List of Detroit Red Wings head coaches
Coaches

List of Detroit Red Wings head coaches

Section Title: Coaches
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No.	Name	Term(s)	GC	W	L	T/OT	Win%	GC	W	L	T	Win%	Awards	Ref(s)

Regular season	Playoffs

1	Art Duncan	1926–27	33	10	21	2	.333	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

2	Duke Keats	1926–27	11	2	7	2	.273	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

3	Jack Adams	1927–47	964	413	390	161	.512	105	52	52	1	.500	Stanley Cup (1936, 1937, 1943) First All-Star Team Coach (1937, 1943) Second All-Star Team Coach (1945)

4	Tommy Ivan	1947–54	470	262	118	90	.653	67	36	31	0	.537	Stanley Cup (1950, 1952, 1954)

5	Jimmy Skinner	1954–58	247	123	78	46	.591	26	14	12	0	.538	Stanley Cup (1955)

6	Sid Abel	1958–68 1969–70	811	340	339	132	.501	76	32	44	0	.421

7	Bill Gadsby	1968–69	78	35	31	12	.526	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

8	Ned Harkness	1970–71	38	12	22	4	.368	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

9	Doug Barkley	1970–71 1975–76	77	20	46	11	.331	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

10	Johnny Wilson	1971–73	145	67	56	22	.538	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

11	Ted Garvin	1973–74	11	2	8	1	.227	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

12	Alex Delvecchio	1973–75 1975–77	245	82	131	32	.400	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

13	Larry Wilson	1976–77	36	3	29	4	.139	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

14	Bobby Kromm	1977–80	231	79	111	41	.431	7	3	4	0	.428	Jack Adams Award (1978)

15	Ted Lindsay	1979–81	29	5	21	3	.224	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

16	Wayne Maxner	1980–82	129	34	68	27	.368	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

17	Billy Dea	1981–82	11	3	8	0	.273	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

18	Nick Polano	1982–85	240	79	127	34	.400	7	1	6	0	.143

19	Harry Neale	1985–86	35	8	23	4	.286	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

20	Brad Park	1985–86	45	9	34	2	.222	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

21	Jacques Demers	1986–90	320	137	136	47	.502	38	20	18	0	.526	Jack Adams Award (1987, 1988)

22	Bryan Murray	1990–93	244	124	91	29	.568	25	10	15	0	.400

23	Scotty Bowman	1993–2002	701	410	193	98	.655	134	86	48	0	.642	Stanley Cup (1997, 1998, 2002) Jack Adams Award (1996)

24	Barry Smith	1998–99	5	4	1	0	.800	&—	&—	&—	&—	&—

25	Dave Lewis	1998–99 2002–05	169	100	42	27	.672	16	6	10	0	.375

26	Mike Babcock	2005–2015	786	458	223	105	.649	123	67	56	0	.545	Stanley Cup (2008)

27	Jeff Blashill	2015–present	246	104	105	37	.423	5	1	4	0	.200

Sentence(s)

Larry Wilson, who coached the 1977 season, has the lowest winning percentage (.139).

final_sentence: Larry Wilson, who coached the 1977 season, has the lowest winning percentage (.139).