List of Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes general managers

The Carolina Hurricanes are an American professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They play in the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team joined the NHL in 1979 as an expansion team as the Hartford Whalers, but moved to Raleigh, North Carolina in 1997. Having first played at the Greensboro Coliseum, the Hurricanes have played their home games at the PNC Arena, which was first named the Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena, since 1999. There have been nine general managers in franchise history since entering the NHL.
==Key==
Key of terms and definitions
Term 	Definition
No. 	Number of general managers
Ref(s)	References
– 	Does not apply
 	Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builder category
==General managers==
General managers of the Carolina Hurricanes franchise
No.	Name 	Tenure 	Accomplishments during this term	Ref(s)
– 	Jack Kelley 	April 1, 1972 – December 26, 1975	
* Won Avco World Trophy (1972–73)	
– 	Ron Ryan 	December 26, 1975 – May 5, 1977 	 	
1 	Jack Kelley 	May 5, 1977 – April 2, 1981 	
* 1 playoff appearance 	
2 	Larry Pleau 	April 2, 1981 – May 2, 1983 	
* No playoff appearances 	
3 	Emile Francis 	May 2, 1983 – May 11, 1989 	
* 1 division title and 4 playoff appearances	
4 	Ed Johnston 	May 11, 1989 – May 12, 1992 	
* 3 playoff appearances 	
5 	Brian Burke 	May 26, 1992 – October 6, 1993 	
* No playoff appearances 	
6 	Paul Holmgren 	October 6, 1993 – June 28, 1994 	
* No playoff appearances 	
7 	Jim Rutherford	June 28, 1994 – April 28, 2014 	
* Won Stanley Cup 1 time in 2 finals appearances (2002, 2006)
* 2 conference titles, 3 division titles, and 5 playoff appearances	
8 	Ron Francis 	April 28, 2014 – March 7, 2018 	
* No playoff appearances 	
9 	Don Waddell 	May 8, 2018 – present 	
* 2 playoff appearances 	
==See also==
*List of NHL general managers
==Notes==
* A running total of the number of general managers of the franchise. Thus any general manager who has two or more separate terms as general manager is only counted once. WHA general managers are not counted towards the total.
==References==
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