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List of Toronto Maple Leafs head coaches 

The Air Canada Centre, home of the Toronto Maple Leafs since 1999
The Air Canada Centre, home of the Toronto Maple Leafs since 1999

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario. The team is a member of the Northeast 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 36 head coaches in their franchise history; one during the era of the Toronto Arenas (1917–1919), six during the era of the Toronto St. Patricks (1919–1927) and the rest under the Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–present).[1] 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[2] while four others have been inducted as builders: Conn Smythe, Hap Day, Punch Imlach and Roger Neilson.[3]

Frank Carroll has the highest winning percentage of any Maple Leafs coach, with a .625 record from the 24 games he coached from 1920 to 1921. Neither Mike Rodden nor 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.[1] 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 different teams prior to coaching the Maple Leafs.[4] The current coach of the Maple Leafs is Ron Wilson, who signed a four year contract with the team after Paul Maurice was released at the end of the 2007–08 season.[5]

Contents

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.
GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties
W–L % Win–Loss percentage
* Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame
† Spent entire professional head coaching career with the Maple Leafs

Coaches

Statistics are up to date as of the end of the 2007–08 season.

# Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards Reference
GC W L T W–L % GC W L T
Toronto Arenas
1 Dick Carroll† 1917–19 40 18 22 0 .450 2 1 1 0 Stanley Cup (1918) [6]
Toronto St. Patricks
2 Frank Heffernan† 1919–20 12 5 7 0 .417 – – – – [7]
3 Harvey Sproule† 1919–20 12 7 5 0 .583 – – – – [8]
4 Frank Carroll† 1920–21 24 15 9 0 .625 – – – – [9]
5 George O'Donoghue† 1921–23 29 15 13 1 .534 2 1 0 1 Stanley Cup (1922) [10]
6 Charles Querrie† 1923–24 43 21 21 1 .500 – – – – [11]
7 Eddie Powers† 1923–26 66 31 32 3 .492 2 0 2 0 [12]
— Charles Querrie† 1926–27 29 8 17 4 .345 – – – – [11]
Toronto Maple Leafs
8 Mike Rodden† 1927 2 0 2 0 .000 – – – – [13]
9 Alex Romeril† 1927 13 7 5 1 .577 – – – – [14]
10 Conn Smythe* 1927–31 134 57 57 20 .500 4 2 2 0 [15]
11 Art Duncan 1931–32 49 22 16 11 .561 2 0 1 1 [1]
12 Dick Irvin* 1932–40 427 216 152 59 .576 66 33 32 1 Stanley Cup (1932) [16]
13 Hap Day* 1940–50 546 259 206 81 .462 80 49 31 0 Stanley Cup (1942, 1945, 1947–49) [17]
14 Joe Primeau* 1951–53 210 97 71 42 .562 15 8 6 1 Stanley Cup (1951) [18]
15 King Clancy* 1953–56 210 80 81 49 .498 14 2 12 0 [19]
16 Howie Meeker† 1956–57 70 21 34 15 .407 – – – – [20]
17 Billy Reay 1957–59 90 26 50 14 .367 – – – – [21]
18 Punch Imlach* 1959–69 750 360 267 123 .563 89 44 45 0 Stanley Cup (1962–64, 1967) [22]
— King Clancy* (interim) 1966 10 5 5 0 .500 – – – – [1]
19 John McLellan† 1969–73 295 117 136 42 .462 11 3 8 0 [23]
— King Clancy* (interim) 1972 15 9 3 3 .750 – – – – [1]
20 Red Kelly* 1973–77 318 133 123 62 .516 30 11 19 0 [24]
21 Roger Neilson* 1977–79 160 75 62 23 .541 19 8 11 0 [25]
22 Floyd Smith 1979–80 68 30 33 5 .477 – – – – [26]
23 Dick Duff* 1980 2 0 2 0 .000 – – – – [27]
— Punch Imlach* 1980 10 5 5 0 .500 3 0 3 0 [22]
24 Joe Crozier 1980–81 40 13 22 5 .388 – – – – [1]
25 Mike Nykoluk† 1981–84 280 89 144 47 .402 7 1 6 0 [28]
26 Dan Maloney 1985–86 160 45 100 15 .328 10 6 4 0 [29]
27 John Brophy† 1986–88 193 64 111 18 .378 19 9 10 0 [30]
28 George Armstrong† 1988–89 47 17 26 4 .404 – – – – [31]
29 Doug Carpenter 1989–91 91 39 47 5 .456 5 1 4 0 [32]
30 Tom Watt 1991–92 149 52 80 17 .406 – – – – [33]
31 Pat Burns 1992–96 281 133 107 41 .546 46 23 23 0 Jack Adams Award (1993)[4] [34]
32 Nick Beverley† 1996 17 9 6 2 .588 6 2 4 0 [35]
33 Mike Murphy 1996–98 164 60 87 17 .418 – – – – [36]
34 Pat Quinn 1998–06 574 300 196 78 .591 80 41 39 0 [37]
35 Paul Maurice 2006–08 164 76 88 0 .463 – – – – [38]
36 Ron Wilson 2008–present Yet to coach a full season [39]

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ a b c d e f "Leafs Leadership" (PDF). NHL.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  2. ^ "List of honored Players". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2008-07-25.
  3. ^ "List of honored Builders". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2008-07-25.
  4. ^ a b "Jack Adams Award". NHL.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-25.
  5. ^ "Wilson, Maple Leafs Agree to Terms on 4–year Deal". TSN.ca (2008-06-09). Retrieved on 2008-07-25.
  6. ^ "Dick Carroll". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  7. ^ "Frank Heffernan". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  8. ^ "Harvey Sproule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  9. ^ "Frank Carroll". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  10. ^ "George O'Donoghue". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  11. ^ a b "Charles Querrie". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  12. ^ "Eddie Powers". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  13. ^ "Mike Rodden". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  14. ^ "Alex Romeril". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  15. ^ "Conn Smythe". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  16. ^ "Dick Irvin". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  17. ^ "Hap Day". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  18. ^ "Joe Primeau". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  19. ^ "King Clancy". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  20. ^ "Howie Meeker". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  21. ^ "Billy Reay". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  22. ^ a b "Punch Imlach". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  23. ^ "John McLellan". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  24. ^ "Red Kelly". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  25. ^ "Roger Neilson". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  26. ^ "Floyd Smith". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  27. ^ "Dick Duff". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  28. ^ "Mike Nykoluk". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  29. ^ "Dan Maloney". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  30. ^ "John Brophy". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  31. ^ "George Armstrong". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  32. ^ "Doug Carpenter". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  33. ^ "Tom Watt". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  34. ^ "Pat Burns". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  35. ^ "Nick Beverley". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  36. ^ "Mike Murphy". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  37. ^ "Pat Quinn". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  38. ^ "Paul Maurice". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
  39. ^ "Ron Wilson". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-24.

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