List of Atlanta Thrashers head coaches

The Atlanta Thrashers are an American professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL).[1] The team joined the NHL in 1999 as an expansion team. The Thrashers have played their home games at the Philips Arena since their inaugural season.[2] The Thrashers are owned by Atlanta Spirit, LLC, and Rick Dudley is their general manager.[3]
There have been five head coaches for the Thrashers franchise. The team's first head coach was Curt Fraser, who coached for three seasons. Bob Hartley is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (291), the most regular-season game wins (136), the most regular-season points (309), and the only Thrashers head coach to coach playoff game with 4. All of the Thrashers head coaches except for Hartley have spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Thrashers. John Anderson was the head coach of the Thrashers from 2008 to 2010.[4] Craig Ramsay has been the head coach since 2010.[5]
== 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
* 	Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Thrashers
== Coaches==
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2009–10 season.
#	Name 	Term[c] 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Achievements	
#	Name 	Term[c] 	GC 	W 	L 	T/OT 	PTS 	Win% 	GC 	W 	L 	Win% 	Achievements	
1	Curt Fraser* 	1999–2002 	279 	64 	169 	46 	174 	.312 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
2	Don Waddelll* 	2002–2003 	10 	4 	5 	1 	9 	.450 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
3	Bob Hartley 	2003–2007 	291 	136 	118 	37 	309 	.531 	4 	0 	4 	.000 	 	
—	Don Waddell* 	2007–2008 	76 	34 	34 	8 	76 	.500 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
4	John Anderson*	2008–2010 	164 	70 	75 	19 	159 	.482 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
5	Craig Ramsay 	2010–present	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	.000 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
== Notes==
*a A running total of the number of coaches of the Thrashers. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
*b 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.
*c Each year is linked to an article about that particular NHL season.
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