Michel Therrien

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Michel Therrien (b. November 4, 1963 in Montreal, Quebec) is the former head coach for the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens (77-77-15), and the current head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Michel led the Habs for three seasons, taking them to the playoffs once. Michel has also coached in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the American Hockey League. He led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL to an exceptional start to the 2005-'06 season, before replacing Ed Olczyk mid-season as coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins in December of 2005.

Preceded by: Alain Vigneault	Head Coach of the Montreal Canadiens 2000-03	Succeeded by: Claude Julien
Preceded by: Eddie Olczyk	Head Coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins 2005–	Succeeded by: Current

Montreal Canadiens Head Coaches
Laviolette • Lecours • Dorval • Gardner • Lalonde • Dandurand • Hart • Mantha • Dugal • Siebert • Lépine • Irvin • Blake • Ruel • MacNeil • Bowman • Geoffrion • Berry • Lemaire • Perron • Burns • Demers • Tremblay • Vigneault • Therrien • Julien • Gainey • Carbonneau

Pittsburgh Penguins Head Coaches
Sullivan • Kelly • Schinkel • Boileau • Wilson• Johnston • Angotti • Berry • Creamer • Ubriaco • Patrick • Johnson • Bowman • Constantine • Brooks • Hlinka • Kehoe • Olczyk • Therrien

Current National Hockey League head coaches
Babcock • Carbonneau • Carlyle • Crawford • Gretzky • Hanlon • Hartley • Hitchcock • Julien • Laviolette • Lemaire • Lewis • MacTavish • Martin • Maurice • A.Murray • B.Murray • Nolan • Playfair • Quenneville • Renney • Ruff • Savard • Stevens • Therrien • Tippett • Tortorella • Trotz • Vigneault • Wilson