The two-time OHL Coach of the Year, George Burnett, is entering his 24th season behind an OHL bench and 4th season as Head Coach of the Guelph Storm. Burnett is the fourth-winningest head coach in league history, including two OHL Championships in 1997-98 and 2018-19, both with the Storm.

Overseeing the team’s Hockey Operations, Burnett has an extensive record of successful leadership in the OHL as a Head Coach and General Manager. During his 24-year junior career behind the bench, he has amassed 738 regular season wins and earned five division titles. Throughout his tenure, Burnett has guided his teams to 19 playoff appearances, while advancing to the conference championship series or beyond on nine occasions and making three Memorial Cup appearances.

Burnett has also earned coaching titles in the American Hockey League (1993 Calder Cup), and twice internationally with Team Canada (2010 IIHF Ivan Hlinka U18 Gold and 2001 IIHF U18 World Cup Gold). Burnett was also an Assistant Coach with Team Canada in both the 2011 and 2012 World Junior Championships, winning a Silver and Bronze medal.

Burnett is a former NHL Head Coach with the Edmonton Oilers and Assistant Coach with the Anaheim Ducks. He spent 4 years as an AHL Head Coach, two with the Binghamton Rangers and two with the Cape Breton Oilers.

Burnett also spent three seasons in the OHL, playing 203 games with the London Knights, recording 197 points (57 goals and 140 assists). Burnett then went on to play 84 games for McGill University where he recorded 145 points and was named the first All-Canadian in McGill Redmen history.

Burnett, along with his wife Laurie, reside in Guelph.