List of Dallas Stars head coaches

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The Stars have played their home games at the American Airlines Center since 2001. American Airlines Center 02.jpg
The Stars have played their home games at the American Airlines Center since 2001.

The Dallas Stars are an American professional ice hockey team based in Dallas. They play in the Central Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). [1] The team joined the NHL in 1967 as an expansion team as the Minnesota North Stars, but moved to Dallas in 1993. [2] The Stars won their first Stanley Cup championship in 1999. [3] Having first played at the Reunion Arena, the Stars have played their home games at the American Airlines Center since 2001. [4] The current head coach is Glen Gulutzan, who was hired for his second tenure as head coach on July 1, 2025. [5]

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There have been eight  head coaches for the Stars' team. The team's first head coach was Bob Gainey, who coached for four seasons. In the middle of the 1995–96 season, Gainey, who was then also the general manager for the Stars, fired himself as head coach and hired Ken Hitchcock to take over. [6] Hitchcock is the team's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (585), the most regular-season game wins (319), the most regular-season points (718), the most playoff games coached (80), and the most playoff-game wins (47). Hitchcock is the only Stars coach to have won the Presidents' Trophy, winning it in 1997–98 and 1998–99, the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, winning it in 1998–99 and 1999–2000, and the Stanley Cup, winning it in the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals against the Buffalo Sabres. [7] [8] [3] Hitchcock returned for one more season with the Stars in 2017–18. None of the Stars coaches have been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder. [9]

Key

#Number of coaches [a]
GCGames coached
WWins = 2 points
LLosses = 0 points
TTies = 1 point
OT Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point [b]
PTS Points
Win% Winning percentage
*Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Stars

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the 2024–25 season.

#NameTerm [c] Regular seasonPlayoffsAchievementsReference
GCWLT/OTPTSWin%GCWLWin%
1 Bob Gainey 19931996 171707130170.4971468.429  [10]
2 Ken Hitchcock 19962002 50327715472626.622804733.588  [11]
3 Rick Wilson* 2002 321311834.531  [12]
4 Dave Tippett 20022009 49227115665607.617472126.447  [13]
5 Marc Crawford 20092011 164796025183.558  [14]
6 Glen Gulutzan 20112013 13064579137.527  [15]
7 Lindy Ruff 20132017 32816512241371.56619910.474  [16]
Ken Hitchcock 20172018 824232892.561  [11]
8 Jim Montgomery 20182019 113604310130.5751376.538  [17]
9 Rick Bowness 20192022 176896225203.577331716.515  [18]
10 Peter DeBoer 20222025 2461496829327.665562927.518  [19]
Glen Gulutzan 2025–present  [15]

Notes

References

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  6. Drape, Joe (May 24, 1998). "The Stanley Cup Playoffs; Not Just a Pretty Face". The New York Times . Retrieved January 2, 2009.
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  11. 1 2 "Ken Hitchcock Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
  12. "Rick Wilson Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
  13. "Dave Tippett Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
  14. "Marc Crawford Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
  15. 1 2 "Glen Gulutzan Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  16. "Lindy Ruff Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  17. "Jim Montgomery Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  18. "Rick Bowness Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  19. "Peter DeBoer Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  20. "Official Rules" (PDF). NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 11, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2009.