Boston Bruins head coaches

31 head coaches · Head coach now: Marco Sturm

Who has coached the Bruins?

The Boston Bruins have had 31 head coaches since 1924-25. Claude Julien won the most games, 419, with 1 title. Titles also came under Art Ross (2), Cooney Weiland (1), and Harry Sinden (1). The head coach now is Marco Sturm, since 2025-26.

Boston Bruins: every head coach, first to last
CoachSeasonsW-L-T/OTLPctPlayoffsTitles
Art Ross1924-25 to 1944-45387-290-95.57232-332
Frank Patrick1934-35 to 1935-3648-36-12.5712-4
Cooney Weiland1939-40 to 1940-4158-20-18.74410-71
Dit Clapper1945-46 to 1948-49102-88-40.5378-17
George Boucher1949-5022-32-16.407—
Lynn Patrick1950-51 to 1954-55117-130-63.4749-18
Milt Schmidt1954-55 to 1965-66245-360-121.40515-19
Phil Watson1961-62 to 1962-6316-55-13.225—
Harry Sinden1966-67 to 1984-85153-116-58.56924-191
Tom Johnson1970-71 to 1972-73142-43-23.76815-71
Bep Guidolin1972-73 to 1973-7472-23-9.75811-10
Don Cherry1974-75 to 1978-79231-105-64.68831-24
Fred Creighton1979-8040-20-13.667—
Gerry Cheevers1980-81 to 1984-85204-126-46.61815-19
Butch Goring1985-86 to 1986-8742-38-13.5250-3
Terry O'Reilly1986-87 to 1988-89115-86-26.57217-19
Mike Milbury1989-90 to 1990-9190-49-21.64723-17
Rick Bowness1991-9236-32-12.5298-7
Brian Sutter1992-93 to 1994-95120-73-23.6227-15
Steve Kasper1995-96 to 1996-9766-78-20.4581-4
Pat Burns1997-98 to 2000-01105-97-52.5208-10
Mike Keenan2000-0133-26-15.559—
Robbie Ftorek2001-02 to 2002-0376-52-27.5942-4
Mike O'Connell2002-033-3-3.5001-4
Mike Sullivan2003-04 to 2005-0670-56-38.5563-4
Dave Lewis2006-0735-41-6.461—
Claude Julien2007-08 to 2016-17419-246-94.63057-401
Bruce Cassidy2016-17 to 2021-22245-108-46.69436-37
Jim Montgomery2022-23 to 2024-25120-41-23.7459-11
Joe Sacco2024-2525-30-7.455—
Marco Sturm2025-26 to 2026-2746-27-10.6302-4

From the NHL's records: ties and overtime losses share a column; playoff records are games. A coach with two stints has a row for each.