Retirement and Legacy
After his retirement, Conacher went into coaching, meeting with remarkable success: he led the junior league Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey Association to four straight OHA Championships between 1941 and 1944, as well as three straight Eastern Canada amateur championships in 1942, 1943 and 1944, and the Memorial Cup Championship in 1944. The Generals finished in second place in both 1946 and 1947 - ironically, losing in both seasons to the St. Michael's College Majors, coached by his old linemate Joe Primeau.
After resigning from his coaching post in Oshawa, Conacher was named to replace Johnny Gottselig as coach of the Chicago Black Hawks 28 games into the 1949 season. He coached the Black Hawks - a team on which his younger brother Roy played - to 6th, 5th and 6th place finishes respectively in his three seasons at the helm, after which he was fired in favor of Ebbie Goodfellow.
Conacher had nine siblings, including Hockey Hall of Famers Lionel Conacher and Roy Conacher. He was also the father of retired NHL forward Pete Conacher. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961 and, later, to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975. In 1998, he was ranked number 36 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.
Conacher died in 1967 of throat cancer, and was buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.
The Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award was an award named after Conacher. It was given out to the NHL player who best exhibited outstanding humanitarian and public services contributions, and was awarded from 1968 to 1984.
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