Toronto Maple Leafs head coaches

42 head coaches · Head coach now: Jim Hiller

Who has coached the Maple Leafs?

The Toronto Maple Leafs have had 42 head coaches since 1917-18. Punch Imlach won the most games, 370, with 4 titles. Titles also came under Hap Day (5), Dick Carroll (1), and George O'Donoghue (1). The head coach now is Jim Hiller, since 2026-27.

Toronto Maple Leafs: every head coach, first to last
Coach	Seasons	W-L-T/OTL	Pct	Playoffs	Titles
Dick Carroll	1917-18 to 1918-19	18-22	.450	4-3	1
Frank Heffernan	1919-20	5-7	.417	—
Harvey Sproule	1919-20	7-5	.583	—
Frank Carroll	1920-21	15-9	.625	0-2
George O'Donoghue	1921-22 to 1922-23	15-13-1	.536	4-2	1
Charles Querrie	1922-23 to 1926-27	29-38-5	.433	—
Eddie Powers	1924-25 to 1925-26	31-32-3	.492	0-2
Mike Rodden	1926-27	0-2	.000	—
Alex Romeril	1926-27	7-5-1	.583	—
Conn Smythe	1927-28 to 1931-32	58-57-20	.504	2-2
Art Duncan	1930-31 to 1931-32	21-16-10	.568	0-1
Dick Irvin	1931-32 to 1939-40	215-152-59	.586	33-32	1
Hap Day	1940-41 to 1949-50	259-206-81	.557	49-31	5
Joe Primeau	1950-51 to 1952-53	97-71-42	.577	8-6	1
King Clancy	1953-54 to 1955-56	80-81-49	.497	2-12
Howie Meeker	1956-57	21-34-15	.382	—
Billy Reay	1957-58 to 1958-59	26-50-14	.342	—
Punch Imlach	1958-59 to 1979-80	370-275-125	.574	44-48	4
John McLellan	1969-70 to 1972-73	126-139-45	.475	3-8
Red Kelly	1973-74 to 1976-77	133-123-62	.520	11-19
Roger Neilson	1977-78 to 1978-79	75-62-23	.547	8-11
Dick Duff	1979-80	0-2	.000	—
Floyd Smith	1979-80	30-33-5	.476	—
Joe Crozier	1980-81	13-22-5	.371	—
Mike Nykoluk	1980-81 to 1983-84	89-144-47	.382	1-6
Dan Maloney	1984-85 to 1985-86	45-100-15	.310	6-4
John Brophy	1986-87 to 1988-89	64-111-18	.366	9-10
George Armstrong	1988-89	17-26-4	.395	—
Doug Carpenter	1989-90 to 1990-91	39-47-5	.453	1-4
Tom Watt	1990-91 to 1991-92	52-80-17	.394	—
Pat Burns	1992-93 to 1995-96	133-107-41	.554	23-23
Nick Beverley	1995-96	9-6-2	.600	2-4
Mike Murphy	1996-97 to 1997-98	60-87-17	.408	—
Pat Quinn	1998-99 to 2005-06	300-196-78	.605	41-39
Paul Maurice	2006-07 to 2007-08	76-66-22	.535	—
Ron Wilson	2008-09 to 2011-12	130-135-45	.491	—
Randy Carlyle	2011-12 to 2014-15	91-78-19	.538	3-4
Peter Horachek	2014-15	9-28-5	.243	—
Mike Babcock	2015-16 to 2019-20	173-133-45	.565	8-12
Sheldon Keefe	2019-20 to 2023-24	212-97-40	.686	16-21
Craig Berube	2024-25 to 2025-26	84-62-18	.575	7-6
Jim Hiller	2026-27	0-1	.000	—

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.