Chicago Blackhawks head coaches

41 head coaches · Head coach now: Jeff Blashill

Who has coached the Blackhawks?

The Chicago Blackhawks have had 41 head coaches since 1926-27. Billy Reay won the most games, 516. Titles also came under Joel Quenneville (3), Tommy Gorman (1), and Bill Stewart (1). The head coach now is Jeff Blashill, since 2025-26.

Chicago Blackhawks: every head coach, first to last
Coach	Seasons	W-L-T/OTL	Pct	Playoffs	Titles
Pete Muldoon	1926-27	19-22-3	.463	0-1
Hugh Lehman	1927-28	3-17-1	.150	—
Barney Stanley	1927-28	4-17-2	.190	—
Herb Gardiner	1928-29	5-23-4	.179	—
Dick Irvin	1928-29 to 1955-56	45-62-19	.421	5-3
Bill Tobin	1929-30	11-10-2	.524	0-1
Tom Shaughnessy	1929-30	10-8-3	.556	—
Emil Iverson	1931-32 to 1932-33	26-28-17	.481	1-1
Tommy Gorman	1932-33 to 1933-34	28-28-17	.500	6-1	1
Clem Loughlin	1934-35 to 1936-37	61-63-20	.492	1-2
Bill Stewart	1937-38 to 1938-39	22-35-12	.386	7-3	1
Paul Thompson	1938-39 to 1944-45	113-153-47	.425	7-12
Johnny Gottselig	1944-45 to 1947-48	53-79-14	.402	0-4
Charlie Conacher	1947-48 to 1949-50	56-84-22	.400	—
Ebbie Goodfellow	1950-51 to 1951-52	30-91-19	.248	—
Sid Abel	1952-53 to 1953-54	39-79-22	.331	3-4
Frank Eddolls	1954-55	13-40-17	.245	—
Tommy Ivan	1956-57 to 1957-58	26-56-21	.317	—
Rudy Pilous	1957-58 to 1962-63	162-151-74	.518	18-22	1
Billy Reay	1963-64 to 1976-77	516-335-161	.606	57-60
Bill White	1976-77	16-24-6	.400	0-2
Bob Pulford	1977-78 to 1999-00	182-176-68	.508	17-28
Eddie Johnston	1979-80	34-27-19	.557	3-4
Keith Magnuson	1980-81 to 1981-82	52-61-26	.460	0-3
Orval Tessier	1982-83 to 1984-85	99-93-21	.516	9-9
Bob Murdoch	1987-88	30-41-9	.423	1-4
Mike Keenan	1988-89 to 1991-92	153-126-41	.548	33-27
Darryl Sutter	1992-93 to 1994-95	110-80-26	.579	11-15
Craig Hartsburg	1995-96 to 1997-98	104-102-40	.505	8-8
Lorne Molleken	1998-99 to 1999-00	18-19-10	.486	—
Dirk Graham	1998-99	16-35-8	.314	—
Alpo Suhonen	2000-01	29-40-13	.420	—
Brian Sutter	2001-02 to 2003-04	91-103-52	.469	1-4
Trent Yawney	2005-06 to 2006-07	33-55-15	.375	—
Denis Savard	2006-07 to 2008-09	65-66-16	.496	—
Joel Quenneville	2008-09 to 2018-19	452-249-96	.645	76-52	3
Jeremy Colliton	2018-19 to 2021-22	87-92-26	.486	4-5
Derek King	2021-22	27-33-10	.450	—
Luke Richardson	2022-23 to 2024-25	57-118-15	.326	—
Anders Sorensen	2024-25	17-30-9	.362	—
Jeff Blashill	2025-26 to 2026-27	29-40-14	.420	—

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.