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Bobby Hull, Winnipeg's first coach

The Winnipeg Jets were an ice hockey team who played in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA). This is a list of the head coaches they had during their existence. The franchise moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1996 and became the Arizona Coyotes.

John Paddock coached the most games, with 106 wins, 138 losses, and 249 points.

Key

General
#  Number of coaches
*  Spent entire WHA and NHL coaching career with the Jets
†  Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder
Achievements Achievements during their Jets head coaching tenure
Regular-season
GC Games coached T Ties = 1 point
W Wins = 2 points PTS Points
L Losses = 0 points W% Winning percentage
Playoffs
PGC Games coached
PW Wins
PL Losses
PW% Winning percentage

Head coaches

Rick Bowness
# Name Term  GC  W  L  T  PTS  W%  PGC  PW  PL  PW% Achievements Reference
1 Bobby Hull* 1972–1974 156 77 70 9 163 .522 18 9 9 .500
2 Rudy Pilous† 1974–1975 37 18 17 2 38 .514 — — — —
— Bobby Hull* 1975 13 4 9 0 8 .308 — — — —
— Bobby Hull* 1972–1974; 1975 169 81 79 9 171 .506 18 9 9 .500
— Rudy Pilous† 1975 28 16 9 3 35 .625 — — — —
— Rudy Pilous† 1974–1975 65 34 26 5 73 .562 — — — —
3 Bobby Kromm 1975–1977 161 98 59 4 200 .621 33 23 10 .697 Robert Schmertz Memorial Trophy winner (1976)
Avco World Trophy championship (1976)
4 Larry Hillman* 1977–1979 141 78 55 8 164 .582 9 8 1 .889 Avco World Trophy championship (1978)
5 Tom McVie 1979–1980 96 30 55 11 71 .370 10 8 2 .800 Avco World Trophy championship (1979)
6 Bill Sutherland* 1980 3 2 1 0 4 .666 — — — —
— Tom McVie 1980 28 1 20 7 9 .161 — — — —
— Tom McVie 1978–1980; 1980 124 31 75 18 80 .323 10 8 2 .800
— Bill Sutherland* 1980–1981 29 6 20 3 15 .259 — — — —
— Bill Sutherland* 1981; 1980–1981 32 7 22 3 17 .266 — — — —
7 Mike Smith* 1981 23 2 17 4 8 .174 — — — —
8 Tom Watt 1981–1983 181 72 85 24 168 .464 7 1 6 .143
9 Barry Long* 1983–1986 205 87 93 25 199 .485 11 3 8 .273
10 John Ferguson* 1986 14 7 6 1 15 .536 3 0 3 .000
11 Dan Maloney 1986–1989 212 91 93 28 210 .495 15 5 10 .333
12 Rick Bowness 1989 28 8 17 3 19 .339 — — — —
13 Bob Murdoch 1989–1991 160 63 75 22 148 .463 7 3 4 .429
14 John Paddock 1991–1995 281 106 138 37 249 .443 13 5 8 .385
15 Terry Simpson 1995–1996 97 43 47 7 93 .479 6 2 4 .333

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "Bobby Hull Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  2. ^ "Rudy Pilous Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  3. "Bobby Kromm Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  4. "Larry Hillman Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  5. ^ "Tom McVie Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  6. ^ "Bill Sutherland Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  7. "Mike Smith Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  8. "Tom Watt Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  9. "Barry Long Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  10. "John Ferguson Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  11. "Dan Maloney Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  12. "Rick Bowness Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  13. "Bob Murdoch Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  14. "John Paddock Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  15. "Terry Simpson Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 15, 2009.

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