Todd Kelman accepted the job as General Manager in October 2006 and spent the rest of the 2006-07 season learning the day to day operations while finishing his final year as a player with the Giants. He took over fulltime as GM in April 2007. A former St Louis Blues draft pick, Todd played ten years pro in the UK, three with the Bracknell Bees and seven with the Giants.

Kelman graduated with honours from Bowling Green University in 1997 and made the move to Europe the following September. After three years and one championship in his final year with Bracknell, he made the move over to Belfast to become one of the original Belfast Giants. In his seven years playing with the team he won three championships, league titles in 2002 and 2006 and the Playoff Trophy in 2003. He retired as the franchise’s all-time leader in games played appearing in 419 games and as the top scoring defenceman of all time.

Belfast is not unfamiliar territory for Thornton who skated with the Giants in 2002-03 and was a key player in their run to become Playoff Champions. Thornton’’s ability to be part of winning teams was one of the main reasons that Todd Kelman decided to name him the 5th coach in franchise history. Steve had four very successful years at Boston University winning two League titles, two playoff titles and during his final collegiate season, a coveted national championship. He subsequently made a smooth transition to pro hockey. He is a former Cardiff Devil and London Knight from the defunct British Superleague and has also played in the top leagues in Italy, Sweden and Switzerland. His transition into coaching started last season when he accepted the player assistant role for the Basingstoke Bison of the EIHL.

Rob Stewart rejoins the Belfast Giants after spending two seasons as head coach of the Romford Raiders. No stranger to Belfast, Stewart played for the Giants for 3 seasons before becoming player/coach in 2003/04, the first season in the Elite League. The following season he coached in Sheffield and a year later he returned to playing with the Giants helping them to a League Title in 2006.

This season Stewart will act as assistant coach to Steve Thornton and will run the bench on game nights. Excited to be back on board, Rob believes that this year’’s team has a real shot at winning some trophies.

Jason Ellery is now in his 5th season with the Giants. As a full time equipment manager Taff applied his trade in the UK with the Longon Knights and also the Cardiff Devils in his native Wales. Often the first man to arrive at the rink and the last to leave.

Taff plays a key role in the teams preperation for games and training sessions, ensuring each player has the equipment they need to compete and carrying out any repairs and maintenance such as sewing jerseys, laundry and sharpening skates.

Louise came on board with the Belfast Giants in November 2009 as part of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with the Univeristy of Ulster. Louise’s role is to develop the Community Foundation activities of the LBM Belfast Giants throughout the Northern Ireland community at large.

Louise previously worked for Cooperation Ireland where she was Project Co-ordinator over the past two and a half years on their largest cross-community and cross-border reconciliation initiative, the CORE Project. Before officially joining the Giants, she co-ordinated the summer Giant HEROS Camps in 2008 and 2009, which brought together ‘at-risk’ young people from Finglas (Dublin), East Belfast and Short Strand.