| Colin Muller | |
| Played For: | NLA EV Zug HC Fribourg-Gottéron |
| Ntl Team: | Switzerland |
| Position: | Left wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 187 |
| Birth Date: | 1 December 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Draft: | Undrafted |
| Career Start: | 1984 |
| Career End: | 2001 |
Colin Muller (born December 1, 1963) is a Canadian-born Swiss professional ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. Colin played ice hockey in the Swiss A league from 1983 to 2000 and has been coaching in Switzerland since 2000. He is currently serving as the head coach of the Swiss women's national team.
Muller spent most of his playing career at EV Zug. In 1986–87, his first year at EVZ, he contributed to the team earning promotion to the Swiss National League A (NLA). Muller would win the Swiss championship with Zug in 1998[1] and moved to HC Fribourg-Gottéron in 1999 before retiring from playing in 2000. He played a total of 544 NLA games, scoring 203 goals.[2]
Muller’s coaching career started in 2000 when he became head coach at HC Fribourg-Gottéron .[3] He then joined the coaching staff at SC Rapperswil-Jona 2000 - 2001, and later was head coach in 2002 - 2003 again with HC Fribourg-Gottéron.
From 2003 - 2008, Muller served as assistant coach to Sean Simpson at EV Zug. The duo moved on to ZSC Lions from 2008 - 2010. In 2009 ZSC won the Victoria Cup challenge against the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. The ZSC Lions won the game 2–1. Sean Simpson moved on to the role of head coach of the Swiss men's national team.[4] and Muller was promoted for a short stint as head coach in 2010.
Muller was head coach the NLB team, EHC Olten 2011 - 2012. After serving as assistant coach of the Swiss men's national team during the 2011 World Championship, Muller was handed further responsibilities by the Swiss ice hockey federation. He coached the under-20 squad, while continuing as assistant of the men's national team, again working as assistant coach to Sean Simpson. In 2013 they won the silver medal, the first for Switzerland since they won bronze in 1953. They coached together at the 2014 World Championships as well as at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[5]
He was Simpson's assistant in 2014–15 at Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League. In 2014–16 was named assistant coach of the Kloten Flyers, when Simpson became head coach of the club in December 2014.[6] After the club had announced budget cuts and was taken over by a new owner, Muller's contract was mutually ended with the Flyers in May 2016.[7] Later that month, he was named assistant coach of Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in Germany, again as assistant coach to Sean Simpson.[8] their contracts ended in 2017.
In February 2019, he was named assistant coach of the Swiss women's national team.[9] In July 2019, he became the head coach, replacing Daniela Diaz.[10] [11]