List of Pittsburgh Penguins head coaches

Michel Therrien was the Penguins' head coach from 2005 to 2009.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are an American professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The franchise was established as one of six new franchises of the 1967 NHL expansion. Since their foundation, the Penguins have played their home games at the Mellon Arena, which is scheduled to be replaced by the Consol Energy Center in 2010. The franchise is co-owned by Ronald Burkle and Mario Lemieux—the only player/owner in the NHL's modern era. According to Forbes, the Penguins were the 18th most valuable NHL franchise, at $195 million, in 2008.

There have been 20 head coaches for the Penguins franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Red Sullivan, former New York Rangers captain and coach. Sullivan was replaced by future Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Red Kelly, after two seasons. Kelly was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player, and head coaches Craig Patrick, Bob Johnson, Scotty Bowman, and Herb Brooks were inducted as builders. Eddie Johnston—who along with Patrick and Ken Schinkel served two tenures as head coach—leads Penguins' coaches in games coached (516), wins (232), losses (224), and ties (60). Bowman leads coaches in winning percentage (.628) and playoff victories (33). Johnson led the Penguins to their first Stanley Cup victory in 1991, but was forced to retire due to health problems after the season—he died later that year. Bowman succeeded Johnson and coached the team to its second Stanley Cup victory the following season. Michel Therrien won the Prince of Wales Trophy, as Eastern Conference champion, during the 2007–08 season. Therrien was replaced the following season by current head coach Dan Bylsma. Blysma would lead the Penguins to their third Stanley Cup championship that same season.

Key

#	Number of coaches
Term	Years spent as coach
Games	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
T	Ties
OTL	Overtime/shootout losses[a]
Win%	Winning percentage
PG	Playoff games coached
PW	Playoff wins
PL	Playoff losses
PWin%	Playoff winning percentage
* or †	Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame († denotes induction as a builder, * denotes induction as a player)

Coaches

Scotty Bowman was the Penguins' head coach from 1991 to 1993

Note: Statistics are updated through the 2008–09 season.

#	Name[b]	Term[c]	! Games	W	L	T	OTL	Win%	PG	PW	PL	PWin%	Achievements	Ref
1	Sullivan George "Red" Sullivan	1967–1969	150	47	79	24	-1 —	.393	-1 —	-1 —	-1 —	-1 —
2	Kelly Red Kelly*	1969–1973	274	90	132	52	-1 —	.423	14	06 6	08 8	.429
3	Schinkel Ken Schinkel	1973–1974, 1976–1977	203	83	92	28	-1 —	.478	-1 —	-1 —	-1 —	-1 —
4	Boileau Marc Boileau	1974–1976	151	66	61	24	-1 —	.517	09 9	05 5	04 4	.555
5	Wilson Johnny Wilson	1977–1980	240	91	105	44	-1 —	.471	12	04 4	08 8	.333
6	Johnston Eddie Johnston	1980–1983, 1993–1997	516	232	224	60	-1 —	.508	46	22	24	.478
7	Angotti Lou Angotti	1983–1984	80	16	58	06 6	-1 —	.232	-1 —	-1 —	-1 —	-1 —
8	Berry Bob Berry	1984–1987	240	88	127	25	-1 —	.419	-1 —	-1 —	-1 —	-1 —
9	Creamer Pierre Creamer	1987–1988	80	36	35	09 9	-1 —	.506	-1 —	-1 —	-1 —	-1 —
10	Ubriaco Gene Ubriaco	1988–1989	106	50	47	09 9	-1 —	.514	11	07 7	04 4	.636
11	Patrick Craig Patrick†	1989–1990,[d] 1997[e]	74	29	36	09 9	-1 —	.453	05 5	01 1	04 4	.200
12	Johnson Bob Johnson†	1990–1991	80	41	33	06 6	-1 —	.550	24	16	08 8	.667	1991 Stanley Cup championship
13	Bowman Scotty Bowman†	1991–1993	164	95	53	16	-1 —	.628	33	23	10	.696	1992 Stanley Cup championship
14	Constantine Kevin Constantine	1997–1999	189	86	67	35	04 4	.511	19	08 8	11	.421
15	Brooks Herb Brooks†	1999–2000	57	29	24	05 5	02 2	.570	11	06 6	05 5	.545
16	Hlinka Ivan Hlinka	2000–2001	86	42	32	09 9	03 3	.558	18	09 9	09 9	.500
17	Kehoe Rick Kehoe	2001–2003	160	55	81	14	10	.419	-1 —	-1 —	-1 —	-1 —
18	Olczyk Ed Olczyk	2003–2005	113	31	64	14	04 4	.274	-1 —	-1 —	-1 —	-1 —
19	Therrien Michel Therrien	2005–2009[f]	272	135	105	-1 —	32	.502	25	15	10	.600	2008 Prince of Wales Trophy championship
20	Bylsma Dan Bylsma	2009–present[g]	25	18	3	-1 —	4	.800	24	16	8	.666	2009 Stanley Cup championship

Footnotes

• ^a  Before the 2005–06 season, the NHL instituted a shootout for regular season games that remained tied after a five-minute overtime period, which prevented ties.
• ^b  Head coaches with multiple terms are counted once; figures are career totals. For a specific order of the coaches see the Footnotes section.
• ^c  Each year is linked to an article about that particular NHL season.
• ^d  Gene Ubriaco served as the Penguins' head coach to begin the 1989–90 season; the team began with a 10–14–2 record. On December 5, 1989, Craig Patrick replaced Ubriaco as an interim head coach. Under Patrick, the team went 22–26–6 and did not qualify for the playoffs.
• ^e  After starting the 1996–97 season with a record of 31–26–5, the Penguins went 1–8 in nine consecutive games in February and March 1997. Coach Eddie Johnston was replaced by Craig Patrick, under whom the team finished the season 7–10–3 and lost in the first round of the playoffs four games to one.
• ^f  Michel Therrien coached the Penguins to a 27–25–5 record to start the 2008–09 season, at which point he was replaced by Dan Bylsma.
• ^g  Dan Blysma's statistics will be updated upon the completion of the 2008–09 season.

References

General

• Pittsburgh Penguins coaches. General Managers & Coaches. PittsburghPenguins.com. Retrieved on 2008-10-09.
• Pittsburgh Penguins. History. CBS Sports. Retrieved on 2009-02-26.

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