List of Montreal Canadiens head coaches

Officially known as Le Club de Hockey Canadien, the Montreal Canadiens (Les Canadiens de Montréal) are a Canadian professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec. They play in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). In 1909, the Canadiens were founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association (NHA). In 1917, the franchise joined the NHL, and is one of the Original Six teams. In their 100-year history, the Canadiens have won 24 Stanley Cup championships, and are the last Canadian team to have won the Stanley Cup, having done so in 1993. Having played in the Jubilee Arena (1909–1910,1918–1919), the Montreal Arena (1911–1918), the Mount Royal Arena (1919–1926), and the Montreal Forum (1926–1996), the Canadiens have played their home games at the Bell Centre, formerly known as the Molson Centre, since 1996. The Canadiens are owned by the Molson Family; the former head coach of the Canadiens, Bob Gainey, is their general manager, and they current have no team captain.
There have been 26 head coaches for the Canadiens franchise in the NHL. The team's first head coach in the NHL was Newsy Lalonde, who coached the Canadiens for eight NHL seasons in two stints. Alhough Dick Irvin coached the team for 15 seasons, Toe Blake, who coached two less seasons, is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (914), the most regular-season games won (500), the most regular-season points (1159), the most playoff games coached (119), and the most playoff games won (82). Blake has also won the most Stanley Cup championships with eight; Scotty Bowman has won five, Irvin has won three, Cecil Hart has won two, and Léo Dandurand, Claude Ruel, Al MacNeil, Jean Perron, and Jacques Demers have won one each. Lalonde won a Stanley Cup championship in 1915–16 while in the NHA. Bowman and Pat Burns have each been awarded the Jack Adams Award, in 1976–77 and 1988–89 respectively. Nine head coaches have spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Canadiens. Bowman and Dandurand have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as builders. Dandurand is the only coach to have spent his entire NHL head coaching career with the Canadiens and to have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder. Jacques Martin is the current head coach of the Montreal Canadiens, hired on June 1st, 2009.
==Key==
# 	Number of coaches
GC 	Games coached
W 	Wins = Two points
L 	Losses = No points
T 	Ties = One point
OT 	Overtime/shootout losses = One point
PTS 	Points
Win%	Winning percentage
* 	Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Canadiens
† 	Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder
‡ 	Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Canadiensand have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder
==Coaches==
thumb|upright|Guy Carbonneau was the head coach of the Canadiens from 2006 to 2009.
Note: Statistics are correct through the 2008–09 season. This list does not include NHA seasons.
# 	Name 	Term 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Achievements 	Reference
# 	Name 	Term 	GC 	W 	L 	T/OT 	PTS 	Win% 	GC 	W 	L 	T 	Win% 	Achievements 	Reference
1 	Newsy Lalonde 	1917–1922 	95 	51 	44 	— 	102 	.537 	7 	5 	2 	0 	.714 	1 O'Brien Trophy championship (1918–19) 	
2 	Léo 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 	 	
— 	Léo 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) 	
19	Jacques Laperriere*	1995 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	.000 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
20	Mario Tremblay* 	1995–1997 	159 	71 	63 	25 	167 	.525 	11 	3 	8 	— 	.273 	 	
21	Alain Vigneault 	1997–2000 	266 	109 	118 	39 	257 	.483 	10 	4 	6 	— 	.400 	 	
22	Michel Therrien 	2000–2003 	190 	77 	77 	36 	190 	.500 	12 	6 	6 	— 	.500 	 	
23	Claude Julien 	2003–2006 	159 	72 	62 	25 	169 	.531 	11 	4 	7 	— 	.364 	 	
24	Bob Gainey 	2006 	41 	23 	15 	3 	49 	.598 	6 	2 	4 	— 	.333 	 	
25	Guy Carbonneau* 	2006–2009 	230 	124 	83 	23 	271 	.589 	12 	5 	7 	— 	.417 	 	
— 	Bob Gainey 	2009 	16 	6 	6 	4 	16 	.500 	4 	0 	4 	— 	.000 	 	
26	Jacques Martin 	2009–present	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	 	
==Notes==
* A running total of the number of coaches of the Canadiens. 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 ice 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.
* Newsy Lalonde, Babe Siebert, Sylvio Mantha, Dick Irvin, Toe Blake, Bernie Geoffrion, Jacques Lemaire, Jacques Laperriere, and Bob Gainey have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as players.
* Babe Siebert was named the head coach for the 1939–40 season, but died from drowning during the off-season.
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