Montreal Canadiens head coaches

28 head coaches · Head coach now: Martin St. Louis

Who has coached the Canadiens?

The Montreal Canadiens have had 28 head coaches since 1917-18. Toe Blake won the most games, 500, with 8 titles. Titles also came under Scotty Bowman (5), Dick Irvin (3), and Cecil Hart (2). The head coach now is Martin St. Louis, since 2021-22.

Montreal Canadiens: every head coach, first to last
Coach	Seasons	W-L-T/OTL	Pct	Playoffs	Titles
Newsy Lalonde	1917-18 to 1934-35	96-97-14	.497	7-6
Leo Dandurand	1921-22 to 1934-35	78-76-9	.506	10-5	1
Cecil Hart	1926-27 to 1938-39	196-125-73	.611	16-17	2
Sylvio Mantha	1935-36	11-26-11	.297	—
Jules Dugal	1938-39	9-6-3	.600	1-2
Pit Lepine	1939-40	10-33-5	.233	—
Dick Irvin	1940-41 to 1954-55	431-313-152	.579	62-53	3
Toe Blake	1955-56 to 1967-68	500-255-159	.662	82-37	8
Claude Ruel	1968-69 to 1980-81	172-82-51	.677	18-9	1
Al MacNeil	1970-71	31-15-9	.674	12-8	1
Scotty Bowman	1971-72 to 1978-79	419-110-105	.792	70-28	5
Bernie Geoffrion	1979-80	15-9-6	.625	—
Bob Berry	1981-82 to 1983-84	116-71-36	.620	2-6
Jacques Lemaire	1983-84 to 1984-85	48-37-12	.565	15-12
Jean Perron	1985-86 to 1987-88	126-84-30	.600	30-18	1
Pat Burns	1988-89 to 1991-92	174-104-42	.626	30-26
Jacques Demers	1992-93 to 1995-96	107-86-27	.554	19-8	1
Mario Tremblay	1995-96 to 1996-97	71-63-25	.530	3-8
Jacques Laperriere	1995-96	0-1	.000	—
Alain Vigneault	1997-98 to 2000-01	109-118-39	.480	4-6
Michel Therrien	2000-01 to 2016-17	271-198-73	.578	23-23
Claude Julien	2002-03 to 2020-21	201-175-60	.535	11-16
Bob Gainey	2005-06 to 2008-09	29-21-7	.580	2-8
Guy Carbonneau	2006-07 to 2008-09	124-83-23	.599	5-7
Jacques Martin	2009-10 to 2011-12	96-75-25	.561	12-14
Randy Cunneyworth	2011-12	18-23-9	.439	—
Dominique Ducharme	2020-21 to 2021-22	23-46-14	.333	13-9
Martin St. Louis	2021-22 to 2026-27	164-155-47	.514	10-14

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.