List of Calgary Flames head coaches

The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The team is a member of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flames arrived in Calgary in 1980 after transferring from the city of Atlanta, Georgia, where they were known as the Atlanta Flames from their founding in 1972 until relocation. [cite book |title=2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide |publisher=Calgary Flames Hockey Club |editor=Hanlon, Peter and Kelso, Sean |pages=pg. 4]

Mike Keenan is the current coach of the Flames, the 13th person to serve as the head coach of the Calgary Flames. He was hired on June 14, 2007 and is entering his second season with Calgary in 2008–09. [cite web |url=http://flames.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&bcid=tea_coach |title=Coaches – Mike Keenan |accessdate=2008-09-16 |publisher=Calgary Flames Hockey Club] Keenan is one of most accomplished coaches in NHL history, having won over 600 career games. He is one of six coaches to reach the 600-win milestone, having done so with the Flames in 2007–08. [cite web |url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/flames/2007-12-20-keenan_N.htm |title=The passion has returned for Calgary coach Mike Keenan |accessdate=2008-09-16 |date=2007-12-20 |work=USA Today]

Al MacNeil remained the Flames' coach when the franchise transferred to Calgary, serving as the team's first coach in Calgary. "Badger Bob" Johnson, who succeeded MacNeil in 1982, is the Flames' all-time leader in games coached and wins. [cite book |title=2007–08 Calgary Flames Media Guide |publisher=Calgary Flames Hockey Club] He was behind the bench when the franchise made its first trip to the Stanley Cup final in 1986. Johnson was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992, a year after his death from cancer. [cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=b199202&type=Builder&page=bio&list=ByName#photo |title=The Legends – Bob Johnson |accessdate=2008-09-16 |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame] Johnson's successor, Terry Crisp, led the Flames to their only Stanley Cup championship in 1989. [cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=12370 |title=Players – Terry Crisp |accessdate=2008-09-16 |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame]

The Flames went through several coaches between 1990 and 2003 as the team struggled to find playoff success. Doug Risebrough, Dave King, Pierre Page, Brian Sutter, Don Hay and Greg Gilbert all failed to lead the team past the first round as the Flames endured a 15-year period of playoff futility. [cite web |url=http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/recap?gid=2004041922 |title=Rec
accessdate=2008-09-17 |date=2004-04-20 |publisher=Yahoo! Sports] Darryl Sutter ended that streak in 2003–04 when he coached the Flames to a marked improvement over their previous season, ending with a trip to the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals. Though he did not win, Sutter earned a nomination for the Jack Adams Award as the league's top coach as a result of the team's performance. [cite web |last=Roarke |first=Shawn P. |url=http://www.nhl.com/hockeyu/history/trophies/finalists042104.html |title=NHL announces awards finalists |accessdate=2008-09-16 |date=2004-04-21 |publisher=National Hockey League]

Key

Coaches

:"Statistics are correct through the 2007–08 NHL season.

See also

* Head Coaches of the Atlanta Flames
* List of NHL head coaches

Notes

* A running total of the number of coaches of the Flames. 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; [citation |last=Caldwell |first=Dave |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/sports/hockey/17score.html |title=Playing It Safe for a Bonus Point in the N.H.L. |accessdate=2008-09-14 |date=2008-02-17 |publisher="New York Times"] Since 2005, ties are no longer possible. [citation |last=Burnside |first=Scott |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2114523 |title=Rule changes geared toward entertainment |accessdate=2008-09-14 |date=2005-07-25 |publisher=ESPN]
* Does not include coaching record for the Atlanta Flames.
* Charron served as interim coach for the remainder of the 1991–92 season following Risebrough's resignation. [cite web |url=http://wild.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=NHLPage&bcid=tea_Risebrough |title=Doug Risebrough - President and General Manager |accessdate=2008-09-16 |work=Minnesota Wild Hockey Club]
* MacNeil served as interim head coach during the 2002–03 season following Gilbert's dismissal. [cite web |url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/flames/2002-12-03-gilbert-fired_x.htm |title=Flames dump Gilbert, name MacNeil |accessdate=2008-09-16 |date=2002-12-03 |work=USA Today]

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