Steve Coates

Inducted October 12, 2018

Steve Coates played 100 games for the Huskies from 1969-73. He scored 25 goals and had 29 assists in his career for the Black and Gold. He received the Norbert Matovich Memorial Award in 1970 as Tech's top outstanding freshman and then the Raymond L. Smith Award as the outstanding senior student-athlete. The 5-foot-9 enforcer played pro hockey from 1972-80. He appeared in 467 games as a minor leaguer in the IHL, AHL, and CHL, plus five NHL games (one goal, two fights) for the 1976-77 Detroit Red Wings.

Coates, a native of Toronto, is the color commentator on the radio for the Philadelphia Flyers who he has been with since 1980. He served in a TV role with the Flyers from 1999-2014 as a color commentator and between-the-benches reporter before returning to the radio booth. Coates won a pair of Mid-Atlantic Emmy awards in 2000 and 2004 for Best Live Sports Coverage Series.