Los Angeles Kings head coaches

28 head coaches · Head coach now: D.J. Smith

Who has coached the Kings?

The Los Angeles Kings have had 28 head coaches since 1967-68. Darryl Sutter won the most games, 225, with 2 titles. The head coach now is D.J. Smith, since 2025-26.

Los Angeles Kings: every head coach, first to last
Coach	Seasons	W-L-T/OTL	Pct	Playoffs	Titles
Red Kelly	1967-68 to 1968-69	55-75-20	.423	7-11
Hal Laycoe	1969-70	5-18-1	.217	—
Johnny Wilson	1969-70	9-34-9	.209	—
Larry Regan	1970-71 to 1971-72	27-47-14	.365	—
Fred Glover	1971-72	18-42-8	.300	—
Bob Pulford	1972-73 to 1976-77	178-150-68	.543	11-15
Ron Stewart	1977-78	31-34-15	.477	0-2
Bob Berry	1978-79 to 1980-81	107-94-39	.532	2-8
Parker MacDonald	1981-82	13-24-5	.351	—
Don Perry	1981-82 to 1983-84	52-85-31	.380	4-6
Roger Neilson	1983-84	8-17-3	.320	—
Rogie Vachon	1983-84 to 1994-95	4-3-3	.571	—
Pat Quinn	1984-85 to 1986-87	75-101-26	.426	0-3
Mike Murphy	1986-87 to 1987-88	20-37-8	.351	1-4
Robbie Ftorek	1987-88 to 1988-89	65-56-11	.537	5-11
Tom Webster	1989-90 to 1991-92	115-94-31	.550	12-16
Barry Melrose	1992-93 to 1994-95	79-101-29	.439	13-11
Larry Robinson	1995-96 to 1998-99	122-161-45	.431	0-4
Andy Murray	1999-00 to 2005-06	215-176-89	.550	10-14
John Torchetti	2005-06	5-7	.417	—
Marc Crawford	2006-07 to 2007-08	59-84-21	.413	—
Terry Murray	2008-09 to 2011-12	139-106-30	.567	4-8
John Stevens	2011-12 to 2018-19	51-39-9	.567	0-4
Darryl Sutter	2011-12 to 2016-17	225-147-53	.605	42-27	2
Willie Desjardins	2018-19	27-34-8	.443	—
Todd McLellan	2019-20 to 2023-24	164-130-44	.558	5-8
Jim Hiller	2023-24 to 2025-26	93-58-24	.616	3-8
D.J. Smith	2025-26	11-6-6	.647	0-4

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.