Dallas Eakins (born 21 January, 1967 in Dade City, Florida) is a former American ice hockey defenceman and current coach of the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League. Eakins was drafted 208th overall by the Washington Capitals in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft. He went on to play 120 career NHL games, scoring no goals and 9 assists for 9 points. However, the majority of Eakins career was played in the AHL and the IHL. In those two leagues, Eakins played 882 games, scoring 43 goals and 179 assists for 222 points while playing on 10 different teams (not to mention the 8 NHL teams Eakins played on during that time). Eakins won two Calder Cups as a member of the Chicago Wolves in the AHL.