 In 1999, Kingston was hired by another NHL expansion team, this time becoming an assistant coach for the Atlanta Thrashers.After two years in Atlanta, he joined the Florida Panthers as an assistant in 2001, coaching there until 2007.He next coached Norway's National Women's Team and laid the foundation with very young players who moved up the ladder in international hockey, and assisted the Men's National Team in qualifying for the Vancouver Olympics, as well as being a special consultant to the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation and Olympiatoppen, the Norwegian Olympic Program.