Tampa Bay Lightning head coaches

9 head coaches · Head coach now: Jon Cooper

Who has coached the Lightning?

The Tampa Bay Lightning have had 9 head coaches since 1992-93. Jon Cooper won the most games, 622, with 2 titles. Titles also came under John Tortorella (1). The head coach now is Jon Cooper, since 2012-13.

Tampa Bay Lightning: every head coach, first to last
Coach	Seasons	W-L-T/OTL	Pct	Playoffs	Titles
Terry Crisp	1992-93 to 1997-98	142-204-45	.410	2-4
Rick Paterson	1997-98	0-6	.000	—
Jacques Demers	1997-98 to 1998-99	34-96-17	.262	—
Steve Ludzik	1999-00 to 2000-01	31-67-23	.316	—
John Tortorella	2000-01 to 2007-08	239-222-74	.518	24-21	1
Rick Tocchet	2008-09 to 2009-10	53-69-26	.434	—
Barry Melrose	2008-09	5-7-4	.417	—
Guy Boucher	2010-11 to 2012-13	97-78-20	.554	11-7
Jon Cooper	2012-13 to 2025-26	622-332-89	.652	91-71	2

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.