List of Philadelphia Flyers head coaches

Dave Hakstol is the current head coach of the Flyers.

The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Eastern Conference.^[1] The Flyers were founded in 1967 as one of six expansion teams, increasing the size of the NHL at that time to 12 teams.^[2]

Since the franchise was established, the team has had 19 head coaches,^[3] including Fred Shero, who coached the Flyers to two Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975, and was the inaugural winner of the Jack Adams Award in 1973–74.^[4] Three other Flyers coaches have won the Adams Award — Pat Quinn in 1979–80, Mike Keenan in 1984–85, and Bill Barber in 2000–01.^[4] The Flyers current head coach is Dave Hakstol, who was hired on May 18, 2015.^[3]

Key

Key of terms and definitions

Term	Definition
No.	Number of coaches^[a]
GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
T	Ties
OT	Overtime/shootout losses
Pts	Points
Pts%	Points percentage
Win%	Winning percentage
	Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Flyers
	Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builder category
	Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Flyers and also elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builder category

Coaches

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are updated through the end of the 2015–16 season

Head coaches of the Philadelphia Flyers

				Regular season							Playoffs
No.	Name	Appointment	Departure	GC	W	L	T	OT	Pts	Pts%	GC	W	L	Win%	Refs
1	Allen, KeithKeith Allen	June 6, 1966	May 19, 1969	150	51	67	32	—	134	.447	11	3	8	.273	[5][6][7]
2	Stasiuk, VicVic Stasiuk	May 19, 1969	May 27, 1971	154	45	68	41	—	131	.425	4	0	4	.000	[6][8][9]
3	Shero, FredFred Shero	June 2, 1971	May 22, 1978	554	308	151	95	—	711	.642	83	48	35	.578	[10][11][12]
4	McCammon, BobBob McCammon	July 6, 1978	January 30, 1979	50	22	17	11	—	55	.550	—	—	—	—	[13][14][15]
5	Quinn, PatPat Quinn	January 30, 1979	March 19, 1982	262	141	73	48	—	330	.630	39	22	17	.564	[14][16][17]
–	McCammon, BobBob McCammon	March 19, 1982	April 25, 1984	168	97	51	20	—	214	.637	10	1	9	.100	[15][16][18]
6	Keenan, MikeMike Keenan	May 24, 1984	May 11, 1988	320	190	102	28	—	408	.638	57	32	25	.561	[19][20][21]
7	Holmgren, PaulPaul Holmgren	June 1, 1988	December 4, 1991	264	107	126	31	—	245	.464	19	10	9	.526	[22][23][24]
8	Dineen, BillBill Dineen	December 4, 1991	May 24, 1993	140	60	60	20	—	140	.500	—	—	—	—	[23][25][26]
9	Simpson, TerryTerry Simpson	May 24, 1993	May 20, 1994	84	35	39	10	—	80	.476	—	—	—	—	[25][27][28]
10	Murray, TerryTerry Murray	June 23, 1994	June 13, 1997	212	118	64	30	—	266	.627	46	28	18	.609	[29][30][31]
11	Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	July 7, 1997	March 9, 1998	61	32	20	9	—	73	.598	—	—	—	—	[32][33][34]
12	Neilson, RogerRoger Neilson	March 9, 1998	June 8, 2000^[b]	185	92	57	33	3	220	.595	29	14	15	.483	[33][35][36]
13	Ramsay, CraigCraig Ramsay	June 8, 2000	December 10, 2000	28	12	12	4	0	28	.500	—	—	—	—	[35][37][38]
14	Barber, BillBill Barber	December 10, 2000	April 30, 2002	136	73	40	17	6	169	.621	11	3	8	.273	[37][39][40]
15	Hitchcock, KenKen Hitchcock	May 14, 2002	October 22, 2006	254	131	73	28	22	312	.614	37	19	18	.514	[41][42][43]
16	Stevens, JohnJohn Stevens	October 22, 2006	December 4, 2009	263	120	109	—	34	274	.521	23	11	12	.478	[42][44][45]
17	Laviolette, PeterPeter Laviolette	December 4, 2009	October 7, 2013	272	145	98	—	29	319	.586	45	23	22	.511	[44][46][47]
18	Berube, CraigCraig Berube	October 7, 2013	April 17, 2015	161	75	58	—	28	178	.553	7	3	4	.429	[46][48][49]
19	Hakstol, DaveDave Hakstol	May 18, 2015	–	82	41	27	—	14	96	.585	6	2	4	.333	[3][50]

• 

  Fred Shero, shown here during his playing days with the New York Rangers, led the Flyers to back-to-back Stanley Cup championships and was the inaugural winner of the Jack Adams Award.^[1]

• 

  Pat Quinn won the Jack Adams Award during the Flyers record breaking 1979–80 season.

• 

  Paul Holmgren was later GM and is now President of the team

• 

  Peter Laviolette's five seasons as Flyers coach is second only to Fred Shero.

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  Craig Berube served two seasons as Flyers head coach.

1. ^ Cite error: The named reference adams was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

Assistant coaches

Assistant coaches of the Philadelphia Flyers^[51]

Name	Term	Notes
Nykoluk, MikeMike Nykoluk	1972–77	First full-time assistant coach in NHL history.[52]
Ashbee, BarryBarry Ashbee	1974–77
Crisp, TerryTerry Crisp	1977–79	Relieved of duties when Bob McCammon was fired.[14]
Quinn, PatPat Quinn	1977–78
Clarke, BobbyBobby Clarke	1979–82	Named player-assistant coach prior to 1979–80 season.[53] Relieved of coaching duties when Pat Quinn was fired.[16]
Boucher, BobBob Boucher	1980–82	Relieved of duties when Pat Quinn was fired.[16]
Sator, TedTed Sator	1983–85
McGuire, E. J.E. J. McGuire	1984–88
	2000–02	Hired shortly after Bill Barber replaced Craig Ramsay as head coach.[54]
Barber, BillBill Barber	1985–88
	2000	Promoted to head coach when Craig Ramsay was fired.[37]
Holmgren, PaulPaul Holmgren	1985–88
Eaves, MikeMike Eaves	1988–90
	1993–94
Murray, AndyAndy Murray	1988–90
Hartsburg, CraigCraig Hartsburg	1990–94
	2002–04
Hitchcock, KenKen Hitchcock	1990–93
Webster, TomTom Webster	1994–96
Acton, KeithKeith Acton	1994–98
Brown, DaveDave Brown	1996–98
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	1998–2000	Demoted to assistant coach when Roger Neilson was hired.[33]
Ramsay, CraigCraig Ramsay	1998–2000
Stothers, MikeMike Stothers	2000–02
Fleming, WayneWayne Fleming	2002–06
Murray, TerryTerry Murray	2003–08	Hired midway through the 2002–03 season on January 27, 2003.[55]
Stevens, JohnJohn Stevens	2006	Promoted to head coach when Ken Hitchcock was fired.[42]
Berube, CraigCraig Berube	2006–07	Moved from Philadelphia Phantoms head coach shortly after John Stevens was promoted.[56]
	2008–13	Promoted to head coach when Peter Laviolette was fired.[46]
McIlhargey, JackJack McIlhargey	2007–09	Relieved of duties when John Stevens was fired.[57]
Mullen, JoeJoe Mullen	2007–present
McCarthy, KevinKevin McCarthy	2009–13	Hired when Peter Laviolette replaced John Stevens as head coach.[57] Relieved of duties when Peter Laviolette was fired.[58]
Paddock, JohnJohn Paddock	2013	Moved from assistant general manager on January 14, 2013.[59]
	2013–14	Moved from director of player personnel when Craig Berube was promoted.[58]
Laperriere, IanIan Laperriere	2013–present	Moved from director of player development when Craig Berube was promoted.[58]
Murphy, GordGord Murphy	2014–present

Goaltending coaches

Goaltending coaches of the Philadelphia Flyers^[60]

Name	Term	Notes
Plante, JacquesJacques Plante	1978–82
Parent, BernieBernie Parent	1982–94
Lemelin, ReggieReggie Lemelin	1994–2009
Reese, JeffJeff Reese	2009–15	Left team on March 6, 2015.[61]
Dillabaugh, KimKim Dillabaugh	2015–present

Notes

• ^a A running total of the number of coaches of the Flyers. Thus any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
• ^b Neilson went on medical leave on February 20, 2000^[35] and initially planned on returning at the end of the first round of the playoffs, but his doctors advised the Flyers that he lacked the strength to perform his duties as head coach. After interim coach Craig Ramsay led the Flyers to the Eastern Conference Finals, the Flyers named Ramsay head coach.^[35] The games Ramsay coached in place of Neilson are officially counted on Neilson's coaching totals.^[36]

See also

• List of NHL head coaches

References

General

• "Philadelphia Flyers Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 29, 2013.

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