Colin Chaulk – Head Coach
Colin Chaulk was named head coach on June 27, 2022.
Chaulk, 49, enters his fifth season as the team’s head coach and sixth in the organization after assuming interim head coaching duties during the 2021-22 season. He has led the team to the postseason in four of the past five seasons, including the only series sweep in franchise history when the team swept the Abbotsford Canucks in the first round of the 2022 Calder Cup Playoffs.
This past season saw the organization achieve new milestones in multiple areas. At home, the team had a franchise-best 25-8-3 record, good for third in the entire AHL. It was also one of the most prolific offensive seasons in team history as the group was third with 3.39 goals per game and was sixth best on the power play at 22.2% overall.
The Toronto, Ontario native most recently helped in the development of several Oilers prospects including rookies Quinn Hutson, Isaac Howard, and Josh Samanski. Hutson tied a team record with 30 goals and led all rookies in the category. Howard averaged over a point-per-game with 50 (24g-26a) in 47 games. Both were named to the AHL All-Rookie Team. Samanski had 31 points with the Condors before representing Germany at the 2026 Winter Olympics and playing 24 games with the Oilers.
Eleven different players played for both Bakersfield and Edmonton in 2025-26, accounting for 249 NHL games. Three players scored their first NHL goals after appearing for the Condors including Hutson, Samanski, and Connor Clattenburg.
CHAULK COACHING RECORD
2025-26: 37-23-12 (.597), 5th place Pacific Division, lost in Pacific Division 1st Round
2024-25: 32-30-10 (.514), t-7th place Pacific Division, missed postseason
2023-24: 39-27-6 (.583), 6th place Pacific Division, lost in Pacific Division 1st round
2022-23: 37-31-4 (.542), 5th place Pacific Division, lost in Pacific Division 1st round
2021-22: 19-12-3 (.603)*, 4th place Pacific Division, lost in Pacific Division semifinals
*midseason replacement, assumed interim head coaching duties on February 11, 2022
OVERALL RECORD: 164-123-35 (.567)
He previously served as head coach in the ECHL for four seasons with Brampton and was an assistant with Belleville (AHL), Kalamazoo (ECHL), and Fort Wayne (ECHL).
As a player, Chaulk played professionally for 15 seasons including a decade with the Fort Wayne Komets where his number 91 is retired. He won five league championships with the Komets and is third all-time in the organization’s 70+ year history in scoring.
