Former Devils goalie Eddie Lack is making the transition to coaching, but he isn’t ready to call his NHL career over.

Lack announced on Twitter that he would be joining the coaching staff at Arizona State for the 2019-20 season, where he will serve as the team’s goalie coach.

He’ll do that while continuing to rehab from hip surgery that ended his 2018-19 season. Due to the nature of the injury and the lengthy rehab, Lack won’t be ready to play in 2019-20, so he decided a detour into coaching will allow him to stay in the game while getting back to proper physical shape.

“My body won’t allow me to play professional hockey at this time," Lack wrote on Twitter. "I still have a ways ahead of me in (physical therapy) regarding my hips. Injuries are tough and I’m going to keep working hard daily, but I’ve been playing through hip pain the last six years, and with PT now I need to make sure I give myself the preparations I need to play at the NHL level again.”

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Update on my career. Thank you pic.twitter.com/n9piLTDLun — Eddie Lack🇸🇪 (@eddielack) August 14, 2019

Lack joined the Devils during the 2017-18 season in a trade that sent defenseman Dalton Prout to the Calgary Flames. Lack played in four games that seasons, notching one win in a remarkable 48-save road effort against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

He served as Keith Kinkaid’s backup at the start of the 2018-19 season when Cory Schneider was recovering from his own hip surgery, but Lack did not appear in any games. He went to the AHL upon Schneider’s return before Lack’s injury ended his season.

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While coaching at Arizona State, Lack will get the chance to work with Devils goalie prospect Cole Brady, who was drafted in the fifth round of the 2019 NHL Draft. Brady will be a freshman at ASU this season.

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