Every NHL team has had at least one head coach. Some coaches, like players, have been outstanding contributors to their team’s success, while others don’t belong in the conversation.
Now, let’s take a look at all 32 NHL teams in Mount Rushmore, with the exception of the Seattle Kraken, as they’ve only had one coach in their franchise thus far.
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Anaheim Ducks – Randy Carlyle
He is the winningest coach in the Ducks franchise history.
Anaheim Ducks – Bruce Boudreau
Boudreau coached this NHL team to 208 wins compared to 104 losses, doubling his win total.
Anaheim Ducks – Mike Babcock
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Babcock was the first coach to have a winning record with the club.
Anaheim Ducks – Ron Wilson
Wilson makes this list simply because he was the first head coach in the franchise’s history.
Arizona Coyotes – Bob Francis
Francis was the Coyotes’ first Jack Adams Award-winning coach.
Arizona Coyotes – Dave Tippett
Tippett won the 2009-10 Jack Adams Award as head coach of the club.
Arizona Coyotes – Rick Tochett
Tochett is tied with Tippett for the best playoff-winning percentage on this NHL team.
Arizona Coyotes – Don Hay
He was the team’s inaugural coach in 1996-97.
Boston Bruins – Art Ross
Ross, one of the most famous people in NHL history, coached the team to a cup victory and is a Hall of Fame member.
Boston Bruins – Don Cherry
Famous for his fancy suits, Cherry was the first coach to win a Jack Adams Award with the Bruins.
Boston Bruins – Claude Julien
Julien coached this NHL team to win the 2011 Stanley Cup and won the 2009 Jack Adams Award with them.
Boston Bruins – Jim Montgomery
Montgomery is the current and most recent coach to win a Jack Adams, with the team doing so in their best-ever regular season in 2022-2023.
Buffalo Sabres – Lindy Ruff
Lindy Ruff is the longest-tenured coach of the Sabres, spending 16 seasons with the club.
Buffalo Sabres – Floyd Smith
Smith was the first coach in Sabres history to have a winning record.
Buffalo Sabres – Ted Nolan
Nolan was the club’s first coach to win a Jack Adams Award.
Buffalo Sabres – Scotty Bowman
Bowman coached the team on two occasions and holds the NHL team’s all-time highest win percentage as a coach.
Calgary Flames – Terry Crisp
Crisp is the only head coach to have won a cup with this NHL team.
Calgary Flames – Bob Hartley
Hartley won the 2015 Jack Adams Award with the Flames.
Calgary Flames – Darryl Sutter
After coaching them to the conference finals, Sutter won the 2023 Jack Adams Award.
Calgary Flames – Bob Johnson
Johnson won 193 regular-season games as the Flames’ head coach, making him the winningest head coach in franchise history.
Carolina Hurricanes – Paul Maurice
Maurice was the team’s first head coach from 1997 to 2003.
Carolina Hurricanes – Peter Laviolette
Laviolette coached the team to their first-ever Stanley Cup Championship in 2006.
Carolina Hurricanes – Rod Brind’Amour
Brind’Amour won the 2021 Jack Adams Award as the Hurricanes Head coach.
Carolina Hurricanes – Kirk Muller
Muller is this NHL team’s 3rd head coach in franchise history and holds a win percentage of .500.
Chicago Blackhawks – Tom Shaughnessy
Shaughnessy was the team’s first head coach to finish his tenure with a winning record.
Chicago Blackhawks – Tommy Gorman
Gorman coached the team to their first Stanley Cup victory in 1934.
Chicago Blackhawks – Orval Tessier
Tessier won the 1983 Jack Adams Award with the team.
Chicago Blackhawks – Joel Quenneville
Quenneville was the team’s head coach during their late 2000s-early 2010s dynasty.
Colorado Avalanche – Marc Crawford
Crawford was the team’s first head coach, also winning a Stanley Cup.
Colorado Avalanche – Bob Hartley
Hartley helped the Avs to their second Stanley Cup.
Colorado Avalanche – Tony Granato
In his first tenure, Granato holds the team’s highest win percentage at .647.
Colorado Avalanche – Jared Bednar
Bednar won the 2022 Stanley Cup as head coach of the Avs.
Columbus Blue Jackets – Dave King
King was this NHL team’s inaugural head coach in 2000.
Columbus Blue Jackets – Ken Hitchcock
Hitcock was the first coach to have a winning record with the team.
Columbus Blue Jackets – John Tortorella
Tortorella won the 2017 Jack Adams Award as the Blue Jackets head coach.
Columbus Blue Jackets – Todd Richards
Richards is the second-winningest coach in Blue Jackets history.
Dallas Stars – Bob Gainey
Gainey was the club’s first-ever head coach beginning in 1993.
Dallas Stars – Ken Hitchcock
Hitchcock holds the team’s all-time highest win percentage in the playoffs.
Dallas Stars – Peter DeBoer
DeBoer is the team’s current coach, and he leads the team’s all-time win percentage.
Dallas Stars – Rick Bowness
Bowness is the last coach to coach this NHL team to a Stanley Cup Final.
Detroit Red Wings – Jack Adams
Adams has been awarded an entire trophy named after himself.
Detroit Red Wings – Bobby Kromm
Kromm was the first Red Wings coach to win the Jack Adams Award.
Detroit Red Wings – Dave Lewis
Lewis was the coach with the best win percentage to have coached for a significant amount of time.
Detroit Red Wings – Scotty Bowman
Bowman coached the team to 3 Stanley Cups and won a Jack Adams Award.
Edmonton Oilers – Ray Kinasewich
Ray Kinasewich was the team’s first-ever head coach in 1972.
Edmonton Oilers – Craig MacTavish
MacTavish coached the team to an above-.500 record in the regular season and an above-.500 record in the playoffs.
Edmonton Oilers – Glen Sather
Sather was the first coach to take the team to an NHL-winning record.
Edmonton Oilers – Todd McLellan
McLellan led the team to a total win record above .500 in the playoffs and the regular season in 4 seasons.
Florida Panthers – Roger Neilson
Neilson was this NHL team’s first-ever head coach.
Florida Panthers – Doug MacLean
MacLean led the team to 2 Stanley Cup Playoff appearances, including a finals appearance in 1996.
Florida Panthers – Joel Quenneville
Quenneville led the Panthers to Stanley Cup Playoffs appearances in 2020 and 2021.
Florida Panthers – Andrew Brunette
Brunette coached the team to a surprising Stanley Cup Finals appearance in 2023.
Los Angeles Kings – Red Kelly
Kelly was the team’s first coach in 1967, leading them to their first-ever playoff appearance.
Los Angeles Kings – Bob Pulford
Pulford was the first Kings’ head coach to win a Jack Adams Award in 1974.
Los Angeles Kings – Darryl Sutter
Sutter led the Kings to Stanley Cup victories in 2012 and 2014.
Los Angeles Kings – Andy Murray
Murray is the second-winningest coach in Kings’ history.
Minnesota Wild – Jacques Lemaire
Lemaire was the Wild’s first Jack Adams winner and the first coach in the team’s history.
Minnesota Wild – Bruce Boudreau
Boudreau holds the team’s second-most wins as a head coach.
Minnesota Wild – Mike Yeo
Yeo has the team’s highest playoff-winning percentage.
Minnesota Wild – Dean Evason
Evason was the team’s last head coach. Over three seasons, he led the team to a 147-77-27 record.
Montreal Canadiens – Newsy Lalonde
Lalonde was this NHL team’s first head coach.
Montreal Canadiens – Leo Dandurand
Dandurand was the team’s second head coach and the first to win a cup with the team in 1924.
Montreal Canadiens – Toe Blake
Blake coached the Canadiens to 8 Stanley Cup Championships.
Montreal Canadiens – Scotty Bowman
Bowman was a 5-time Stanley Cup Champion as the Canadiens head coach.
Nashville Predators – Barry Trotz
Trotz was the team’s first coach, beginning in 1998.
Nashville Predators – Peter Laviolette
Laviolette coached the team to a Presidents trophy in 2018.
Nashville Predators – John Hynes
Hynes was the team’s head coach from 2020 to 2023, having a record of 134-96-18.
Nashville Predators – Andrew Brunette
Brunette is the team’s current head coach and makes this list because the Preds have only had four head coaches in their young history.
New Jersey Devils – Bill MacMillan
MacMillan was the team’s first head coach in 1983.
New Jersey Devils – Jacques Lemaire
Lemaire won the Jack Adams Award in 1994 and the Stanley Cup in 1995.
New Jersey Devils – Pat Burns
Burns was this NHL team’s last coach to win a cup in 2003.
New Jersey Devils – Lou Lamoriello
Lamoriello holds the team’s highest win percentage.
New York Islanders – Al Arbour
Arbour was the Islanders head coach for all 4 of their Stanley Cup championships in the 1980s and won the Jack Adams Award in 1979.
New York Islanders – Peter Laviolette
Laviolette holds a .546 win percentage with the Islanders over three seasons.
New York Islanders – Jack Capuano
Capuano coached the team for seven seasons, accumulating a 227-192-64 record.
New York Islanders – Barry Trotz
Trotz won the 2019 Jack Adams Award as the Islanders head coach.
New York Rangers – Lester Patrick
Patrick was the team’s first head coach and won two Stanley Cups with the Rangers.
New York Rangers – Frank Boucher
Boucher won the NHL team’s third Stanley Cup as their head coach in 1940.
New York Rangers – Roger Neilson
Neilson coached the Rangers to a Presidents Trophy-winning record in 1992.
New York Rangers – Mike Keenan
Keenan won the Rangers a Presidents Trophy and Stanley Cup in 1994.
Ottawa Senators – Rick Bowness
Bowness was the team’s first head coach; his tenure began in 1992.
Ottawa Senators – Jacques Martin
Martin coached the Sens from 1996 till 2002, when he won the 1999 Jack Adams Award.
Ottawa Senators – Bryan Murray
Murray coached this NHL team from 2005 to 2007, finishing with a .665 winning percentage.
Ottawa Senators – Paul MacLean
MacLean won the 2013 Jack Adams Award with the Senators.
Philadelphia Flyers – Keith Allen
Allen was the first NHL head coach of the Flyers organization.
Philadelphia Flyers – Fred Shero
Shero was the first coach to have a winning record in the NHL Flyers.
Philadelphia Flyers – Alain Vigneault
Vigneault has the record for the playoff win percentage with the Flyers.
Philadelphia Flyers – Mike Keenan
Keenan was the sixth head coach and is second on many of the Flyers’ essential stats list.
Pittsburgh Penguins – Red Kelly
Kelly was the first coach to take the Penguins to the playoffs.
Pittsburgh Penguins – Marc Boileau
Boileau was the first coach to finish his tenure with a winning percentage above .500.
Pittsburgh Penguins – Bob Johnson
Johnson was the first coach to win a Stanley Cup with the Penguins in 1991.
Pittsburgh Penguins – Mike Sullivan
Sullivan is the Penguins’ current head coach and has won 2 cups with the NHL team in 2016 and 2017.
San Jose Sharks – George Kingstone
Kingstone was the Sharks’ first head coach, beginning in 1991.
San Jose Sharks – Kevin Constantine
Constantine was the first coach to take the Sharks to the playoffs.
San Jose Sharks – Darryl Sutter
Suter was the Sharks 5th head coach, and he built upon his prior coaching success.
San Jose Sharks – Todd McLellan
McLellan was the team’s longest-tenured head coach, coaching the team from 2008 to 2015.
St. Louis Blues – Scotty Bowman
Bowman coached the Blues from 1967 to 1970 and was the first to bring the NHL team to the playoffs.
St. Louis Blues – Red Berenson
Berenson was the first Blues head coach to take home the Jack Adams Award in 1981.
St. Louis Blues – Brian Sutter
Sutter coached the Blue from 1988 till 1992, winning the 1991 Jack Adams Awards. Sutter coached the Blue from 1988 till 1992, winning the 1991 Jack Adams Awards.
St. Louis Blues – Craig Barube
Barube was the team’s head coach during their first and only Stanley Cup Championship in 2019.
Tampa Bay Lightning – Terry Crisp
Crisp coached the team to their first playoff appearance and was the first coach in franchise history.
Tampa Bay Lightning – John Tortorella
Torts was the team’s first coach to finish his tenure with a record above .500, winning a Stanley Cup in 2004.
Tampa Bay Lightning – Guy Boucher
Boucher holds the NHL team’s highest playoff win percentage as a coach.
Tampa Bay Lightning – Jon Cooper
Cooper has coached the Lightning since 2013, having won 2 Stanley Cups and a Presidents Trophy.
Toronto Maple Leafs – Dick Carroll
Carroll was Toronto’s first head coach in franchise history, winning the 1918 Stanley Cup.
Toronto Maple Leafs – Hap Day
Day was the Leafs’ coach for ten seasons and won 5 titles with the franchise.
Toronto Maple Leafs – Punch Imlach
Imlach coached the Leafs to four Stanley Cup championships.
Toronto Maple Leafs – Pats Burns
Burns was the team’s first coach to win a Jack Adams Award.
Vancouver Canucks – Phil Maloney
Maloney was the first coach to take this NHL team to the playoffs.
Vancouver Canucks – Pat Quinn
Quinn was the first Canucks head coach to win a Jack Adams Award.
Vancouver Canucks – Alain Vigneault
Vigneault won the 2007 Jack Adams Award while coaching Vancouver.
Vancouver Canucks – Travis Green
Green is just the third coach in Canucks history to hold a winning playoff record.
Vegas Golden Knights (Only have had three head coaches)
Only have had three head coaches. Not qualified yet for an NHL team, Mt. Rushmore.
Washington Capitals – Jim Anderson
Anderson took on the first head coaching job for the Caps in 1974.
Washington Capitals – Bryan Murray
Murray coached the Capitals for nine seasons, winning a Jack Adams Award in 1984.
Washington Capitals – Bruce Boudreau
Boudreau coached the team to a 2010 Presidents Trophy season and won the Jack Adams Award in 2008.
Washington Capitals – Barry Trotz
Trotz won the Jack Adams Award in 2016 and the Presidents Trophy in 2016 and 2017, capped off with a Stanley Cup Championship in 2018.
Winnipeg Jets – Claude Noel
Noel was the Jets’ first head coach after their relocation in 2011.
Winnipeg Jets – Paul Maurice
Maurice is the team’s longest-tenured head coach. He also holds their best playoff record to date.
Winnipeg Jets – Dave Lowry
Lowry coached the NHL team for less than a season before being replaced by Rick Bowness. Lowry holds a 26-22-6 record as the Jets’ head coach.
Winnipeg Jets – Rick Bowness
After taking over head coaching duties, Bowness had led the Jets to the playoffs this season.