PWHL Vegas expected to hire Eagles assistant Kim Weiss as coach
Colorado’s playoff run is delaying Kim Weiss’s jump to PWHL Las Vegas, a move that would link one of the AHL’s fastest-rising coaches to women’s pro hockey.
The Colorado Eagles are still playing, and Kim Weiss is still on their bench. That is the real timing behind PWHL Las Vegas’s expected hire: the new expansion club wants Weiss as its next head coach, but the formal move waits until Colorado’s Calder Cup chase is over.
Weiss, 36, was promoted to assistant coach of the Eagles on Jan. 16, 2026, after first joining the club as video coach on Aug. 7, 2024. Colorado said the promotion made her only the second woman to hold a full-time assistant coach title in the NHL or AHL, following Jessica Campbell, who went from AHL history with the Coachella Valley Firebirds to the Seattle Kraken. That is the kind of detail that matters here: this is not a symbolic hire. It is a coach with AHL experience moving into a head-coaching job in a league that is still building its infrastructure.
The Eagles’ continuity matters too. Weiss has been part of a staff trying to keep Colorado alive in the postseason, and the club would prefer not to lose her until the run ends. That gives the Eagles a chance to keep a stable bench through the stretch that decides whether the season becomes a footnote or a statement.
Colorado GM Kevin McDonald put it plainly when Weiss was promoted: “Kim has done a great job since joining the Eagles coaching staff, and this is a well-earned promotion.” That kind of endorsement carries weight in hockey circles, especially when it comes from an executive tied to both the Avalanche and the Eagles. Weiss was also a guest coach for the Colorado Avalanche in 2023-24, another sign that her rise has been watched closely inside the organization.
PWHL Las Vegas was officially announced on May 13, 2026, and will begin play in the 2026-27 season at T-Mobile Arena. The league named Dominique DiDia as the franchise’s first general manager on May 15, 2026. The PWHL said DiDia launched CAA Sports’ Women’s Hockey Department and worked in player representation, marketing and career development, a resume that fits an expansion team trying to build fast and build smart.
Taken together, the moves say a lot about where hockey is headed. The pipeline between the AHL and the women’s pro game is getting tighter, and Weiss is now right in the middle of it. Her expected move would leave Colorado with a real staff question and give PWHL Las Vegas a coach who has already earned trust in a high-pressure NHL-AHL environment.
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