List of Florida Panthers head coaches

thumb|300px|right|The Panthers have played their home games at the BankAtlantic Center since 1998.
The Florida Panthers are an American professional ice hockey team based in Sunrise, Florida. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team joined the NHL in 1993 as an expansion team, and won their first Eastern Conference championship in 1996. The Panthers have played their home games at the BankAtlantic Center, which was first named the Broward County Civic Arena, since 1998. The Panthers are owned by Alan Cohen and Bernie Kosar, and Jacques Martin, the former head coach of the Panthers, is their general manager.
There have been 10 head coaches for the Panthers franchise. The team's first head coach was Roger Neilson, who coached for two complete seasons from 1993 to 1995. Jacques Martin is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (246), the most regular-season game wins (110), and the most regular-season points (256); Doug MacLean is the franchise's all-time leader for the most playoff games coached (27), and the most playoff-game wins (13). Murray's brother, Terry Murray, has also coached the Panthers, right after his brother Bryan. MacLean is the only coach to have won the Prince of Wales Trophy with the Panthers; they lost the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals to the Colorado Avalanche. Neilson is the only Panthers coach to have been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame; he was inducted as a builder. Duane Sutter and Peter DeBoer have spent their entire NHL coaching careers with the Panthers. DeBoer has been the head coach of the Panthers since 2008.
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==Key==
# 	Number of coaches
GC 	Games coached
W 	Wins = 2 points
L 	Losses = 0 points
T 	Ties = 1 point
OT 	Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point
PTS 	Points
Win%	Winning percentage
† 	Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder
* 	Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Panthers
==Coaches==
thumb|right|Mike Keenan (shown with the Calgary Flames) has coached the Panthers for two seasons.
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2008–09 season.
# 	Name 	Term 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Achievements 	Reference
# 	Name 	Term 	GC 	W 	L 	T/OT 	PTS 	Win% 	GC 	W 	L 	Win% 	Achievements 	Reference
1 	Roger Neilson†	1993–1995 	132 	53 	56 	23 	129 	.489 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
2 	Doug MacLean 	1995–1997 	187 	83 	71 	33 	199 	.532 	27 	13 	14 	.481 	1995–96 Prince of Wales Trophy	
3 	Bryan Murray 	1997–1998 	59 	17 	31 	11 	45 	.381 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
4 	Terry Murray 	1998–2000 	200 	79 	79 	42 	200 	.500 	4 	0 	4 	.000 	 	
5 	Duane Sutter* 	2000–2001 	72 	22 	35 	15 	59 	.410 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
6 	Mike Keenan 	2001–2003 	153 	45 	73 	35 	125 	.408 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
7 	Rick Dudley 	2003–2004 	40 	13 	15 	12 	38 	.475 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
8 	John Torchetti	2004 	27 	10 	12 	5 	25 	.463 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
9 	Jacques Martin	2005–2008 	246 	110 	100 	36 	256 	.520 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
10	Peter DeBoer* 	2008–present	82 	41 	30 	11 	93 	.567 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
==Notes==
* A running total of the number of coaches of the Panthers. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
* 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.
* In hockey, the winning percentage is calculated by dividing points by maximum possible points.
* Each year is linked to an article about that particular NHL season.
==References==
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