Kevin William Dineen (born October 28, 1963) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player.

As a seventeen-year-old, Dineen played with the St. Michael's Buzzers in Junior "B" hockey, where in 40 games he scored 15 goals and 43 points, while getting 167 penalty minutes in 1980–81.

Dineen returned to the Pioneers for the 1982–83 season, where he was named captain as a sophomore and saw his numbers increase to 16 goals and 29 points in 36 games.

He finished the season in the NHL, scoring 25 goals and 41 points in 57 games with Hartford, however, the team failed to make the playoffs.

In ten playoff games, Dineen had a team high six goals and 13 points, as Hartford upset the Quebec Nordiques in the first round before losing to the Montreal Canadiens in the Adams Division finals.

In 15 playoff games, Dineen scored six goals and ten points, helping the Flyers to the Eastern Conference finals.

On December 28, 1995, the Flyers traded Dineen back to the Whalers for Hartford's seventh round pick in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.

[2] In his return to the Hartford Whalers to finish the 1995–96 NHL season, Dineen scored two goals and nine points in 20 games, as the team missed the playoffs.

On April 13, 1997, Dineen scored the final goal in Whalers history, as Hartford defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1.

At season's end, Ottawa left Dineen unprotected for the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft, where he was subsequently selected by the new Columbus Blue Jackets team.

Dineen returned to the Blue Jackets for a second season in 2001–02, and saw similar results, scoring five goals and 13 points in 59 games, as the team once again missed the playoffs.

In 1985, Dineen played with Canada at the 1985 World Ice Hockey Championships, scoring three goals and five points in ten games.

In the summer of 2005, Dineen was named the head coach of the Portland Pirates,[3] which was then the Anaheim Ducks AHL affiliate.

On April 7, 2006, Dineen was named the winner of the Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award as the AHL's outstanding coach.

In his first season as the head coach of the Panthers, Dineen led the team to its first Southeast Division Title in franchise history.

On November 8, 2013, the Panthers fired Dineen and his assistants, Gord Murphy and Craig Ramsay after a disappointing start to the 2013–14 season, Peter Horachek was named interim head coach.

On March 20, 2014, Dineen was named head coach of Canada's National Men's Under-18 Team for the 2014 IIHF World U18 Championships.

On July 14, 2014, Dineen was named as an assistant coach of the Chicago Blackhawks, joining the staff of Joel Quenneville, who had been his teammate for six seasons when they both played for the Hartford Whalers.

[7] On July 15, 2019, Dineen was named head coach of the San Diego Gulls, the AHL affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks.

[9][10] On August 5, 2021, Dineen was hired as the head coach of the AHL's Utica Comets, the affiliate for the New Jersey Devils.

Although born in Canada, Dineen spent much of his youth in the United States, while his father played and coached professionally.