List of Ottawa Senators head coaches (original)

Pre-NHL era
In this early era, the captain of the club was the coach. No other individual was hired by the club.


 * Captains
 * Frank Jenkins 1883–1886, 1889–1890
 * Thomas D. Green, 1886–1887
 * P. D. Ross, 1890–91
 * Herbert Russell 1891–1893
 * Weldy Young, 1893-1895
 * Chauncy Kirby, 1895–96
 * Fred Chittick, 1896–97
 * Harvey Pulford, 1897–98
 * Chauncy Kirby, 1898–99
 * Hod Stuart, 1899–1900
 * Harvey Pulford, 1900–1901
 * William Duval, 1902


 * Coaches
 * Alf Smith (1901, 1903–1906) (playing coach from 1904–1906)
 * Pete Green (1902, 1908–1913)
 * Alf Smith (1913–1917)

NHL era
This is a list of head coaches for the original Ottawa Senators club of the National Hockey League. This list does not include the current NHL Ottawa Senators.


 * 1) Eddie Gerard (1917–1918)
 * 2) Alf Smith (1918–1919)
 * 3) Pete Green (1919–1925)
 * 4) Alex Currie (1925–1926)
 * 5) Dave Gill (1926–1929)
 * 6) Newsy Lalonde (1929–1930)
 * 7) Newsy Lalonde and Dave Gill (1930–31)
 * 8) Cy Denneny (1932–1933)
 * 9) George Boucher (1933–1934)