List of Boston Bruins head coaches

The Boston Bruins, a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, has had 27 head coaches in its team history. The franchise is a member of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The franchise was founded in 1924 and entered the NHL as the first American-based expansion team. It is an Original Six team, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Blackhawks. Its home arena is the 17,565-person capacity TD Banknorth Garden, where it has played since 1995, after leaving the Boston Garden.
Art Ross served four terms as the Bruins head coach. Ross, Cy Denneny, Lynn Patrick, Milt Schmidt and Mike Milbury have all been inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Harry Sinden, Gerry Cheevers, Tom Johnson and Frank Patrick are in Hockey Hall of Fame inductees, and spent their entire coaching careers with the Bruins. Cooney Weiland, Dit Clapper, Terry O'Reilly, Steve Kasper, Mike O'Connell and Mike Sullivan also coached only for the Bruins.
Statistically, Tom Johnson was the best coach, with a winning percentage of .738. He is followed by Harry Sinden, who, averaging his two terms, had a winning percentage of .689. The worst coach statistically was Phil Watson, who, with a winning percentage of .268, only won 16 out of the 84 games he coached. Claude Julien, the current coach of the Bruins, took over after Lewis was dismissed in 2007.
==Key==
# 	Number of coaches
GC 	Games coached
W 	Wins
L 	Losses
T 	Ties
Win%	Winning percentage
* 	Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame
† 	Spent entire professional head coaching career with the Bruins.
*† 	Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame and spent entire professional head coaching career with the Bruins.
==Coaches==
thumb|upright|Dave Lewis coached the Bruins during the 2006–07 season.
# 	Name 	Term 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Championships/awards won 	Reference
# 	Name 	Term 	GC 	W 	L 	T 	Win% 	GC 	W 	L 	T 	Championships/awards won 	Reference
1 	Art Ross* 	1924–1928 	154 	64 	72 	18 	.474 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
2 	Cy Denneny* 	1928–1929 	44 	26 	13 	5 	.648 	5 	5 	0 	0 	1 Stanley Cup Championship (1929)	
— 	Art Ross* 	1929–1934 	232 	124 	76 	32 	.603 	6 	2 	4 	0 	 	
3 	Frank Patrick *†	1934–1936 	96 	48 	36 	12 	.563 	6 	2 	4 	0 	 	
— 	Art Ross* 	1936–1939 	144 	89 	39 	16 	.674 	18 	9 	9 	0 	1 Stanley Cup Championship (1939)	
4 	Cooney Weiland† 	1939–1941 	96 	58 	20 	18 	.698 	17 	10 	7 	0 	1 Stanley Cup Championship (1941)	
— 	Art Ross* 	1941–1945 	198 	84 	90 	24 	.485 	21 	9 	12 	0 	 	
5 	Dit Clapper† 	1945–1949 	230 	102 	88 	40 	.530 	25 	8 	17 	0 	 	
6 	Georges Boucher 	1949–1950 	70 	22 	32 	16 	.429 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
7 	Lynn Patrick* 	1950–1954 	310 	117 	130 	63 	.479 	40 	16 	23 	1 	 	
8 	Milt Schmidt* 	1954–1961 	460 	172 	203 	75 	.455 	34 	15 	19 	0 	 	
9 	Phil Watson 	1961–1962 	84 	16 	55 	13 	.268 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
— 	Milt Schmidt* 	1962–1966 	266 	73 	157 	46 	.361 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
10	Harry Sinden*† 	1966–1970 	296 	136 	105 	55 	.552 	28 	18 	10 	0 	1 Stanley Cup Championship (1970)	
11	Tom Johnson*† 	1970–1973 	208 	142 	43 	23 	.738 	22 	15 	7 	0 	1 Stanley Cup Championship (1972)	
12	Bep Guidolin 	1973–1974 	104 	72 	23 	9 	.736 	21 	11 	10 	0 	 	
13	Don Cherry 	1974–1979 	400 	231 	105 	64 	.658 	55 	31 	24 	0 	1976 Jack Adams Award Winner 	
14	Fred Creighton 	1979–1980 	73 	40 	20 	13 	.637 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
— 	Harry Sinden*† 	1980 	7 	6 	1 	0 	.857 	10 	4 	6 	0 	 	
15	Gerry Cheevers*†	1980–1985 	376 	204 	126 	46 	.604 	34 	15 	19 	0 	 	
— 	Harry Sinden*† 	1985 	24 	11 	10 	3 	.521 	5 	2 	3 	0 	 	
16	Butch Goring 	1985–1986 	93 	42 	38 	13 	.522 	3 	0 	3 	0 	 	
17	Terry O'Reilly† 	1986–1989 	227 	115 	86 	26 	.564 	37 	17 	19 	1 	 	
18	Mike Milbury* 	1989–1991 	160 	90 	49 	21 	.628 	40 	23 	17 	0 	 	
19	Rick Bowness 	1991–1992 	80 	36 	32 	12 	.525 	15 	8 	7 	0 	 	
20	Brian Sutter 	1992–1995 	216 	120 	73 	23 	.609 	22 	7 	15 	0 	 	
21	Steve Kasper† 	1995–1997 	164 	66 	78 	20 	.463 	5 	1 	4 	0 	 	
22	Pat Burns 	1997–2000 	254 	105 	103 	46 	.504 	18 	8 	10 	0 	1998 Jack Adams Award Winner 	
23	Mike Keenan 	2000–2001 	74 	33 	34 	7 	.547 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
24	Robbie Ftorek 	2001–2003 	155 	76 	65 	14 	.577 	6 	2 	4 	0 	 	
25	Mike O'Connell† 	2003 	9 	3 	3 	3 	.500 	5 	1 	4 	0 	 	
26	Mike Sullivan† 	2003–2006 	164 	70 	79 	15 	.543 	7 	3 	4 	0 	 	
27	Dave Lewis 	2006–2007 	82 	35 	41 	6 	.463 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
28	Claude Julien 	2007–2017 	164 	94 	48 	22 	.640 	18 	10 	8 	0 	2009 Jack Adams Award Winner 	
29	Bruce Cassidy 	2017–present	191 	117 	52 	22 	.612 	42 	22 	20 	0 	 	
==Notes==
* A running total of the number of coaches of the Bruins. Thus any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
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