Vancouver Canucks head coaches

23 head coaches · Head coach now: Manny Malhotra

Who has coached the Canucks?

The Vancouver Canucks have had 23 head coaches since 1970-71. Alain Vigneault won the most games, 313. The head coach now is Manny Malhotra, since 2026-27.

Vancouver Canucks: every head coach, first to last
CoachSeasonsW-L-T/OTLPctPlayoffsTitles
Hal Laycoe1970-71 to 1971-7244-96-16.314—
Vic Stasiuk1972-7322-47-9.319—
Phil Maloney1973-74 to 1976-7795-105-32.4751-6
Bill McCreary Sr.1973-749-25-7.265—
Orland Kurtenbach1976-77 to 1977-7836-62-27.367—
Harry Neale1978-79 to 1984-85142-189-76.4293-11
Roger Neilson1981-82 to 1983-8451-61-21.45512-9
Bill LaForge1984-854-14-2.222—
Tom Watt1985-86 to 1986-8752-87-21.3740-3
Bob McCammon1987-88 to 1990-91102-156-36.3953-4
Pat Quinn1990-91 to 1995-96141-111-28.56031-30
Rick Ley1994-95 to 1995-9647-50-27.4854-7
Tom Renney1996-97 to 1997-9839-53-9.424—
Mike Keenan1997-98 to 1998-9936-54-18.400—
Marc Crawford1998-99 to 2005-06246-189-94.56612-19
Alain Vigneault2006-07 to 2012-13313-170-57.64833-35
John Tortorella2013-1436-35-11.507—
Willie Desjardins2014-15 to 2016-17109-110-27.4982-4
Travis Green2017-18 to 2021-22133-147-34.47510-7
Bruce Boudreau2021-22 to 2022-2350-40-13.556—
Rick Tocchet2022-23 to 2024-25108-65-27.6247-6
Adam Foote2025-2625-49-8.338—
Manny Malhotra2026-271-01.000—

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.