushing players and giving them their space has enabled Babcock to evolve as a coach during his three seasons with the Detroit Red Wings. And it helped him earn a ...

2007-08: (54-21-7, 115 points) The Red Wings defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stanley Cup Finals, as Babcock wins his first Stanley Cup as a head coach. Babcock is a finalist for the Jack ...

Mike Babcock wants to find out just how coveted he is elsewhere. Still, his family might keep him here. Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland announced today that he has, at Babcock's ...

Babcock left the Detroit Red Wings to help restore Toronto to the glory it has not seen in more than four decades. At least, that’s what we all thought. In reality, he was hired to help right ...

That was unavoidable, ultimately. Babcock is now a free agent. The Red Wings have a coach whose contract is believed to run through this season with an option for next, according to previous ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – Michael Babcock's name might have helped him get an invite to the Detroit Red Wings Development Camp but he wasn't here just because of his famous father. He doesn't have ...

With the Detroit Red Wings' 4-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday, coach Mike Babcock earned his 414th career regular-season win behind the Detroit bench. In doing so, he became the ...

Jeff Blashill, who spent the last three seasons as a Tampa Bay Lightning assistant, has been named the 42nd head coach in ...

Jeff Blashill was 41 when he replaced Mike Babcock with the Detroit Red Wings in 2015. A decade later, he has a second chance ...

Johan Franzen, who played for Babcock with the Red Wings, told the Swedish outlet Expressen that he suffered “verbal attacks” at the hands of his coach that caused him to dread coming to work.