Fleming began his coaching career in 1980 with the
University of Manitoba Bisons. He spent nine seasons with the Bisons and was named the
Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union Coach of the Year in 1985. From 1992 until 1996, he was the head coach of
Leksands IF of the Swedish
Elitserien. He then coached the
Landshut Cannibals in Germany for one year before returning to North America to become an assistant coach with the
New York Islanders in 1997. He then served as assistant coach with the
Edmonton Oilers under
Pat Quinn. On July 23, 2010, it was announced that Fleming had signed with the
Tampa Bay Lightning as their assistant coach. Internationally, Fleming joined the
Canadian Olympic team in 1990 as its general manager and assistant coach, and won a silver medal at the
1992 Winter Olympics. He returned to the national program in 2000 when he was named the vice president, hockey by
Hockey Canada and served as an associate coach for the national team as it won a gold medal at the
2002 Winter Olympics and the
2004 World Cup of Hockey. Fleming died of
brain cancer on March 25, 2013, at the age of 62, at his home in Calgary. ==References==