Edmonton Oilers head coaches

19 head coaches · Head coach now: Mike Babcock

Who has coached the Oilers?

The Edmonton Oilers have had 19 head coaches since 1979-80. Glen Sather won the most games, 464, with 4 titles. Titles also came under John Muckler (1). The head coach now is Mike Babcock, since 2026-27.

Edmonton Oilers: every head coach, first to last
CoachSeasonsW-L-T/OTLPctPlayoffsTitles
Glen Sather1979-80 to 1993-94464-268-110.63489-374
Bryan Watson1980-814-9-5.308—
John Muckler1989-90 to 1990-9175-65-20.53625-151
Ted Green1991-92 to 1993-9465-102-21.3898-8
Ron Low1994-95 to 1998-99139-162-40.46210-18
George Burnett1994-9512-20-3.375—
Kevin Lowe1999-0032-26-24.5521-4
Craig MacTavish2000-01 to 2014-15301-255-105.54119-17
Pat Quinn2009-1027-47-8.365—
Tom Renney2010-11 to 2011-1257-85-22.401—
Ralph Krueger2012-1319-22-7.463—
Dallas Eakins2013-14 to 2014-1536-63-14.364—
Todd Nelson2014-1517-22-7.436—
Todd McLellan2015-16 to 2018-19123-119-24.5087-6
Ken Hitchcock2018-1926-28-8.481—
Dave Tippett2019-20 to 2021-2295-62-14.6051-7
Jay Woodcroft2021-22 to 2023-2479-41-13.65814-14
Kris Knoblauch2023-24 to 2025-26135-77-21.63731-22
Mike Babcock2026-270-0-1——

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.