List of Detroit Red Wings head coaches

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Mike Babcock
Mike Babcock served as head coach for ten seasons.

The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL) and are one of the Original Six teams of the league.[1][2] There have been 28 head coaches in franchise history; three during the era of the Detroit Cougars (1926–1930) and Detroit Falcons (1930–1932) and the rest under the Detroit Red Wings (1932–present). Six Red Wings coaches have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as players: Jack Adams, Sid Abel, Bill Gadsby, Marcel Pronovost, Ted Lindsay, and Brad Park, while two others as builders: Tommy Ivan and Scotty Bowman. Adams, Bowman, Ivan, and Lindsay have also won the Lester Patrick Trophy, an award presented to those who have provided an outstanding service to hockey in the United States.

Barry Smith has the highest winning percentage of any Red Wings coach, with an .800 record from the five games he coached on an interim basis with Dave Lewis during the 1998 season.[3][4] He is followed by Lewis who has a .672 winning percentage.[3] Larry Wilson, who coached the 1977 season, has the lowest winning percentage (.139). Jack Adams coached the most games of any Red Wings head coach, 964 games during his tenure with the Cougars, Falcons and Red Wings. Adams also has the most regular season losses and ties.[5][6] The Jack Adams Award, awarded annually to the National Hockey League head coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success", is named after him. Mike Babcock has the most regular season wins.[6] Jacques Demers is the only NHL coach to have won the Jack Adams Award twice with the same team. Scotty Bowman also won twice, though with different teams: the first time, he was coach of the Montreal Canadiens.[7] The current head coach of the Red Wings is Derek Lalonde, who was hired in June 2022.[8]

Key[edit]

Key of terms and definitions
Term Definition
No. Number of coaches[a]
GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties
OT Overtime/shootout losses[b]
Win% Winning percentage
# Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Red Wings
† Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame
‡ Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Red Wings
and also elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame

Coaches[edit]

Jack Adams
Jack Adams, shown here as a player in the OHA, coached the team from 1927 to 1947.
Scotty Bowman
Scotty Bowman, the 23rd head coach of the Red Wings, coached the team from 1993 to 2002.

Note: Statistics are correct through the 2017–18 NHL season.

Head coaches of the Detroit NHL franchise
No. Name Term(s)[c] GC W L T/OT Win% GC W L T Win% Awards Ref(s)
Regular season Playoffs
1 Art Duncan 1926–27 33 10 21 2 .333 — — — — — [6][9]
2 Duke Keats‡ 1926–27 11 2 7 2 .273 — — — — — [6][10]
3 Jack Adams‡ 1927–47 964 413 390 161 .512 105 52 52 1 .500 Stanley Cup (1936, 1937, 1943)
First All-Star team Coach (1937, 1943)
second All-Star team Coach (1945) 		[5][6][11][12]
4 Tommy Ivan† 1947–54 470 262 118 90 .653 67 36 31 0 .537 Stanley Cup (1950, 1952, 1954) [6][11][12][13]
5 Jimmy Skinner# 1954–58 247 123 78 46 .591 26 14 12 0 .538 Stanley Cup (1955) [6][11][12][14]
6 Sid Abel† 1958–68
1969–70 		811 340 339 132 .501 76 32 44 0 .421 [6][11][15]
7 Bill Gadsby‡ 1968–69 78 35 31 12 .526 — — — — — [6][16]
8 Ned Harkness# 1970–71 38 12 22 4 .368 — — — — — [6][17]
9 Doug Barkley# 1970–71
1975–76 		77 20 46 11 .331 — — — — — [6][18]
10 Johnny Wilson 1971–73 145 67 56 22 .538 — — — — — [6][19]
11 Ted Garvin# 1973–74 11 2 8 1 .227 — — — — — [6][20]
12 Alex Delvecchio‡ 1973–75
1975–77 		245 82 131 32 .400 — — — — — [6][21]
13 Larry Wilson# 1976–77 36 3 29 4 .139 — — — — — [6][22]
14 Bobby Kromm# 1977–80 231 79 111 41 .431 7 3 4 0 .428 Jack Adams Award (1978) [6][11][23]
15 Ted Lindsay‡ 1979–81 29 5 21 3 .224 — — — — — [6][24]
16 Wayne Maxner# 1980–82 129 34 68 27 .368 — — — — — [6][25]
17 Billy Dea# 1981–82 11 3 8 0 .273 — — — — — [6][26]
18 Nick Polano# 1982–85 240 79 127 34 .400 7 1 6 0 .143 [6][11][27]
19 Harry Neale 1985–86 35 8 23 4 .286 — — — — — [6][28]
20 Brad Park‡ 1985–86 45 9 34 2 .222 — — — — — [6][29]
21 Jacques Demers 1986–90 320 137 136 47 .502 38 20 18 0 .526 Jack Adams Award (1987, 1988) [6][11][30]
22 Bryan Murray 1990–93 244 124 91 29 .568 25 10 15 0 .400 [6][11][31]
23 Scotty Bowman† 1993–2002 701 410 193 98 .655 134 86 48 0 .642 Stanley Cup (1997, 1998, 2002)
Jack Adams Award (1996) 		[6][11][12][32]
24 Barry Smith# 1998–99 5 4 1 0 .800 — — — — — [4][6][11]
25 Dave Lewis 1998–99
2002–05 		169 100 42 27 .672 16 6 10 0 .375 [3][6][11]
26 Mike Babcock 2005–2015 786 458 223 105 .649 123 67 56 0 .545 Stanley Cup (2008) [6][11][12][33]
27 Jeff Blashill# 2015–2022 537 204 261 72 .447 5 1 4 0 .200 [34][35]
28 Derek Lalonde# 2022–present 164 76 69 19 .521 — — — 0 0 [8]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  • a A running total of the number of coaches of the Red Wings; thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  • b Prior to 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.[36]
  • c The term(s) column lists the first year of the season of the coach's first game and the last year of the season of the coach's last game. For example, someone who coached one game in the 2000–2001 season would be listed as coaching the team from 2000–2001, regardless of what calendar year the game occurred within.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rosters, Arena Information, and Aerial Maps". National Hockey League. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
  2. ^ The Canadian Press (May 14, 2013). "4 of the NHL's Original 6 – Chicago, Detroit, Boston, NY Rangers – among 8 still in playoffs". National Hockey League. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Dave Lewis". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  4. ^ a b "Barry Smith". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  5. ^ a b "Jack Adams". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab National Hockey League (2014). "All–Time Regular-Season NHL Coaching Register". NHL Official Guide & Record Book 2015. Triumph. pp. 190–193. ISBN 978-1-62937-011-8.
  7. ^ "Jack Adams Award". NHL.com. National Hockey League. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  8. ^ a b Roth, Thomas (June 30, 2022). "Red Wings name Derek Lalonde head coach". NHL.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  9. ^ "Arthur Duncan". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  10. ^ "Duke Keats". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l National Hockey League (2014). "All–Time Playoff NHL Coaching Register". NHL Official Guide & Record Book 2015. Triumph. pp. 274–275. ISBN 978-1-62937-011-8.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Detroit Red Wings Franchise Index". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  13. ^ "Tommy Ivan". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  14. ^ "Jimmy Skinner". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  15. ^ "Sid Abel". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  16. ^ "Bill Gadsby". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  17. ^ "Ned Harkness". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  18. ^ "Doug Barkley". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  19. ^ "Johnny Wilson". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  20. ^ "Ted Garvin". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  21. ^ "Alex Delvecchio". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  22. ^ "Larry Wilson". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  23. ^ "Bobby Kromm". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  24. ^ "Ted Lindsay". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  25. ^ "Wayne Maxner". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  26. ^ "Billy Dea". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  27. ^ "Nick Polano". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  28. ^ "Harry Neale". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  29. ^ "Brad Park". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  30. ^ "Jacques Demers". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  31. ^ "Bryan Murray". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  32. ^ "Scotty Bowman". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  33. ^ "Mike Babcock". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
  34. ^ "Red Wings hire Jeff Blashill as new coach". June 9, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  35. ^ "Jeff Blashill". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  36. ^ "Shootouts are fan-friendly". The Washington Times. October 19, 2005. Retrieved May 24, 2013.

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