Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Schinkel ya jagoranci Penguins zuwa 34-33-13 rikodin a 1976-77, kawai cikakken kakar a matsayin kocin. Penguins sun cancanci shiga wasan karshe amma Toronto ta sake doke su a zagaye na farko. An maye gurbin Schinkel da Johnny Wilson kuma ya koma ofishin gaba don alheri. Ya rike mukamai daban-daban, gami da mataimakin babban manajan da kuma darektan 'yan leken asirin da ke kula da rubuta Mario Lemieux a shekarar 1984
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya kasance tare da Penguins har zuwa 1989, sannan ya bi Eddie Johnston zuwa Hartford Whalers, inda ya kasance a cikin ofishin gaba don sauran aikinsa na wasan hockey. Schinkel ya horar da Penguins don wasanni 203, tare da rikodin 83-92-28 don kashi na nasara na.478.