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List of Vegas Golden Knights head coaches

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The Vegas Golden Knights are an American professional ice hockey team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). They have played at T-Mobile Arena since their inaugural season in 2017–18. The Golden Knights joined the NHL as an expansion team in 2017. The team's first head coach, Gerard Gallant, was hired on April 13, 2017[1] Gallant was fired on January 15, 2020, and replaced by recently fired San Jose Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer.[2]

Key

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

Coaches

Note: Statistics are updated through Gallant's firing in the 2019–20 season.

# Name Term[b] Regular season Playoffs Achievements Reference
GC W L OT Pts Win % GC W L Win %
1 Gerard Gallant 20172020 213 118 75 20 256 .601 27 16 11 .593 Jack Adams Award (2017–18) [3]
2 Peter DeBoer 2020–present [4]

Notes

  1. ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Vegas Golden Knights. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  2. ^ Each year is linked to an article about that particular NHL season.

References

  1. ^ "Golden Knights Name Gerard Gallant Head Coach". NHL.com. April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "Vegas Golden Knights Make Coaching Changes; Name Peter DeBoer Head Coach". NHL.com. January 15, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "Gerard Gallant NHL & WHA Hockey Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  4. ^ "Peter DeBoer NHL & WHA Hockey Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved January 15, 2020.