List of Arizona Coyotes head coaches

For the head coaches of the original Winnipeg Jets, see List of Winnipeg Jets (1972-96) head coaches.

Wayne Gretzky is a former head coach of the Coyotes.

The Arizona Coyotes are an inactive professional ice hockey team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. They competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (1996–1998, 2021–2024), the Pacific Division (1998–2020) in the Western Conference, and the West Division (2020–2021). ^[1] The team started out as a charter member of the World Hockey Association (WHA), and were named the Winnipeg Jets. The WHA then merged with the NHL in 1979, the Jets relocated to Phoenix in 1996, and were renamed the Phoenix Coyotes. ^[2] Having first played at America West Arena, ^[2] the Coyotes have played their home games at the Gila River Arena, formerly named the Glendale Arena and the Jobing.com Arena, since 2003. ^[3] The Coyotes are owned by IceArizona. ^[4]

There have been seven head coaches for the Coyotes team. The team's first head coach was Don Hay, who coached for one season. Dave Tippett is the team's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (622), the most regular season game wins (282), the most regular season points (647), the most playoff games coached (27), and the most playoff game wins (12). Tippett was the head coach of the Coyotes from the 2009–10 season until the end of 2016–17 season. ^[5] The Jack Adams Award has been awarded twice to a Coyotes' coach; Bob Francis for the 2001–02 season and Tippett for the 2009–10 season. ^[6] None of the Coyotes coaches have been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder, ^[7] though Wayne Gretzky has been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a player in 1999. ^[8] Francis and Gretzky have each spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Coyotes. Rick Tocchet served as head coach from 2017 to 2021. ^{[9] [10]} The team's current head coach is Andre Tourigny, who was named to the position on July 1, 2021. ^[11] Tourigny coached the Coyotes until he was transferred to the Utah Mammoth, along with the rest of the Coyotes staff and players, at the end of the 2023–24 season.

Key

#	Number of coaches [a]
GC	Games coached
W	Wins = 2 points
L	Losses = 0 points
T	Ties = 1 point
OT	Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point [b]
PTS	Points
Win%	Winning percentage
*	Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Coyotes

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the 2023–24 season.

#	Name	Term [c]	Regular season						Playoffs				Achievements	Reference
			GC	W	L	T/OT	PTS	Win%	GC	W	L	Win%
1	Don Hay	1996–1997	82	38	37	7	83	.506	7	3	4	.429		[12]
2	Jim Schoenfeld	1997–1999	164	74	66	24	172	.524	13	5	8	.385		[13]
3	Bob Francis*	1999–2004	390	165	144	81	411	.527	10	2	8	.200	2001–02 Jack Adams Award winner [6]	[14]
4	Rick Bowness	2004	20	2	12	6	10	.250	—	—	—	—		[15]
5	Wayne Gretzky*	2005–2009	328	143	161	24	310	.473	—	—	—	—		[16]
6	Dave Tippett	2009–2017	622	282	257	83	647	.520	27	12	15	.444	2009–10 Jack Adams Award winner [6]	[17]
7	Rick Tocchet	2017–2021	290	125	131	34	284	.490	9	4	5	.444		[18]
8	Andre Tourigny*	2021–2024	246	89	131	26	204	.415	—	—	—	—		[19]

Notes

• ^a A running total of the number of coaches of the Coyotes. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
• ^b Before 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. ^[20]
• ^c Each year is linked to an article about that particular NHL season.

References

General

• "Arizona Coyotes Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.

Specific

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13. "Jim Schoenfeld Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
14. "Bobby Francis Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
15. "Rick Bowness Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
16. "Wayne Gretzky Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
17. "Dave Tippett Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
18. "Rick Tocchet Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
19. "André Tourigny Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
20. "Official Rules" (PDF). NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 11, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2009.