New York Islanders head coaches

20 head coaches · Head coach now: Peter DeBoer

Who has coached the Islanders?

The New York Islanders have had 20 head coaches since 1972-73. Al Arbour won the most games, 740, with 4 titles. The head coach now is Peter DeBoer, since 2025-26.

New York Islanders: every head coach, first to last
CoachSeasonsW-L-T/OTLPctPlayoffsTitles
Earl Ingarfield1972-736-20-2.231—
Phil Goyette1972-736-40-4.130—
Al Arbour1973-74 to 2007-08740-537-223.579119-794
Terry Simpson1986-87 to 1988-8981-82-24.4979-11
Lorne Henning1994-95 to 2000-0119-39-7.328—
Mike Milbury1995-96 to 1998-9957-111-24.339—
Rick Bowness1996-97 to 1997-9837-50-12.425—
Bill Stewart1998-9911-19-7.367—
Butch Goring1999-00 to 2000-0141-88-18.318—
Peter Laviolette2001-02 to 2002-0377-62-25.5544-8
Steve Stirling2003-04 to 2005-0656-51-17.5231-4
Brad Shaw2005-0618-18-4.500—
Ted Nolan2006-07 to 2007-0874-68-21.5211-4
Scott Gordon2008-09 to 2010-1164-94-23.405—
Jack Capuano2010-11 to 2016-17227-192-64.54210-14
Doug Weight2016-17 to 2017-1859-49-14.546—
Barry Trotz2018-19 to 2021-22152-102-34.59828-21
Lane Lambert2022-23 to 2023-2461-46-20.5702-4
Patrick Roy2023-24 to 2025-2697-78-22.5541-4
Peter DeBoer2025-261-3.250—

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.