Born: 10 July 1927, Medford MA (d. 2020)
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Regular Season & Playoff Coaching Record (key)
| Regular Season | Playoffs |
| year | team | finish | finish | |||||||||
| 1972-73 | New England | 1-E | F: Won AVCO Cup | |||||||||
| 1974-75 | New England | 1-E | QF | |||||||||
| 1975-76 | New England | DNF | ||||||||||
• Winner, Howard Baldwin Trophy (Coach of the Year), 1972-73.
• Relieved Ron Ryan on March 30, 1975.
• Resigned as coach on December 22, 1975 to return to General Manager role, succeeded by Don Blackburn.
• Member, United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
• Member, WHA Hall of Fame.
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Excerpts from Zander Hollander's Guide to Pro Hockey, 1975-76 (by Reyn Davis)
When the strain of coaching took its toll on Ron Ryan, Kelley was willing and able to cut down his time in the General Manager's office to return to the back of the bench ... Now an executive vice president of the Whalers, he has worked closely with Ryan since the team's beginning ... Prior to joining the Whalers, he coached the Boston University Terriers for 20 years, winning two NCAA championships ... He is living proof that a hockey man coming off a college campus can be an efficient and highly-successful coach and general manager on the professional level ... A native Bostonian ... Watches the European scene closely |
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