List of Dallas Stars head coaches

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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 most recent head coach was Rick Bowness who served from the 2019–20 season until the end of the 2021–22 season.

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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. [5] 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. [6] [7] [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. [8]

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 2023–24 season.

#NameTerm [c] Regular seasonPlayoffsAchievementsReference
GCWLT/OTPTSWin%GCWLWin%
1 Bob Gainey 1993–1996 171707130170.4971468.429 [9]
2 Ken Hitchcock 1996–2002 50327715472626.622804733.588 [10]
3 Rick Wilson* 2002 321311834.531———— [11]
4 Dave Tippett 2002–2009 49227115665607.617472126.447 [12]
5 Marc Crawford 2009–2011 164796025183.558———— [13]
6 Glen Gulutzan 2011–2013 13064579137.527———— [14]
7 Lindy Ruff 2013–2017 32816512241371.56519910.474 [15]
—Ken Hitchcock 2017–2018 824232892.561———— [10]
8 Jim Montgomery 2018–2019 113604310130.5971376.538 [16]
9 Rick Bowness 2019–2022 176896225203.577331716.529 [17]
10 Peter DeBoer 2022–present164994223221.674382018.526 [18]

Notes

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  7. ↑ "Clarence S. Campbell Bowl". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
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  10. 1 2 "Ken Hitchcock Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  11. ↑ "Rick Wilson Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  12. ↑ "Dave Tippett Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  13. ↑ "Marc Crawford Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  14. ↑ "Glen Gulutzan Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  15. ↑ "Lindy Ruff Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
  16. ↑ "Jim Montgomery Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Rick Bowness Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Peter DeBoer Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Official Rules" (PDF). NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
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