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Greg Poss
Greg Poss
	Coach Greg Poss addresses the fans at the Florida Everblades Kelly Cup celebration.
Born	August 6, 1965 (age 59); Green Bay, WI, USA
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Left
Playing career	1989–1992

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Greg Poss (born August 6, 1965 in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is a former American hockey player and current coach. He is currently the coach of the Florida Everblades of the ECHL.

Poss began his career with the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the United States Hockey League. He then played four years for the ice hockey team of the University of Wisconsin. In 1989 he made his professional debut in the American Hockey League for the Maine Mariners . After two seasons, he joined the International Hockey League with the Peoria Rivermen. After a serious knee injury he had to finish his playing career.

Poss' primary experience with head coaching is in the top-tier hockey league of Germany, the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, where he coached the Iserlohn Roosters, the Nuremberg Ice Tigers and Adler Mannheim. From October 2004 to November 2005 he was also head coach of the German national ice hockey team. Poss coached in the DEL through 2008.

Poss served as assistant coach of the Ontario Reign for the 2009-10 ECHL season. He signed a 2-year contract with the Florida Everblades starting with the 2010-11 ECHL season. In Florida, Poss continued the Everblades' streak of consecutive post-season appearances until it ended in the 2013-14 season.^[1] In the 2011 Kelly Cup playoffs, his Everblades were eliminated in the 1st round by the eventual East Division Champions, the Kalamazoo Wings. In the 2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, he guided the Everblades to their first-ever Kelly Cup, defeating the Ryan Mougenel-led Las Vegas Wranglers 4-1.^[2]

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-==Personal==
-Greg was wed to Lindsay Burch-Poss in February of 2013.  The couple enjoys a combined family of four daughters: Emily, Josephine, Taylor, and Charleigh.
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