Army played just two professional seasons before retiring due to injury. He returned to the Friars in serving as an assistant coach from 1988 to 1993, before accepting an NHL assistant coaching role with the
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim from 1993 to 1997. After five seasons with the
Washington Capitals as an assistant, Army secured his first head coach role with the
Portland Pirates of the
American Hockey League (AHL) in 2002. In 2005, Army left the Pirates to take up the head coaching role with Providence College. Army directed the Friars program for six seasons before he returned to the NHL with the
Colorado Avalanche as a video coach for the
2011–12 season. He was elevated to an assistant coach for the following season under
Joe Sacco. He continued in an assistant coach role over the next five seasons under Sacco,
Patrick Roy and
Jared Bednar before his release from the club following the
2016–17 season. Army then became an assistant coach for the
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the AHL affiliate of the
Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2017–18 season. After one season, he was hired as the head coach of the
Iowa Wild, the AHL affiliate of the
Minnesota Wild, for the
2018–19 season. Army has served as an assistant coach for the
United States men's national ice hockey team at the
1994 and
1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, and at the
2004 World Cup of Hockey, and also the 2012 World Cup of Hockey Army was hired by the
Anaheim Ducks for the 2024-25 NHL Season. This is his second stint with the team. First under head coach
Greg Cronin. ==Head coaching record==