Washington Capitals head coaches

20 head coaches · Head coach now: Spencer Carbery

Who has coached the Capitals?

The Washington Capitals have had 20 head coaches since 1974-75. Bryan Murray won the most games, 343. Titles also came under Barry Trotz (1). The head coach now is Spencer Carbery, since 2023-24.

Washington Capitals: every head coach, first to last
Coach	Seasons	W-L-T/OTL	Pct	Playoffs	Titles
Red Sullivan	1974-75	2-16	.111	—
Milt Schmidt	1974-75 to 1975-76	5-34-5	.128	—
Jim Anderson	1974-75	4-45-5	.082	—
Tom McVie	1975-76 to 1977-78	49-122-33	.287	—
Danny Belisle	1978-79 to 1979-80	28-51-17	.354	—
Gary Green	1979-80 to 1981-82	50-78-29	.391	—
Bryan Murray	1981-82 to 1989-90	343-246-83	.582	24-29
Roger Crozier	1981-82	0-1	.000	—
Terry Murray	1989-90 to 1993-94	163-134-28	.549	18-21
Jim Schoenfeld	1993-94 to 1996-97	113-102-34	.526	10-14
Ron Wilson	1997-98 to 2001-02	192-159-59	.547	15-17
Bruce Cassidy	2002-03 to 2003-04	47-47-16	.500	2-4
Glen Hanlon	2003-04 to 2007-08	78-123-38	.388	—
Bruce Boudreau	2007-08 to 2011-12	201-88-40	.696	17-20
Dale Hunter	2011-12	30-23-7	.566	7-7
Adam Oates	2012-13 to 2013-14	65-48-17	.575	3-4
Barry Trotz	2014-15 to 2017-18	205-89-34	.697	36-27	1
Todd Reirden	2018-19 to 2019-20	89-46-16	.659	5-9
Peter Laviolette	2020-21 to 2022-23	115-78-27	.596	3-8
Spencer Carbery	2023-24 to 2025-26	134-83-29	.618	5-9

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.