List of Arizona Coyotes head coaches

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Wayne Gretzky is a former head coach of the Coyotes.

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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 19971999 164 74 66 24 172 .524 13 5 8 .385 [13]
3
Bob Francis
*
19992004 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* 20052009 328 143 161 24 310 .473 [16]
6 Dave Tippett 20092017 622 282 257 83 647 .520 27 12 15 .444 2009–10 Jack Adams Award winner[6] [17]
7 Rick Tocchet 20172021 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
  1. ^ "Teams". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Team History". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
  3. Jobing.com Arena. Archived from the original
    on December 19, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
  4. ^ "Arizona Coyotes Owners - Arizona Coyotes - Team". Arizona Coyotes. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  5. ^ "Arizona Coyotes Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "List of honoured builders". Hockey Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on May 28, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
  8. ^ "List of honoured players". Hockey Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
  9. ^ "Coyotes Name Tocchet as Head Coach". NHL.com. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  10. ^ "Arizona Coyotes and Head Coach Rick Tocchet Agree to Part Ways". Arizona Coyotes. May 9, 2021.
  11. ^ "Coyotes Name André Tourigny as Head Coach". NHL.com. July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  12. ^ "Don Hay Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
  13. ^ "Jim Schoenfeld Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
  14. ^ "Bobby Francis Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
  15. ^ "Rick Bowness Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
  16. ^ "Wayne Gretzky Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
  17. ^ "Dave Tippett Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  18. ^ "Rick Tocchet Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  19. ^ "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.