List of Hartford Whalers head coaches
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The Hartford Whalers were an ice hockey team who played in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA). This is a list of the head coaches they had during their existence. The franchise moved to Raleigh, North Carolina in 1997 and became the Carolina Hurricanes
Key
[edit]| # | Number of coaches[a] |
| GC | Games coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| T | Ties |
| Pts | Points |
| * | Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Whalers |
WHA coaches
[edit]| # | Name | Term | Regular season | Playoffs | Results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T | Pts | GC | W | L | ||||
| 1 | Jack Kelley | 1972-1973 | 78 | 46 | 30 | 2 | 94 | 15 | 12 | 3 | Avco World Trophy (1972) |
| 2 | Ron Ryan | 1973-1975 | 151 | 83 | 59 | 9 | 175 | 7 | 3 | 4 | Howard Baldwin Trophy (1973) Replaced near end of season |
| – | Jack Kelley | 1975 | 38 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 4 | Replaced midway through season |
| 3 | Don Blackburn | 1975-76 | 35 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 31 | - | - | - | Replaced midway through season |
| 4 | Harry Neale | 1976-1978 | 173 | 84 | 77 | 12 | 180 | 36 | 19 | 17 | Lost 1978 Avco Cup to Winnipeg |
| 5 | Bill Dineen | 1978-1979 | 71 | 33 | 29 | 9 | 75 | - | - | - | Replaced near end of season |
| - | Don Blackburn | 1979 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | Last coach for WHA Whalers |
NHL coaches
[edit]| # | Name | Term | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T | Pts | GC | W | L | |||
| 1 | Don Blackburn | 1979-1981 | 140 | 42 | 63 | 35 | 119 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Larry Pleau | 1981-1982 | 100 | 27 | 53 | 20 | 74 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Larry Kish | 1982-1983 | 49 | 12 | 32 | 5 | 29 | — | — | — |
| 4 | John Cunniff | 1983 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Larry Pleau | 1983 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 9 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Jack Evans | 1983-1988 | 374 | 163 | 174 | 37 | 363 | 16 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | Larry Pleau | 1988-1989 | 106 | 50 | 51 | 5 | 105 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Rick Ley | 1989-1991 | 160 | 69 | 71 | 20 | 158 | 13 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Jim Roberts | 1991-1992 | 80 | 26 | 41 | 13 | 65 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Paul Holmgren | 1992-1993 | 101 | 30 | 63 | 8 | 68 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Pierre McGuire | 1993-1994 | 67 | 23 | 37 | 7 | 53 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Paul Holmgren | 1994-1995 | 60 | 24 | 30 | 6 | 54 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Paul Maurice | 1995-1997 | 152 | 61 | 72 | 19 | 141 | — | — | — |