List of San Jose Sharks head coaches

The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California. The team is a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Established for the 1991–92 NHL season, the Sharks initially played games at the Cow Palace before moving to HP Pavilion at San Jose in 1993. The Sharks are owned by San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises.
There have been eight head coaches in Sharks franchise history. George Kingston was the first coach in Sharks history and lasted two seasons, which included a 1992–93 campaign where the team set an NHL record for losses in a season with 71. Darryl Sutter is the leader in games coached with 434. Ron Wilson is the leader in regular season wins (206) and points (469) as well as playoff games (52) and wins (28). Cap Raeder is the leader in winning percentage, winning his sole game as head coach on December 3, 2002 against the Phoenix Coyotes. Jim Wiley holds the franchise records for least wins (17) and least points (37), while Kingston hold the record for lowest winning percentage (.192). The current coach is Todd McLellan, who was hired on June 11, 2008.
== Key ==
# 	Number of coaches
GC 	Games coached
W 	Wins
L 	Loses
T 	Ties
OTL 	Overtime losses includes shootout losses
Win %	Winning percentage
† 	Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Sharks
== Coaches ==
#	Name 	Nat	Dates 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
#	Name 	Nat	Dates 	GC 	W 	L 	T 	OTL 	Pts 	Win % 	GC 	W 	L
1	George Kingston† 	 	April 12, 1991 — April 18, 1993 	164 	28 	129 	7 	— 	63 	.192 	— 	— 	—
2	Kevin Constantine	 	June 16, 1993 — December 1, 1995 	157 	55 	78 	24 	— 	134 	.427 	25 	11 	14
3	Jim Wiley 	 	December 1, 1995 — June 5, 1996 	57 	17 	37 	3 	— 	37 	.325 	— 	— 	—
4	Al Sims† 	 	June 5, 1996 — May 9, 1997 	82 	27 	47 	8 	— 	62 	.378 	— 	— 	—
5	Darryl Sutter 	 	June 8, 1997 — December 1, 2002 	434 	192 	167 	60 	15 	459 	.529 	42 	18 	24
6	Cap Raeder 	 	December 1, 2002 — December 4, 2002	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	1.000 	— 	— 	—
7	Ron Wilson 	 	December 4, 2002 — May 12, 2008 	385 	206 	122 	19 	38 	469 	.609 	52 	28 	24
8	Todd McLellan† 	 	June 11, 2008 — present 	82 	53 	18 	- 	11 	117 	.713 	6 	2 	4
== Notes ==
* A running total of the number of coaches of the Sharks. Thus, any coach who had two separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
* Before 1999, overtime losses were included in the loss column; Since 2005, ties are no longer possible.
* Wiley served as interim coach for the remainder of the 1995–96 season following the firing of Constantine.
* Raeder server as interim coach for a single game during the 2002–03 season following the firing of Sutter and prior to the hiring of Wilson.
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