- Key
- WHA head coaches
- NHL head coaches Notes
- References
- Sources
The list of Edmonton Oilers head coaches includes all men who served as head coach of the Edmonton Oilers, both as a franchise in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1972–79 and as a franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL) since 1979.
The Oilers had six different head coaches during the seven seasons that they played in the WHA,[1] including three terms by Bill Hunter, who was the team's owner and general manager at the time. Glen Sather became a player-coach during the 1976–77 season, but retired as a player at the end of the year. He coached the team for two more seasons in the WHA, and maintained the position when the Oilers were admitted as an expansion franchise into the NHL.
Since joining the NHL for the 1979–80 season, the Oilers have had twelve different head coaches.
Glen Sather has the most games coached and most wins as head coach.[2]
He stepped down before the 1980–81 season, but after the Oilers started the season with only four wins in their first eighteen games, he returned to the bench. He remained head coach for the remainder of that season plus eight more seasons, during which time the team won four Stanley Cups, in 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1988. For the 1985–86 NHL season, he won the Jack Adams Award for the NHL coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success".[3]
Sather stepped down as coach a second time after the 1988–89 season, and John Muckler coached the 1990 championship team. Sather would have one more stint as head coach, relieving Ted Green after the team posted just three victories in the first 24 games of the 1993–94 season. Sather was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997 in the builder category.
Former[4] Oilers head coach, Craig MacTavish, played for the team from 1985–94. He was a member of the 1987, 1988, and 1990 Stanley Cup winning teams, and he was team captain from 1992–1994. As of the 2013–14 season, he ranks second in the number of Oilers games coached.
Key
{{col-begin|width=auto}}{{col-break}}| GC | Games Coached |
|---|---|
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| T | Ties |
| OT | Overtime Loss |
Win-loss percentage =and Points percentage =
- For the 1999–2000 to 2003–04 seasons, an extra point was awarded for overtime losses. These totals are included as losses for the purpose of calculating win-loss percentage.
- Since the 2005–06 NHL season, ties are no longer recorded, but single points for overtime or shootout losses are still awarded. These totals are included as ties for the purpose of calculating win-loss percentage.
WHA head coaches
| № | Name | Seasons | Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T | Win % | GC | W | L | Win % | |||
| 1 | Ray Kinasewich | 1972–73 | 45 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 0.467 | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Bill Hunter | 1972–73 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0.558 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 |
| 3 | Brian Shaw | 1973–74 to 1974–75 | 137 | 68 | 63 | 6 | 0.518 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0.200 |
| – | Bill Hunter | 1974–75 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0.342 | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Clare Drake | 1975–76 | 48 | 18 | 28 | 2 | 0.396 | – | – | – | – |
| – | Bill Hunter | 1975–76 | 33 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 0.318 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 |
| 5 | Bep Guidolin | 1976–77 | 63 | 25 | 36 | 2 | 0.413 | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Glen Sather | 1976–77 to 1978–79 | 178 | 95 | 76 | 7 | 0.553 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 0.348 |
NHL head coaches
| № | Name | Seasons | Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T | OT | Pts % | GC | W | L | Win % | |||
| 1 | Glen Sather[5][6] | 1979–80 | 80 | 28 | 39 | 13 | – | 0.431 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 |
| 2 | Bryan Watson[7][8] | 1980–81{{ref label|Watson|A|none}} | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | – | 0.361 | – | – | – | – |
| – | Glen Sather | 1980–81 to 1988–89 | 702 | 414 | 202 | 86 | – | 0.651 | 123 | 89 | 34 | 0.724 |
| 3 | John Muckler[9][10] | 1989–90 to 1990–91 | 160 | 75 | 65 | 20 | – | 0.531 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 0.625 |
| 4 | Ted Green[11][12] | 1991–92 to 1993–94{{ref label|Green|B|none}} | 188 | 65 | 102 | 21 | – | 0.402 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0.500 |
| – | Glen Sather | 1993–94 | 60 | 22 | 27 | 11 | – | 0.458 | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | George Burnett[13][14] | 1994–95{{ref label|Burnett|C|none}} | 35 | 12 | 20 | 3 | – | 0.386 | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Ron Low[15][16] | 1994–95 to 1998–99 | 341 | 139 | 162 | 40 | – | 0.466 | 28 | 10 | 18 | 0.357 |
| 7 | Kevin Lowe[17][18] | 1999–2000 | 82 | 32 | 26 | 16 | 8 | Lowe|D|none}} | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0.200 |
| 8 | Craig MacTavish[19][20] | 2000–01 to 2008–09 | 656 | 301 | 252 | 47 | 56 | MacTavish|E|none}} | 36 | 19 | 17 | 0.528 |
| 9 | Pat Quinn[21][22] | 2009–10 | 82 | 27 | 47 | – | 8 | 0.378 | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Tom Renney[23][24] | 2010–11 to 2011–12 | 164 | 57 | 85 | – | 22 | 0.415 | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Ralph Krueger[25][26] | 2012–13 | 48 | 19 | 22 | – | 7 | 0.469 | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Dallas Eakins[27][28] | 2013–14 to 2014–15{{ref label|Eakins|F|none}} | 113 | 36 | 63 | – | 14 | 0.381 | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Todd Nelson[29][30] | 2014–15 | 51 | 17 | 25 | – | 9 | 0.422 | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | Todd McLellan[31][32] | 2015–16 to 2018{{ref label|McLellan|G|none}} | 266 | 123 | 119 | – | 24 | 0.502 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0.538 |
| 15 | Ken Hitchcock[33] | 2018-19 | 10 | 2 | 0 | – | 1 | .800 |
Notes
{{ref begin|}}{{ordered list|list-style-type=upper-alpha| {{note label|Watson|A|none}}Watson coached the first 18 games of the 1980–81 season and was replaced by Sather.
| {{note label|Green|B|none}}Green coached the first 24 games of the 1993–94 season and was replaced by Sather.
| {{note label|Burnett|C|none}}Burnett coached the first 35 games of the 1994–95 season and was replaced by Low.
| {{note label|Lowe|D|none}}Lowe's win/loss/tie record is 32–34–16 for a winning percentage of 0.488.
| {{note label|MacTavish|E|none}}MacTavish's win/loss/tie record is 301–273–82 for a winning percentage of 0.521.
| {{note label|Eakins|F|none}}Eakins coached the first 31 games of the 2014–15 season and was replaced by Nelson.
| {{note label|McLellan|G|none}}McLellan coached the first 20 games of the 2018–19 season and was replaced by Hitchcock.}}{{ref end}}
References
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