List of Montreal Canadiens head coaches
Coaches

List of Montreal Canadiens head coaches

Section Title: Coaches
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#	Name	Term	Regular season	Playoffs	Achievements	Reference

GC	W	L	T/OT	PTS	Win%	GC	W	L	T	Win%

1	Newsy Lalonde	1917–1922	95	51	44	—	102	.537	7	5	2	0	.714	1 O'Brien Trophy championship (1918–19)

2	Leo Dandurand‡	1922–1926	131	64	63	6	134	.511	6	5	1	0	.833	1 Stanley Cup championship (1923–24) 2 Prince of Wales Trophy championships (1923–24, 1924–25)

3	Cecil Hart*	1926–1932	268	148	72	48	344	.642	29	13	12	4	.517	2 Stanley Cup championships (1929–30, 1930–31)

—	Newsy Lalonde	1932–1934	112	45	53	14	104	.464	4	0	2	2	.000

—	Leo Dandurand‡	1934–1935	32	14	15	3	31	.484	2	0	2	0	.000

4	Sylvio Mantha*	1935–1936	48	11	26	11	33	.344	—	—	—	—	—

—	Cecil Hart*	1936–1939	126	48	53	25	121	.480	8	3	5	—	.375

5	Jules Dugal*	1939	18	9	6	3	21	.583	3	1	2	—	.333

6	Babe Siebert	1939–1940	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

7	Alfred Lepine	1939–1940	48	10	33	5	25	.260	—	—	—	—	—

8	Dick Irvin	1940–1955	896	431	313	152	1014	.566	115	62	53	—	.539	3 Stanley Cup championships (1943–44, 1945–46, 1952–53)

9	Toe Blake*	1955–1968	914	500	255	159	1159	.634	119	82	37	—	.689	8 Stanley Cup championships (1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68)

10	Claude Ruel*	1968–1970	175	95	49	31	221	.631	14	12	2	—	.857	1 Stanley Cup championship (1968–69)

11	Al MacNeil	1970–1971	55	31	15	9	71	.645	20	12	8	—	.600	1 Stanley Cup championship (1970–71)

12	Scotty Bowman	1971–1979	634	419	110	105	943	.744	98	70	28	—	.714	5 Stanley Cup championships (1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79) 1976–77 Jack Adams Award winner

13	Bernie Geoffrion	1979	30	15	9	6	36	.600	—	—	—	—	—

—	Claude Ruel*	1979–1981	130	77	33	20	174	.669	13	6	7	—	.462

14	Bob Berry	1981–1984	223	116	71	36	268	.601	8	2	6	—	.250

15	Jacques Lemaire	1984–1985	97	48	37	12	108	.557	27	15	12	—	.556

16	Jean Perron	1985–1988	240	126	84	30	282	.588	48	30	18	—	.625	1 Stanley Cup championship (1985–86)

17	Pat Burns†	1988–1992	320	174	104	42	390	.609	56	30	26	—	.536	1988–89 Jack Adams Award winner

18	Jacques Demers	1992–1995	220	107	86	27	241	.548	27	19	8	—	.704	1 Stanley Cup championship (1992–93)

int	Jacques Laperriere*	1995	1	0	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—

19	Mario Tremblay*	1995–1997	159	71	63	25	167	.525	11	3	8	—	.273

20	Alain Vigneault	1997–2000	266	109	118	39	257	.483	10	4	6	—	.400

21	Michel Therrien	2000–2003	190	77	77	36	190	.500	12	6	6	—	.500

22	Claude Julien	2003–2006	159	72	62	25	169	.531	11	4	7	—	.364

int	Bob Gainey	2006	41	23	15	3	49	.598	6	2	4	—	.333

23	Guy Carbonneau*	2006–2009	230	124	83	23	271	.589	12	5	7	—	.417

int	Bob Gainey	2009	16	6	6	4	16	.500	4	0	4	—	.000

24	Jacques Martin	2009–2011	196	96	75	25	217	.554	26	12	14	—	.462

int	Randy Cunneyworth*	2011–2012	50	18	23	9	45	.450	—	—	—	—	—

—	Michel Therrien	2012– 2017	352	194	121	37	425	.612	34	17	17	—	.500	2017 NHL All Star Game - Atlantic Division Coach

—	Claude Julien	2017–	106	45	47	14	104	.424	6	2	4	—	.334

Sentence(s)

Jean Perron served as the 16th head coach of the Montreal Canadiens from 1985 to 1988.

final_sentence: Jean Perron served as the 16th head coach of the Montreal Canadiens from 1985 to 1988.