List of New Jersey Devils head coaches

This is a list of New Jersey Devils head coaches. There have been 14 head coaches of the New Jersey Devils since the team moved to New Jersey for the 1982-83 NHL season. Tom McVie, Larry Robinson and Lou Lamoriello have each had two tenures as coach. Three different coaches have led the team to victory in the Stanley Cup Finals: Jacques Lemaire in 1995, Robinson in 2000, and Pat Burns in 2003. Lemaire is the all-time leader in games coached and wins; Burns leads all coaches in winning percentage (with at least one full season coached). In addition, several former players have worked for the Devils as assistant coaches, including John MacLean and Bobby Carpenter, the only men whose names are inscribed on the Stanley Cup as both a player and a coach with New Jersey. The current coach is Brent Sutter, who was hired on July 12, 2007.

Coaches

"This list does not include data from the Kansas City Scouts and the Colorado Rockies. Statistics correct as of 8 June 2007, after the end of the 2006-07 NHL season."
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rowspan="4"|4
rowspan="4"|Jim Schoenfeld||February 4, 1988 – May 25, 1989
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John Cunniff||
rowspan="4"|November 6, 1989 – March 4, 1991
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rowspan="4"|59
rowspan="4"|56
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rowspan="4"|136
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rowspan="4"|6
rowspan="4"|2
rowspan="4"|4
Tim Burke||||October 5, 1987 – August 20, 1990
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Warren Strelow (G)||||August 29, 1990 – June 28, 1993
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Robbie Ftorek||
rowspan="3"|June 5, 1992 – May 31, 1993
rowspan="3"|84
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rowspan="3"|87
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rowspan="3"|4
Doug Sulliman||||August 20, 1990 – June 28, 1993
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rowspan="5"|Jacques Lemaire
rowspan="5"|||September 1, 1994 – May 14, 1996
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Chris Nilan||||August 9, 1993 – Present
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rowspan="3"|8
rowspan="3"|Robbie Ftorek||May 26, 1999 – March 23, 2000
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Jacques Caron (G)||
rowspan="5"|March 23, 2000 – January 28, 2002
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rowspan="5"|73
rowspan="5"|43
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rowspan="5"|6
rowspan="5"|171
rowspan="5"|.606
rowspan="5"|48
rowspan="5"|31
rowspan="5"|17
Viacheslav Fetisov||||August 22, 2000 – June 9, 2001
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Jay Leach||
rowspan="4"|January 28, 2002 – June 13, 2002
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rowspan="4"|43
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rowspan="4"|2
rowspan="4"|4
John Cunniff||||February 25, 2002 – April 27, 2002
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Jacques Caron (G)||
rowspan="4"|June 13, 2002 – July 14, 2005
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rowspan="4"|89
rowspan="4"|45
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rowspan="4"|8
rowspan="4"|208
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rowspan="4"|12
Bob Carpenter||||August 5, 2003 – 2007
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Jacques Caron (G)||
rowspan="3"|July 14, 2005 – December 19, 2005
rowspan="3"|32
rowspan="3"|14
rowspan="3"|13
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rowspan="3"|33
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John MacLean||||August 9, 1993 – Present
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rowspan="3"|12
rowspan="3"|Lou Lamoriello
rowspan="3"|||August 5, 2003 – 2007
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Jacques Caron (G)||
rowspan="3"|June 13, 2006 – April 2, 2007
rowspan="3"|79
rowspan="3"|47
rowspan="3"|24
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rowspan="3"|8
rowspan="3"|102
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John MacLean||||August 9, 1993 – Present
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rowspan="3"|Lou Lamoriello
rowspan="3"|||August 5, 2003 – 2007
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Jacques Caron (G)||||September 29, 2002 – Present
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Larry Robinson||||August 9, 1993 – Present

Key

*(G) - denotes Goaltending coach
*Nat - Nationality
*GC - Games coached
*W - Wins
*L - Losses
*T - Ties (no longer applicable after the 2005-06 NHL season)
*OTL - Overtime losses (includes shootout losses after 2005-06)
*Pts - Points in rankings earned
*W% - Win percentage

Footnotes

# It is the decision of the team's management whose name to inscribe on the Stanley Cup. Therefore, an assistant coach may not have his name on the Cup despite being affiliated with the team during the entire season.
# Since the Devils officially finalized their move from Colorado to New Jersey on June 30, 1982, that is the date that their reign as coach and assistant coach began on the Devils.
# Schoenfeld was suspended for one game during the 1988 Stanley Cup Playoffs for verbally abusing referee Don Koharski; general manager Lou Lamoriello filled in as coach for the Devils' 7-1 loss to Boston. [cite web|url=http://www.nysun.com/article/51728?page_no=3|title=Lamoriello Fires Julien, Takes Over Behind Devils' Bench|publisher=New York Sun|author=Kevin Greenstein|date=2007-04-03|accessdate=2007-06-16]
# Although Ftorek was replaced during the 1999-00 NHL season, he got his name on the Cup when the Devils won it later that same season.
# Robinson was demoted to assistant coach and replaced as head coach in the middle of the 2001-02 NHL season, but the Devils placed his name on the Cup when they won the following season even though he had left before the 2002-03 NHL season even began.
# Pat Burns resigned after being diagnosed with cancer. [cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2005/07/14/larry-robinson050714.html|title=Larry Robinson named Devils' coach|publisher=CBC Sports|accessdate=2007-06-17]
# Larry Robinson resigned due to stress-related health problems. [cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2005/12/19/larry-robinson051220.html|title=Larry Robinson resigns as Devils coach|publisher=CBC Sports|accessdate=2007-06-17]
# Claude Julien was fired with just 3 games left in the 2006-07 regular season. [cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2822234|title=Julien out, Lamoriello in as Devils prepare for playoffs|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=2007-06-17]

References

*cite web|url=http://www.newjerseydevils.com/njd/history/azcoaches/index.php|title=New Jersey Devils Coaches (A to Z)|publisher=New Jersey Devils|accessdate=2007-06-16
*cite web|url=http://hockey-reference.com/teams/NJD/|title=New Jersey Devils Franchise History|publisher=Hockey-Reference|accessdate=2007-06-17
*cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/13/AR2006061300556.html|title=Devils Hire Claude Julien As Coach|publisher=Associated Press|accessdate=2007-06-17
*cite web|url=http://www.newjerseydevils.com/njd/theteam/coaching.php|title=Devils current coaching staff|publisher=New Jersey Devils|accessdate=2007-06-17
*cite web|url=http://www.newjerseydevils.com/njd/history/stanleycup/names/index.php|title=Stanley Cup Name Engravings|publisher=New Jersey Devils|accessdate=2007-06-17
*cite web|url=http://devils.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=332579|title=Devils Tap Brent Sutter as New Head Coach|publisher=New Jersey Devils|accessdate=2007-07-13
*cite web|url=http://devils.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=335334|title=Sutter Selects Familiar Faces for Devs' Staff|publisher=New Jersey Devils|accessdate=2007-07-26