Tim Fragle is entering his second season as an assistant coach for the Everett Silvertips. Fragle, 46, helped lead the Silvertips to their first Ed Chynoweth Cup in 2025-26.

He previously served as general manager/head coach of the Trail Smoke Eaters of the BCHL for five seasons where he became the franchise’s winningest head coach with 112 victories.

Trail qualified for the playoffs each of the four eligible seasons under Fragle’s direction (excluding the bubble season of 2021). They posted a 35-13-3-1 record in 2024-25- their best campaign since 2019-20 and fourth-best in franchise history dating back to 1995. He was named the Joe Tennant Memorial Trophy winner for BCHL Coach of the Year and helped lead the Smoke Eaters to a franchise-record 15-game win streak over the course of the season.

Prior to his time with the Trail Smoke Eaters, Fragle was the head coach of his alma mater Northern Alberta Institute of Technology for four seasons. The Ooks finished first in all four seasons with a combined record of 95-21-9-2 in 127 games, and Fragle earned Coach of the Year honors in three separate seasons at NAIT (2016-17, 2018-19, 2019-20).

He also served as general manager/head coach of the AJHL’s Sherwood Park Crusaders for six seasons. He has coached with Hockey Canada twice in the World Junior-A Championship, both as an assistant in 2015 and winning gold as a head coach in 2016.

As a junior head coach, he has amassed 427 total wins.

In his playing days, Fragle was a captain in the BCHL with the Trail Smoke Eaters in 1999-00, before rounding out his junior career in the AJHL with the Sherwood Park Crusaders in 2000-01. He attended Northern Alberta Institute of Technology for three years thereafter, graduating with 73 games played and 39 total points at the ACAC level.