List of Toronto Maple Leafs head coaches explained

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario. The team is a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL) and is one of the Original Six teams of the NHL. There have been 40 head coaches in their franchise history; one during the era of the Toronto Arenas (1917–1919), seven during the era of the Toronto St. Patricks (1919–1927) and the rest under the Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–present). Five Maple Leafs coaches have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as players: Dick Irvin, Joe Primeau, King Clancy, Red Kelly, and Dick Duff[1] while five others have been inducted as builders: Conn Smythe, Hap Day, Punch Imlach, Roger Neilson, and Pat Quinn.[2]

Frank Carroll (brother of the team's first NHL coach, Dick Carroll) has the highest winning percentage of any Maple Leafs coach, with a .625 record from the 24 games he coached in his single 1920–21 season. Neither Mike Rodden nor interim coach Dick Duff, who coached only two games each in 1927 and 1980 respectively, won a game with the team. Dan Maloney has the worst record of any who coached more than a season, with a .328 winning percentage from 160 games. Punch Imlach coached the most games of any Maple Leafs coach with 750 games from 1959 to 1969. Pat Burns is the franchise's only coach to win the Jack Adams Award awarded to the head coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success." Pat Quinn also won the award, but with two teams prior to coaching the Maple Leafs.

The current head coach is Craig Berube, who was hired on May 17, 2024.[3]

Key

Number of coaches–a running total of the number of coaches, any coach who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.
GCGames coached
WWins
LLosses
TTies
OTOvertime/shootout losses
Win%Winning percentage
Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame
†Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Maple Leafs
Also played for the Maple Leafs

Coaches

Statistics are up to date as of the 2023–24 season.

NameTermRegular seasonPlayoffsAwardsReference
width=26px GCwidth=26px Wwidth=26px Lwidth=26px T/OTWin%width=25px GCwidth=25px Wwidth=25px Lwidth=25px T
Toronto Arenas
1†1917–19194018220.4502110Stanley Cup (1918)[4]
Toronto St. Patricks
2†1919–192012570.417————[5]
3†192012750.583————[6]
4†1920–1921241590.6252020[7]
5†1921–19232915131.5342101Stanley Cup (1922)[8]
6†1923–19244321211.500————[9]
7†1924–19266631323.4922020[10]
—†1926–1927298174.345————
8†19272020.000————[11]
Toronto Maple Leafs
9†192713751.577————[12]
101927–1930134575720.5004220[13]
111930–193147211610.5532011
—
  • (interim)
193111001.000————
121931–194042721615259.5766633321Stanley Cup (1932)[14]
13
  • !
1940–195054625920681.5578049310Stanley Cup (1942, 1945, 1947–49)[15]
14
  • !
1950–1953210977142.56215861Stanley Cup (1951)[16]
15
  • !
1953–1956210808149.498142120[17]
16†!1956–195770213415.407————[18]
171957–195890265014.367————[19]
181958–1969760365270125.5698944450Stanley Cup (1962–64, 1967)[20]
—
  • ! (interim)
196610712.800————[21]
19†1969–197329511713642.46211380[22]
—
  • ! (interim)
197215933.750————
20
  • !
1973–1977318 13312362.5163011190[23]
211977–1979160756223.541198110[24]
22!1979–19806830335.477————[25]
23
  • ! (interim)
19802020.000————[26]
—
  • (interim)
198010550.5003030
24!1980–19814013225.388————
25†1981–19842808914447.4027160[27]
26!1984–19861604510015.32810640[28]
27†1986–19881936411118.378199100[29]
28†!1988–19894717264.404————[30]
291989–19909139475.4565140[31]
301990–1992149528017.406————[32]
311992–199628113310741.5464623230Jack Adams Award (1993)[33] [34]
32†199617962.5886240[35]
331996–1998164608717.418————[36]
34
  • !
1998–200657430019678.5918041390[37]
352006–2008164766622.530————[38]
36!2008–201231013013545.492————[39]
37!2012–2015188917819.5357340[40]
38 (interim)2015428286.262————[41]
392015–201932816412341.563208120[42]
402019–20243492129740.6073716210[43]
41!2024–present[44]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of honored Players. July 25, 2008. Hockey Hall of Fame. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090218151041/http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMembersByYear.jsp?type=Player. February 18, 2009.
  2. Web site: List of honored Builders. July 25, 2008. Hockey Hall of Fame. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090528120538/http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMembersByYear.jsp?type=Builder. May 28, 2009.
  3. Web site: Berube hired as Maple Leafs coach, replaces Keefe . NHL.com . May 17, 2024 . May 17, 2024.
  4. Web site: Dick Carroll. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. July 24, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080724100733/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/carrodi99c.html. live.
  5. Web site: Frank Heffernan. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. January 5, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090105182402/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/heffefr01c.html. live.
  6. Web site: Harvey Sproule. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. May 19, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110519110559/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/sprouha99c.html. live.
  7. Web site: Frank Carroll . July 24, 2008 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com . August 30, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080830050523/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/carrofr99c.html . live .
  8. Web site: George O'Donoghue . July 24, 2008 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com . January 5, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090105183647/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/odonoge99c.html . live .
  9. Web site: Charles Querrie . July 24, 2008 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com . January 5, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090105163037/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/querrch99c.html . live .
  10. Web site: Eddie Powers. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. January 6, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090106024517/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/powered99c.html. live.
  11. Web site: Mike Rodden . July 24, 2008 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com . January 5, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090105225121/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/roddemi99c.html . live .
  12. Web site: Alex Romeril . July 24, 2008 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com . January 6, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090106140929/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/romeral99c.html . live .
  13. Web site: Conn Smythe . July 24, 2008 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com . December 3, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081203202038/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/smythco99c.html . live .
  14. Web site: Dick Irvin . July 24, 2008 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com . May 19, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110519110703/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/irvindi01c.html . live .
  15. Web site: Hap Day . July 24, 2008 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com . July 24, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080724100821/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/dayha01c.html . live .
  16. Web site: Joe Primeau . July 24, 2008 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com . December 3, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081203214012/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/primejo01c.html . live .
  17. Web site: King Clancy. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. July 20, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080720065106/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/clancki01c.html. live.
  18. Web site: Howie Meeker . July 24, 2008 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com . January 6, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090106105625/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/meekeho01c.html . live .
  19. Web site: Billy Reay . July 24, 2008 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com . December 3, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081203192750/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/reaybi01c.html . live .
  20. Web site: Punch Imlach. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. October 6, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081006115410/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/imlacpu01c.html. live.
  21. Web site: Leafs Leadership. July 24, 2008. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. NHL.com. PDF. March 20, 2009. https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090320004853/http://cdn.nhl.com/mapleleafs/bc/images/contentdelta/assets/history/all_time_captains_coaches_GMs.pdf. live.
  22. Web site: John McLellan. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. December 3, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081203205636/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/mcleljo01c.html. live.
  23. Web site: Red Kelly. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. August 30, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080830010233/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/kellyre01c.html. live.
  24. Web site: Roger Neilson. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. August 30, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080830072015/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/neilsro99c.html. live.
  25. Web site: Floyd Smith . July 24, 2008 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com . May 19, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110519104548/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/smithfl01c.html . live .
  26. Web site: Dick Duff. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. August 7, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080807164724/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/duffdi01c.html. live.
  27. Web site: Mike Nykoluk. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. December 3, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081203205142/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/nykolmi01c.html. live.
  28. Web site: Dan Maloney. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. May 19, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110519111020/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/malonda01c.html. live.
  29. Web site: John Brophy. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. July 20, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080720065850/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/brophjo99c.html. live.
  30. Web site: George Armstrong. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. July 20, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080720065808/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/armstge01c.html. live.
  31. Web site: Doug Carpenter. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. July 20, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080720064708/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/carpedo99c.html. live.
  32. Web site: Tom Watt. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. December 3, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081203213812/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/wattto99c.html. live.
  33. Web site: Jack Adams Award. https://web.archive.org/web/20080706102444/http://www.nhl.com/trophies/adams.html. dead. July 6, 2008. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. NHL.com. July 25, 2008.
  34. Web site: Pat Burns. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. September 4, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080904224029/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/burnspa99c.html. live.
  35. Web site: Nick Beverley. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. July 20, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080720070345/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/beverni01c.html. live.
  36. Web site: Mike Murphy. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. October 16, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081016001425/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/murphmi01c.html. live.
  37. Web site: Pat Quinn. July 24, 2008. Sports Reference, LLC. Hockey-Reference.com. August 27, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080827230636/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/quinnpa01c.html. live.
  38. Web site: Paul Maurice . July 24, 2008 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com . May 19, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110519111129/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/mauripa99c.html . live .
  39. Web site: Ron Wilson . July 24, 2008 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com . December 3, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081203200335/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/wilsoro02c.html . live .
  40. Web site: Randy Carlyle . July 24, 2008 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com . September 4, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080904213522/http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/c/carlyra01.html . live .
  41. Web site: Peter Horachek . January 7, 2015 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com . January 7, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150107231802/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/horacpe01c.html . live .
  42. Web site: Mike Babcock . May 9, 2024 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com.
  43. Web site: Sheldon Keefe . May 9, 2024 . Sports Reference, LLC . Hockey-Reference.com.
  44. Web site: Craig Berube . May 17, 2024 . Sports Reference LLC. Hockey-Reference.com.

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