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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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List Of Florida Panthers Head Coaches
The Florida Panthers are an American professional ice hockey team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team joined the NHL in 1993 as an expansion team, and won their first Eastern Conference championship in 1996. The Panthers have played their home games at the BB&T Center since 1998. The Panthers are owned by Sunrise Sports and Entertainment, and Bill Zito is their general manager.

There have been 16 head coaches for the Panthers franchise. The team's first head coach was Roger Neilson, who coached for two complete seasons from 1993 to 1995. Jacques Martin is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season game wins (110), the most regular-season points (256), and is tied with Peter DeBoer for the most regular-season games coached (246); Doug MacLean is the franchise's all-time leader for the most playoff games coached (27), and the most playoff-game wins (13). Murray's brother, Terry Murray, has also coached the Panthers, right after his brother Bryan. MacLean is the only coach to have won the Prince of Wales Trophy with the Panthers; they lost the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals to the Colorado Avalanche. Neilson is the only Panthers coach to have been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame; he was inducted as a builder. Duane Sutter and Kevin Dineen spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Panthers. DeBoer was the head coach of the Panthers from 2008–2011. The Panther's current head coach is Paul Maurice.

Key

# Number of coaches
GC Games coached
W Wins = 2 points
L Losses = 0 points
T Ties = 1 point
OT Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point
PTS Points
Win% Winning percentage
† Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder
* Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Panthers

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2023–24 season.

# Name Term Regular season Playoffs Achievements Reference
GC W L T/OT PTS Win% GC W L Win%
1 Roger Neilson† 1993–1995 132 53 56 23 129 .489 — — — —
2 Doug MacLean 1995–1997 187 83 71 33 199 .532 27 13 14 .481
  • 1 Stanley Cup Final appearance (1996)
  • 1 conference title and 2 playoff appearances
3 Bryan Murray 1997–1998 59 17 31 11 45 .381 — — — —
4 Terry Murray 1998–2000 200 79 79 42 200 .500 4 0 4 .000
  • 1 playoff appearance
5 Duane Sutter* 2000–2001 72 22 35 15 59 .410 — — — —
6 Mike Keenan 2001–2003 153 45 73 35 125 .408 — — — —
7 Rick Dudley 2003–2004 40 13 15 12 38 .475 — — — —
8 John Torchetti 2004 27 10 12 5 25 .463 — — — —
9 Jacques Martin 2005–2008 246 110 100 36 256 .520 — — — —
10 Peter DeBoer 2008–2011 246 103 107 36 242 .492 — — — —
11 Kevin Dineen* 2011–2013 146 56 62 28 140 .479 7 3 4 .429
  • 1 division title and 1 playoff appearance
12 Peter Horachek 2013–2014 66 26 36 4 56 .424 — — — —
13 Gerard Gallant 2014–2016 164 85 55 24 194 .591 6 2 4 .333
  • 1 division title and 1 playoff appearance
14 Tom Rowe* 2016–2017 61 24 27 10 58 .475 — — — —
15 Bob Boughner 2017–2019 164 80 62 22 182 .555 — — — —
16 Joel Quenneville 2019–2021 132 79 40 13 171 .648 14 4 10 .286
  • 2 playoff appearances
17 Andrew Brunette 2021–2022 75 51 18 6 108 .720 10 4 6 .400
18 Paul Maurice 2022–present 164 94 56 14 202 .616 45 29 16 .644
  • 1 Stanley Cup (2024)
  • 2 Stanley Cup Final appearances (2023, 2024)
  • 2 conference titles, 1 division title, and 2 playoff appearances