List of Detroit Red Wings head coaches

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Mike Babcock is the current coach for the Red Wings after taking over in 2005.

The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. The team is a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL) and is one of the Original Six teams of the NHL. There have been 27 head coaches in franchise history; three during the era of the Detroit Cougars (1926–1930) and Detroit Falcons (1930–1932) and the rest under the Detroit Red Wings (1932–present).[1] Six Red Wings coaches have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as players: Jack Adams, Sid Abel, Bill Gadsby, Marcel Pronovost, Ted Lindsay, and Brad Park, while two others as builders: Tommy Ivan and Scotty Bowman. Jack Adams and Tommy Ivan are the franchise's only two coaches to have won the Lester Patrick Trophy, an award presented to those who have provided an outstanding service to hockey in the United States.[2]

Barry Smith has the highest winning percentage of any Red Wings coach, with a .800 record from the five games he coached with Dave Lewis on an interim basis during the 1998 season.[3] He is followed by the current coach, Mike Babcock, who has a .715 winning percentage. Larry Wilson, who coached the 1977 season, has the lowest winning percentage (.139). Jack Adams coached the most games of any Red Wings head coach, over 900 games during his tenure with the Cougars, Falcons and Red Wings.[1][4] The Jack Adams Award, awarded annually to the National Hockey League head coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success", is named after him. Jacques Demers is the only NHL coach to have won the Jack Adams Award twice with the same team. Scotty Bowman also won twice, though with different teams: the first time, he was coach of the Montreal Canadiens.[5] The current coach of the Red Wings is Mike Babcock, who took over after Dave Lewis's contract expired in 2005.

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[edit] Key

Duke Keats was the second coach of the Detroit Cougars, during the 1927 season.
# Number of coaches[A]
GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties
Win% Winning percentage
  *  Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame
  †  Spent entire professional head coaching career with the Red Wings


[edit] Coaches

Jack Adams was the third coach of the Red Wings, for 20 years from 1927 to 1947.
The retired #10 jersey of Alex Delvecchio, who coached the Red Wings from 1973 to 1975
Scotty Bowman, the 25th head coach of the Red Wings, coached the team from 1993 to 2002.
# Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards Reference
GC W L T Win% GC W L T
Detroit Cougars
1 Art Duncan 1926–1927 33 10 21 2 .333 2 0 1 1 [6]
2 Duke Keats 1927 11 2 7 2 .272 – – – – [7]
3 Jack Adams* 1927–1947 964 413 390 161 .511 105 52 52 1 First All-Star Team Coach (1937, 1943)
Second All-Star Team Coach (1945)		 [4]
Detroit Falcons
3 Jack Adams* 1927–1947 964 413 390 161 .511 105 52 52 1 First All-Star Team Coach (1937, 1943)
Second All-Star Team Coach (1945)		 [4]
Detroit Red Wings
3 Jack Adams* 1932–1947 964 413 390 161 .511 105 52 52 1 First All-Star Team Coach (1937, 1943)
Second All-Star Team Coach (1945)		 [4]
4 Tommy Ivan* 1947–1954 470 262 118 90 .653 67 36 31 0 [8]
5 Jimmy Skinner 1954–1958 247 123 78 46 .591 26 14 12 0 [9]
6 Sid Abel* 1957–1968 704 286 306 112 .486 76 32 44 0 [10]
7 Bill Gadsby* 1968–1969 78 35 31 12 .526 – – – – [11]
- Sid Abel* 1969–1970 74 38 21 15 .615 76 32 44 0 [10]
8 Ned Harkness 1970 38 12 22 4 .368 – – – – [12]
9 Doug Barkley 1970–1972 51 13 31 7 .326 – – – – [13]
10 Johnny Wilson 1971–1973 145 67 56 22 .538 – – – – [14]
11 Ted Garvin 1973 12 2 9 1 .208 – – – – [15]
12 Alex Delvecchio 1973–1975 146 50 76 20 .411 – – – – [16]
13 Doug Barkley 1975 26 7 15 4 .346 – – – – [17]
- Alex Delvecchio* 1975 9 3 5 1 .389 – – – – [16]
14 Billy Dea 1975–1977 88 29 50 9 .380 – – – – [18]
15 Larry Wilson 1977 36 3 29 4 .139 – – – – [19]
16 Bobby Kromm 1977–1980 231 79 111 41 .430 7 3 4 0 Jack Adams Award (1978) [20]
17 Marcel Pronovost* 1980 9 2 7 0 .222 8 3 5 0 [21]
18 Ted Lindsay* 1980 20 3 14 3 .225 – – – – [22]
19 Wayne Maxner 1980–1982 129 34 68 27 .368 – – – – [23]
- Billy Dea 1982 11 3 8 0 .273 – – – – [18]
20 Nick Polano 1982–1985 240 79 127 34 .400 7 1 6 0 [24]
21 Harry Neale 1985 35 8 23 4 .286 – – – – [25]
22 Brad Park* 1985–1986 45 9 34 2 .222 – – – – [26]
23 Jacques Demers 1986–1990 320 137 136 47 .502 38 20 18 0 Jack Adams Award (1987, 1988) [27]
24 Bryan Murray 1990–1993 244 124 91 29 .568 25 10 15 0 [28]
25 Scotty Bowman* 1993–1998 378 223 103 52 .659 134 76 52 0 Jack Adams Award (1996) [29]
26 Dave Lewis and Barry Smith 1998 5 4 1 0 .800 – – – – [3][30]
- Scotty Bowman* 1998–2002 323 187 100 44 .703 134 76 52 0 [29]
- Dave Lewis 2002–2005 164 96 41 27 .668 – – – – [3]
27 Mike Babcock 2005-present 328 213 77 38 .707 69 44 26 0 [31]

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  • A  A running total of the number of coaches of the Red Wings. Thus any coach who has two separate terms as head coach is only counted once.

[edit] References

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  2. ^ "Coach Index". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/. Retrieved on 2008-05-13. 
  3. ^ a b c "Dave Lewis". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/lewisda02c.htm. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  4. ^ a b c d "Jack Adams". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/adamsja01c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  5. ^ "Jack Adams Award". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. http://www.nhl.com/trophies/adams.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-13. 
  6. ^ "Arthur Duncan". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/duncaar01c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  7. ^ "Duke Keats". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/keatsdu01c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  8. ^ "Tommy Ivan". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/ivanto99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  9. ^ "Jimmy Skinner". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/skinnji99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  10. ^ a b "Sid Abel". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/abelsi01c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  11. ^ "Bill Gadsby". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/gadsbbi01c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  12. ^ "Ned Harkness". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/harknne99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  13. ^ "Doug Barkley". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/barkldo01c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  14. ^ "Johnny Wilson". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/wilsojo01c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  15. ^ "Ted Garvin". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/garvite99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  16. ^ a b "Alex Delvecchio". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/delveal01c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  17. ^ "Doug Barkley". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/delveal01c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  18. ^ a b "Billy Dea". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/deabi01c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  19. ^ "Larry Wilson". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/wilsola01c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  20. ^ "Bobby Kromm". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/krommbo99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  21. ^ "Marcel Pronovost". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/pronoma01c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  22. ^ "Ted Lindsay". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/lindste01c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  23. ^ "Wayne Maxner". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/maxnewa01c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  24. ^ "Nick Polano". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/polanni99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  25. ^ "Harry Neale". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/nealeha99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  26. ^ "Brad Park". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/parkbr01c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  27. ^ "Jacques Demers". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/demerja99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  28. ^ "Bryan Murray". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/murrabr99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  29. ^ a b "Scotty Bowman". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/bowmasc99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  30. ^ "Barry Smith". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/smithba99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  31. ^ "Mike Babcock". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/babcomi99c.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
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