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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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List Of Los Angeles Kings Head Coaches

The Los Angeles Kings are an American professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team joined the NHL in 1967 as an expansion team with five other teams, and won their first Stanley Cup in 2012. Having first played at The Forum, the Kings have played their home games at the Staples Center since 1999. The Kings are owned by Philip Anschutz and Edward P. Roski, Rob Blake is their general manager, and Anže Kopitar is the team captain.

There have been 30 head coaches for the Kings. The franchise's first head coach was Red Kelly, who coached for two seasons. Andy Murray is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (480), the most regular-season game wins (215), and the most regular-season points (519); Darryl Sutter is the franchise's all-time leader for the most playoff games coached (64) and playoff game wins (41), and the highest playoff winning percentage (.641), which is one of only two over .500 out of the Kings' head coaches. Rogatien Vachon, who coached the Kings for three non-consecutive stints, is the Kings' all-time leader for the least regular-season games coached, with 10. Sutter is the only coach to have won a Stanley Cup with the Kings, in 2012 and 2014. Bob Pulford is the only head coach to have been awarded the Jack Adams Award with the Kings, having won it in the 1974–75 season. Larry Regan and Don Perry have spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Kings. Roger Neilson, who coached the Kings for 28 games, is the only Kings head coach to have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder. Darryl Sutter was the Kings head coach from 2011 to 2017.

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
* Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Kings
Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder

Coaches

Larry Robinson (shown wearing a Montreal Canadiens jersey) coached the Kings for four seasons.
Marc Crawford was the head coach of the Kings from 2006 to 2008.

Note: Statistics are correct through the hiring of Hiller during the 2023–24 season.

# Name Term Regular season Playoffs Achievements Reference
GC W L T/OT PTS Win% GC W L Win%
1 Red Kelly 19671969 150 55 75 20 130 .433 18 7 11 .389
2 Hal Laycoe 1969 24 5 18 1 11 .229
3 Johnny Wilson 1969–1970 52 9 34 9 27 .260
4 Larry Regan* 19701971 88 27 47 14 68 .386
5 Fred Glover 1971–1972 68 18 42 8 44 .324
6 Bob Pulford* 19721977 396 178 150 68 424 .535 26 11 15 .423 1974–75 Jack Adams Award winner
7 Ron Stewart 1977–1978 80 31 34 15 77 .481 2 0 2 .000
8 Bob Berry 19781981 240 107 94 39 253 .527 10 2 8 .200
9 Parker MacDonald 1981–1982 42 13 24 5 31 .369
10 Don Perry* 19821984 168 52 85 31 135 .402 10 4 6 .400
11 Rogatien Vachon 1984 2 1 0 1 3 .750
12 Roger Neilson 1984 28 8 17 3 19 .339
13 Pat Quinn 19841987 202 75 101 26 176 .436 3 0 3 .000
14 Mike Murphy 19871987 65 20 37 8 48 .369 5 1 4 .200
15 Rogatien Vachon 1987 1 0 1 0 0 .000
16 Robbie Ftorek 19871989 132 65 56 11 141 .534 16 5 11 .313
17 Tom Webster 19891992 240 115 94 31 261 .544 28 12 16 .429
18 Barry Melrose 19921995 209 79 101 29 187 .447 24 13 11 .542
19 Rogatien Vachon 1995 7 3 2 2 8 .571
20 Larry Robinson 19951999 328 122 161 45 289 .441 4 0 4 .000
21 Andy Murray 19992006 480 215 176 89 519 .541 24 10 14 .417
22 John Torchetti 2006 12 5 7 10 0 .417
23 Marc Crawford 20062008 164 59 84 21 139 .424
24 Terry Murray 20082011 275 139 106 30 308 .560 12 4 8 .333
25 John Stevens 2011 4 2 2 0 4 .500
26 Darryl Sutter 20112017 425 225 147 45 417 .592 64 42 27 .641 2012, 2014 Stanley Cup
27 John Stevens 20172018 95 49 37 9 107 .563 4 0 4 .000
28 Willie Desjardins 2018–2019 69 27 34 8 62 .449
29 Todd McLellan 20192024 338 164 130 44 372 .550
30 Jim Hiller* 2024–present 34 21 12 1 43 .632