List of Hartford Whalers head coaches

Head coaches of the Hartford Whalers The Hartford Whalers 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 Raleigh, North Carolina in 1997 and became the Carolina Hurricanes

Key

#	Number of coaches^[a]
GC	Games coached
W	Wins
L	Losses
T	Ties
Pts	Points
*	Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Whalers

WHA coaches

#	Name	Term	Regular season					Playoffs			Results
#	Name	Term	GC	W	L	T	Pts	GC	W	L	Results
1	Jack Kelley	1972-1973	78	46	30	2	94	15	12	3	Avco World Trophy (1972)
2	Ron Ryan	1973-1975	151	83	59	9	175	7	3	4	Howard Baldwin Trophy (1973) Replaced near end of season
–	Jack Kelley	1975	38	17	18	3	37	6	2	4	Replaced midway through season
3	Don Blackburn	1975-76	35	14	18	3	31	-	-	-	Replaced midway through season
4	Harry Neale	1976-1978	173	84	77	12	180	36	19	17	Lost 1978 Avco Cup to Winnipeg
5	Bill Dineen	1978-1979	71	33	29	9	75	-	-	-	Replaced near end of season
-	Don Blackburn	1979	9	4	5	0	8	10	5	5	Last coach for WHA Whalers

NHL coaches

#	Name	Term	Regular season					Playoffs
#	Name	Term	GC	W	L	T	Pts	GC	W	L
1	Don Blackburn	1979-1981	140	42	63	35	119	3	0	3
2	Larry Pleau	1981-1982	100	27	53	20	74	—	—	—
3	Larry Kish	1982-1983	49	12	32	5	29	—	—	—
4	John Cunniff	1983	13	3	9	1	7	—	—	—
5	Larry Pleau	1983	18	4	13	1	9	—	—	—
6	Jack Evans	1983-1988	374	163	174	37	363	16	8	8
7	Larry Pleau	1988-1989	106	50	51	5	105	10	2	8
8	Rick Ley	1989-1991	160	69	71	20	158	13	5	8
9	Jim Roberts	1991-1992	80	26	41	13	65	7	3	4
10	Paul Holmgren	1992-1993	101	30	63	8	68	—	—	—
11	Pierre McGuire	1993-1994	67	23	37	7	53	—	—	—
12	Paul Holmgren	1994-1996	60	24	30	6	54	—	—	—
13	Paul Maurice	1995-1997	152	61	72	19	141	—	—	—

List of Hartford Whalers head coaches

Key

WHA coaches

NHL coaches

See also