List of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins head coaches
This is a list of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins head coaches. There have been 10 head coaches of the Penguins franchise since its founding in 1999. Glenn Patrick, the brother of former-Pittsburgh Penguins general manager and coach Craig Patrick, served as the team's first head coach. Today the WBS Penguins are led by Clark Donatelli, who replaced Mike Sullivan after he was promoted to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Sullivan replaced John Hynes, who was hired by the New Jersey Devils in 2015. Before Hynes was Dan Bylsma, who replaced Todd Richards in June 2008, when Richards took an assistant coaching position with the San Jose Sharks. Patrick, Therrien, Richards, and Hynes led the WBS Pens to AHL Eastern Conference Championship titles.
Key
| # | Number of coaches[1] |
| GC | Games Coached |
| W | Wins |
| L | Loses |
| T | Ties |
| W – L % | Win – Loss percentage |
| * | Became (or was a) Pittsburgh Penguins Head Coach |
| + | Served as a midseason replacement |
Coaches
| # | Name | Term | Games | Record (W-L-T) | W – L % | Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glenn Patrick | 1999-2003 | 320 | 115–152–15 | .221 | AHL Eastern Conference Champions (2001) |
| 2 | Michel Therrien* | 2003-2005 | 185 | 94–56–52 | .750 | AHL Eastern Conference Champions (2004) |
| 3 | Rick Kehoe*+ | 2005 | 3 | 2-1–0 | .667 | |
| 4 | Joe Mullen+ | 2005-2006 | 52 | 28-16-3 | .767 | |
| 5 | Todd Richards | 2006-2008 | 160 | 98–49–13 | .825 | AHL Eastern Conference Champions (2008) |
| 6 | Dan Bylsma* | 2008-2009 | 54 | 35-16-1 | .676 | |
| 7 | Todd Reirden+ | 2009-2010 | 106 | 55-43-2 | .570 | |
| 8 | John Hynes | 2010-2015 | 384 | 231-126-27 | .637 | AHL Eastern Conference Champions (2010) |
| 9 | Mike Sullivan* | 2015 | 23 | 18-5-0 | .783 | |
| 10 | Clark Donatelli+ | 2015- | 49 | 22-22-5 | .500 |
References
- ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Penguins. Thus any coach who has two separate terms as head coach is only counted once.