List of Arizona Coyotes head coaches
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Gila River Arena, formerly named the Glendale Arena and the Jobing.com Arena, since 2003.[3] The Coyotes are owned by IceArizona.[4]
There have been seven
Bob Francis for the 2001–02 season and Tippett for the 2009–10 season.[6] None of the Coyotes coaches have been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder,[7] though Wayne Gretzky has been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a player in 1999.[8] Francis and Gretzky have each spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Coyotes. Rick Tocchet served as head coach from 2017 to 2021.[9][10] The team's current head coach is Andre Tourigny, who was named to the position on July 1, 2021.[11]
Key
# | Number of coaches[a] |
GC | Games coached |
W | Wins = 2 points |
L | Losses = 0 points |
T | Ties = 1 point |
OT | Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point[b] |
PTS | Points |
Win% | Winning percentage |
* | Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Coyotes |
Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the 2020–21 season.
# | Name | Term[c] | Regular season | Playoffs | Achievements | Reference | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GC | W | L | T/OT | PTS | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | |||||
1 | Don Hay | 1996–1997 | 82 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 83 | .506 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .429 | [12] | |
2 | Jim Schoenfeld | 1997–1999 | 164 | 74 | 66 | 24 | 172 | .524 | 13 | 5 | 8 | .385 | [13] | |
3 | Bob Francis *
|
1999–2004 | 390 | 165 | 144 | 81 | 411 | .527 | 10 | 2 | 8 | .200 | 2001–02 Jack Adams Award winner[6] | [14] |
4 | Rick Bowness | 2004 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | .250 | — | — | — | — | [15] | |
5 | Wayne Gretzky* | 2005–2009 | 328 | 143 | 161 | 24 | 310 | .473 | — | — | — | — | [16] | |
6 | Dave Tippett | 2009–2017 | 622 | 282 | 257 | 83 | 647 | .520 | 27 | 12 | 15 | .444 | 2009–10 Jack Adams Award winner[6] | [17] |
7 | Rick Tocchet | 2017–2021 | 290 | 125 | 131 | 34 | 284 | .490 | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | [18] | |
8 | Andre Tourigny* | 2021–present | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Notes
- a A running total of the number of coaches of the Coyotes. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- b Before the 2005–06 season, the NHL instituted a penalty shootout for regular season games that remained tied after a five-minute overtime period, which prevented ties.[19]
- c Each year is linked to an article about that particular NHL season.
References
- General
- "Arizona Coyotes Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- Specific
- ^ "Teams". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- ^ a b "Team History". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- Jobing.com Arena. Archived from the originalon December 19, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- ^ "Arizona Coyotes Owners - Arizona Coyotes - Team". Arizona Coyotes. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
- ^ "Arizona Coyotes Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Jack Adams Award". NHL. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- ^ "List of honoured builders". Hockey Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on May 28, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- ^ "List of honoured players". Hockey Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- ^ "Coyotes Name Tocchet as Head Coach". NHL.com. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ^ "Arizona Coyotes and Head Coach Rick Tocchet Agree to Part Ways". Arizona Coyotes. May 9, 2021.
- ^ "Coyotes Name André Tourigny as Head Coach". NHL.com. July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ "Don Hay Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- ^ "Jim Schoenfeld Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- ^ "Bobby Francis Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- ^ "Rick Bowness Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- ^ "Wayne Gretzky Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- ^ "Dave Tippett Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
- ^ "Rick Tocchet Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ^ "Official Rules" (PDF). NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 11, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2009.