List of Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) head coaches

Not to be confused with List of Pittsburgh Pirates managers.
Frank Fredrickson was the Pirates coach during the team's last season in Pittsburgh, 1929–30.

This is a complete list of head coaches of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Quakers in the National Hockey League (NHL). Granted a franchise by the NHL in 1925, the Pirates played in Pittsburgh from 1925 to 1930 and then moved to Philadelphia and became the Philadelphia Quakers. After their only season in Philadelphia, the franchise was cancelled due to financial problems. Both cities were awarded expansion teams over a quarter of a century later (the Flyers and Penguins).

Key

dagger Hockey Hall of Famer (HHOF)
No. Number of coaches
G Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties
P Points
P% Points percentage
W% Winning percentage

Coaches

Cooper Smeaton was the head coach during the franchise's lone season in Philadelphia.
No. Name Seasons GWLTPP%GWLTW% Notes Ref
Regular season Playoffs
1 Odie Cleghorn 4 (1925–29) 168 62 86 20 144 .429 4 1 2 1 .375 [1]
2 Frank Fredricksondagger 1 (1929–30) 44 5 36 3 13 .148 – – – – – HHOF 1958[note 1] [3]
3 Cooper Smeatondagger 1 (1930–31) 44 4 36 4 12 .136 – – – – – HHOF 1961[note 2] [5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Frank Fredrickson was inducted as a player in 1958.[2]
  2. ↑ Cooper Smeaton was inducted as an on-ice official the first year that category was created.[4]

See also

References

General

Specific

  1. ↑ "Odie Cleghorn". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
  2. ↑ Frank Fredrickson's biography at Legends of Hockey
  3. ↑ "Frank Fredrickson". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
  4. ↑ "The Legends – Honoured Official – Smeaton, Cooper". Legends of Hockey. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  5. ↑ "Cooper Smeaton". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2011-04-29.