Derek Holmes (ice hockey)

Derek Leroy Holmes (August 15, 1939 – November 24, 2025) was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach, administrator and agent. He served as captain of the Eastern Canadian national team during the late 1960s, and was the technical director of Hockey Canada from 1974 to 1980. He managed the Canadian national teams at the 1977 and 1978 Ice Hockey World Championships, and helped build the 1980 Winter Olympics team. Holmes spent many years on the international ice hockey stage, which included coaching of the Finland and Switzerland national men's teams, and as an international ice hockey agent who signed players to European teams. He was inducted into the builder category of the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999, the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame in 2021, and was twice inducted into the Kemptville District Sports Hall of Fame.