Vincent, 49, joins the Blue Jackets after spending the past 10 years as a member of the Winnipeg Jets organization, including five as head coach of the American Hockey League's Manitoba Moose from 2016-21. He compiled a 155-139-31 record in 325 career games as the head coach with Manitoba after spending the previous five seasons as an assistant coach with the Jets under head coaches Claude Noel and Paul Maurice. He was awarded the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award as the AHL's Coach of the Year in 2017-18 after guiding the club to a 42-26-8 record with 92 points in 76 games.
"Pascal is very highly thought of within the coaching community and a guy I identified right away as someone I thought would be a great addition to our club, so I'm excited to have him join our staff," said Larsen. "He is very smart, experienced and passionate about the game and beyond that, is just a tremendous person, and I'm really looking forward to working with him every day."
Prior to his arrival in Winnipeg, Vincent spent 12 seasons as a head coach in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Montreal Juniors and Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. He posted a 429-313-87 record in 829 games as a head coach in the QMJHL with nine playoff series wins and won the Ron Lapointe Trophy as the league's top head coach with Cape Breton following the 2007-08 campaign as the Screaming Eagles went 40-24-6 that season.
Vincent, who also served as his club's general manager over his final eight seasons in the QMJHL, earned the Maurice Filion Trophy in 2006-07 as the top general manager following a season in which Cape Breton finished with a record of 46-22-2 and reached the third round of the playoffs.
The Laval, Quebec native played four seasons in the QMJHL as a center with the St. Jean, Laval and Verdun, registering 15-43-58 and 103 penalty minutes in 252 career games from 1988-92. He helped Verdun win the QMJHL championship and advance to the Memorial Cup tournament in 1991-92 and played one pro season with the ECHL's Knoxville Cherokees before embarking on his coaching career.
