List of Carolina Hurricanes head coaches

For the head coaches before 1997, see List of Hartford Whalers head coaches.

The Carolina Hurricanes are an American professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They play in the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL).[1] The team joined the NHL in 1979 as an expansion team as the Hartford Whalers, but moved to Raleigh, North Carolina in 1997. The Hurricanes won their first Stanley Cup championship in 2006.[2] Having first played at the Greensboro Coliseum, the Hurricanes have played their home games at the PNC Arena, which was first named the Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena, since 1999.[3] The Hurricanes are owned by Tom Dundon and Don Waddell is their general manager.[4]

There have been five head coaches for the Hurricanes team. The team's first head coach was Paul Maurice, who has coached for six seasons. Maurice is the team's all-time leader for the most games coached, game wins and points in the regular season, and is also all-time leader in playoff games coached and game wins. Peter Laviolette is the only coach to have won the Stanley Cup[2] with the Hurricanes in the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals.[2] None of the Hurricanes coaches have been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder. Maurice was the head coach of the Hurricanes since the firing of Laviolette, but was replaced by Kirk Muller on November 28, 2011.[5][6] Muller was relieved of coaching duties on May 5, 2014.[7] On June 19, 2014, the Hurricanes named Bill Peters their head coach, who decided to opt out of his contract following the 2017–18 season.[8] On May 8, 2018, the Hurricanes named assistant coach and former team captain Rod Brind'Amour as the head coach for the 2018–19 season.[9]

Key

# Number of coaches[a]
GC Games coached
W Wins = 2 points
L Losses = 0 points
T Ties = 1 point
OT Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point[b]
PTS Points
Win% Winning percentage

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the 2023–24 season.

# Name Term[c] Regular season Playoffs Achievements Reference
GC W L T/OT PTS Win% GC W L Win%
1 Paul Maurice 1997–2003 522 207 219 96 510 .489 35 17 18 .486 2001–02 Prince of Wales Trophy winner[10] [11]
2 Peter Laviolette 2003–2008 323 167 122 34 368 .570 25 16 9 .640 2005–06 Prince of Wales Trophy winner[10]
2006 Stanley Cup championship[12] 		[13]
— Paul Maurice 2008–2011 246 116 100 30 262 .533 18 8 10 .444 [11]
3 Kirk Muller 2011–2014 187 80 80 27 187 .500 — — — — [14]
4 Bill Peters 2014–2018 328 137 138 53 327 .498 — — — — [15]
5 Rod Brind'Amour 2018–present 452 278 130 44 489 .664 74 38 36 .514 2021 Jack Adams Award [16]

Notes

  • a A running total of the number of coaches of the Hurricanes. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  • b Before the 2005–06 season, the NHL instituted a penalty shootout for regular season games that remained tied after a five-minute overtime period, which prevented ties.[17]
  • c Each year is linked to an article about that particular NHL season.

References

General
  • "Carolina Hurricanes Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
Specific
  1. ^ "Teams". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  2. ^ a b c "Franchise Timeline". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2009-03-08. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  3. ^ "Arena Info". RBC Center. Archived from the original on 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  4. ^ "Staff Directory". Carolina Hurricanes. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
  5. ^ "Hurricanes fire Laviolette; make Maurice head coach". The Sports Network. CTVglobemedia. 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  6. ^ "Carolina Hurricanes Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  7. ^ "Coach Kirk Muller Fired by Carolina Hurricanes". 5 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Canes name Detroit's Bill Peters as new coach". newsobserver.com. The McClatchy Company. Archived from the original on 2014-12-25. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  9. ^ "Hurricanes Name Rod Brind'Amour as Head Coach". NHL.com. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
  10. ^ a b "Prince of Wales Trophy". NHL. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2006-04-23. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  11. ^ a b "Paul Maurice Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  12. ^ "Hurricanes Win First Stanley Cup". The New York Times. 19 June 2006. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  13. ^ "Peter Laviolette Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  14. ^ "Kirk Muller Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
  15. ^ "Bill Peters Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  16. ^ "Rod Brind'Amour NHL & WHA Hockey Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  17. ^ "Official Rules" (PDF). NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-12-24.