List of Arizona Coyotes head coaches
The Arizona Coyotes are an American professional ice hockey team based in Glendale, Arizona. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL).[1] The team started out as a charter member of the World Hockey Association (WHA), and were named the Winnipeg Jets. The WHA then merged with the NHL in 1979, the Jets relocated to Phoenix in 1996, and were renamed the Phoenix Coyotes.[2] Having first played at the America West Arena,[2] the Coyotes have played their home games at the Jobing.com Arena, formerly named the Glendale Arena, since 2003.[3] The Coyotes are owned by IceArizona,[4] John Chayka is their general manager,[5] and currently have a vacant captain spot.[6]
There have been seven head coaches for the Coyotes team. The team's first head coach was Don Hay, who coached for one season. Dave Tippett is the team's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (622), the most regular season game wins (282), the most regular season points (647), the most playoff games coached (27), and the most playoff game wins (12). Tippett was the head coach of the Coyotes from the 2009–10 season until the end of 2016–17 season. [7] The Jack Adams Award has been awarded twice to a Coyotes' coach; Bob Francis for the 2001–02 season and Tippett for the 2009–10 season.[8] None of the Coyotes coaches have been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder,[9] though Wayne Gretzky has been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a player in 1999.[10] Francis and Gretzky have each spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Coyotes. The team's current head coach is Rick Tocchet, who was named to the position on July 11, 2017.[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 2016-2017 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[8] | [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[8] | [17] |
| 7 | Rick Tocchet | 2017–present | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | [18] | |
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 2009-01-12.
- Specific
- ↑ "Teams". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- 1 2 "Team History". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ↑ "About Jobing.com Arena". Jobing.com Arena. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ↑ "Arizona Coyotes Owners - Arizona Coyotes - Team". Arizona Coyotes. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- ↑ "Hockey Operations - Arizona Coyotes - Team". Arizona Coyotes. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- ↑ "Coyotes Roster - Arizona Coyotes - Team". Arizona Coyotes. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- ↑ "Arizona Coyotes Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- 1 2 3 "Jack Adams Award". NHL. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ↑ "List of honoured builders". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ↑ "List of honoured players". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ↑ "Coyotes Name Tocchet as Head Coach". NHL.com. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- ↑ "Don Hay Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ↑ "Jim Schoenfeld Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ↑ "Bobby Francis Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ↑ "Rick Bowness Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ↑ "Wayne Gretzky Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ↑ "Dave Tippett Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
- ↑ "Rick Tocchet Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- ↑ "Official Rules" (PDF). NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2009-01-12.