List of Toronto Maple Leafs head coaches
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario. The team is a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL) and is one of the Original Six teams of the NHL. There have been 39 head coaches in their franchise history; one during the era of the Toronto Arenas (1917–1919), seven during the era of the Toronto St. Patricks (1919–1927) and the rest under the Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–present).[1] Five Maple Leafs coaches have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as players: Dick Irvin, Joe Primeau, King Clancy, Red Kelly, and Dick Duff[2] while five others have been inducted as builders: Conn Smythe, Hap Day, Punch Imlach, Roger Neilson, and Pat Quinn.[3]
Frank Carroll has the highest winning percentage of any Maple Leafs coach, with a .625 record from the 24 games he coached from 1920 to 1921. Neither Mike Rodden nor interim coach Dick Duff, who coached only two games each in 1927 and 1980 respectively, won a game with the team. Dan Maloney has the worst record of any who coached more than a season, with a .328 winning percentage from 160 games. Punch Imlach coached the most games of any Maple Leafs coach with 750 games from 1959 to 1969.[1] Pat Burns is the franchise's only coach to win the Jack Adams Award awarded to the head coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success." Pat Quinn also won the award, but with two teams prior to coaching the Maple Leafs.[4]
Interim head coach Peter Horachek succeeded Randy Carlyle with 42 games left in the 2014-2015 season,[5] and was then fired when the regular season ended.
On May 20, 2015, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced that they had hired Mike Babcock as the 39th head coach in franchise history and had signed him to a groundbreaking 8-year $50-million contract, becoming the highest paid NHL coach in history.[6]
On November 20, 2019, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced that Babcock had been relieved of his coaching duties, and was replaced by Sheldon Keefe as the 40th head coach in franchise history.[7]
Key[]
# | Number of coaches–a running total of the number of coaches, any coach who has two or more separate terms is only counted once. |
GC | Games coached |
W | Wins |
L | Losses |
T | Ties |
OT | Overtime/shootout losses |
Win% | Winning percentage |
* | Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame |
† | Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Maple Leafs |
Coaches[]
Statistics are up to date as of the 2019–20 season.
# | Name | Term | Regular season | Playoffs | Awards | Reference | |||||||||||
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GC | W | L | T/OT | Win% | GC | W | L | T | |||||||||
Toronto Arenas | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Dick Carroll† | 1917–1919 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 0 | .450 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Stanley Cup (1918) | [8] | ||||
Toronto St. Patricks | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Frank Heffernan† | 1919–1920 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .417 | – | – | – | – | [9] | |||||
3 | Harvey Sproule† | 1920 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | – | – | – | – | [10] | |||||
4 | Frank Carroll† | 1920–1921 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | .625 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | [11] | |||||
5 | George O'Donoghue† | 1921–1923 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 1 | .534 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Stanley Cup (1922) | [12] | ||||
6 | Charles Querrie† | 1923–1924 | 43 | 21 | 21 | 1 | .500 | – | – | – | – | [13] | |||||
7 | Eddie Powers† | 1924–1926 | 66 | 31 | 32 | 3 | .492 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | [14] | |||||
— | Charles Querrie† | 1926–1927 | 29 | 8 | 17 | 4 | .345 | – | – | – | – | [13] | |||||
8 | Mike Rodden† | 1927 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | – | [15] | |||||
Toronto Maple Leafs | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Alex Romeril† | 1927 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .577 | – | – | – | – | [16] | |||||
10 | Conn Smythe* | 1927–1930 | 134 | 57 | 57 | 20 | .500 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | [17] | |||||
11 | Art Duncan | 1930–1931 | 47 | 21 | 16 | 10 | .553 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [1] | |||||
— | Conn Smythe* (interim) | 1931 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | – | – | – | – | ||||||
12 | Dick Irvin* | 1931–1940 | 427 | 216 | 152 | 59 | .576 | 66 | 33 | 32 | 1 | Stanley Cup (1932) | [18] | ||||
13 | Hap Day* | 1940–1950 | 546 | 259 | 206 | 81 | .557 | 80 | 49 | 31 | 0 | Stanley Cup (1942, 1945, 1947–49) | [19] | ||||
14 | Joe Primeau* | 1950–1953 | 210 | 97 | 71 | 42 | .562 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | Stanley Cup (1951) | [20] | ||||
15 | King Clancy* | 1953–1956 | 210 | 80 | 81 | 49 | .498 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | [21] | |||||
16 | Howie Meeker† | 1956–1957 | 70 | 21 | 34 | 15 | .407 | – | – | – | – | [22] | |||||
17 | Billy Reay | 1957–1958 | 90 | 26 | 50 | 14 | .367 | – | – | – | – | [23] | |||||
18 | Punch Imlach* | 1958–1969 | 760 | 365 | 270 | 125 | .569 | 89 | 44 | 45 | 0 | Stanley Cup (1962–64, 1967) | [24] | ||||
— | King Clancy* (interim) | 1966 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .800 | – | – | – | – | [1] | |||||
19 | John McLellan† | 1969–1973 | 295 | 117 | 136 | 42 | .462 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | [25] | |||||
— | King Clancy* (interim) | 1972 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .750 | – | – | – | – | [1] | |||||
20 | Red Kelly* | 1973–1977 | 318 | 133 | 123 | 62 | .516 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 0 | [26] | |||||
21 | Roger Neilson* | 1977–1979 | 160 | 75 | 62 | 23 | .541 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | [27] | |||||
22 | Floyd Smith | 1979–1980 | 68 | 30 | 33 | 5 | .477 | – | – | – | – | [28] | |||||
23 | Dick Duff* (interim) | 1980 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | – | [29] | |||||
— | Punch Imlach* (interim) | 1980 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | [24] | |||||
24 | Joe Crozier | 1980–1981 | 40 | 13 | 22 | 5 | .388 | – | – | – | – | [1] | |||||
25 | Mike Nykoluk† | 1981–1984 | 280 | 89 | 144 | 47 | .402 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | [30] | |||||
26 | Dan Maloney | 1984–1986 | 160 | 45 | 100 | 15 | .328 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | [31] | |||||
27 | John Brophy† | 1986–1988 | 193 | 64 | 111 | 18 | .378 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | [32] | |||||
28 | George Armstrong† | 1988–1989 | 47 | 17 | 26 | 4 | .404 | – | – | – | – | [33] | |||||
29 | Doug Carpenter | 1989–1990 | 91 | 39 | 47 | 5 | .456 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | [34] | |||||
30 | Tom Watt | 1990–1992 | 149 | 52 | 80 | 17 | .406 | – | – | – | – | [35] | |||||
31 | Pat Burns* | 1992–1996 | 281 | 133 | 107 | 41 | .546 | 46 | 23 | 23 | 0 | Jack Adams Award (1993)[4] | [36] | ||||
32 | Nick Beverley† | 1996 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .588 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | [37] | |||||
33 | Mike Murphy | 1996–1998 | 164 | 60 | 87 | 17 | .418 | – | – | – | – | [38] | |||||
34 | Pat Quinn* | 1998–2006 | 574 | 300 | 196 | 78 | .591 | 80 | 41 | 39 | 0 | [39] | |||||
35 | Paul Maurice | 2006–2008 | 164 | 76 | 66 | 22 | .530 | – | – | – | – | [40] | |||||
36 | Ron Wilson | 2008–2012 | 310 | 130 | 135 | 45 | .492 | – | – | – | – | [41] | |||||
37 | Randy Carlyle | 2012–2015 | 188 | 91 | 78 | 19 | .535 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | [42] | |||||
38 | Peter Horachek (interim) | 2015 | 42 | 8 | 28 | 6 | .262 | – | – | – | – | [43] | |||||
39 | Mike Babcock | 2015–2019 | 328 | 164 | 123 | 41 | .563 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | [44] | |||||
40 | Sheldon Keefe† | 2019–present | 47 | 27 | 15 | 5 | .628 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | [45] |
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- ^ "George O'Donoghue". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
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- ^ "Billy Reay". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ a b "Punch Imlach". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "John McLellan". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "Red Kelly". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
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- ^ "Dick Duff". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "Mike Nykoluk". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "Dan Maloney". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "John Brophy". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "George Armstrong". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "Doug Carpenter". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "Tom Watt". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "Pat Burns". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-09-04. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "Nick Beverley". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "Mike Murphy". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "Pat Quinn". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "Paul Maurice". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "Ron Wilson". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "Randy Carlyle". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2008-09-04. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "Peter Horachek". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
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External links[]
- Toronto Maple Leafs official website
- Toronto Maple Leafs coaches
- National Hockey League coaches by team
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