List of Vancouver Canucks head coaches



The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Canucks are a members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canucks currently play home games at General Motors Place. The Canucks joined the NHL in 1970 as an expansion team, along with the Buffalo Sabres. They have advanced to the Stanley Cup finals twice but were defeated by the New York Islanders in 1982, and the New York Rangers in 1994. The Canucks are owned by Francesco Aquilini, Mike Gillis is their general manager, and Roberto Luongo is the team captain.

There have been 16 head coaches for the Canucks. The franchise's first head coach was Hal Laycoe, who coached the Canucks for two seasons. Marc Crawford coached the most games of any Canucks head coach with 529 games and has the most points all-time with the Canucks with 586 points. He is followed by Pat Quinn, who has 310 points all-time with the Canucks. Alain Vigneault has the most points in a season of any Canucks coach, with 105 in the 2006–07 season. Roger Neilson is the only Hockey Hall of Fame inductee to coach the Canucks. Quinn and Vigneault are the only two Canucks head coaches to win a Jack Adams Award with the team. Bill LaForge, who coached the start of the 1984 season, has the least points with the Canucks (10). Harry Neale served the most terms as head coach of the Canucks with three while Pat Quinn served two. Vigneault has been the head coach of the Canucks since the 2006–07 season.

Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2008–09 season.