The New York Islanders are an American professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York. They play in the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team joined the NHL in 1972, and won their first Stanley Cup championship in 1980. The Islanders play their home games at UBS Arena in Elmont. Jon Ledecky and Scott D. Malkin are the Islanders' majority owners, Lou Lamoriello is their general manager, Patrick Roy is the head coach and Anders Lee is the team captain.

There have been 19 head coaches so far for the Islanders franchise. The team's first head coach was Phil Goyette, who coached the team for part of the 1972–73 season. Al Arbour is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (1,500) and the most regular season game wins (740); he is also the franchise's all-time leader for the most playoff games coached (198), and the most playoff game wins (119). Arbour is the only coach so far to have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He and Trotz are the only coaches so far to have won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top coach. The franchise has participated in the Stanley Cup Finals five times so far, coached by Arbour each time; they won Stanley Cup four of those times. Arbour, Terry Simpson, Peter Laviolette, Steve Stirling, Ted Nolan, Jack Capuano, Barry Trotz, and Lane Lambert are the coaches who coached the team into the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Key

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

Coaches

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

#	Name	Term	Regular season						Playoffs				Achievements	Notes
			GC	W	L	T	OTL	Win%	GC	W	L	Win%
1	Phil Goyette*	1972–1973	48	6	38	4	—	.167	—	—	—	—
2	Earl Ingarfield*	1973	30	6	22	2	—	.233	—	—	—	—
3	Al Arbour†	1973–1986	1,038	552	317	169	—	.613	171	109	62	.637	Stanley Cup champions (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983) Jack Adams Award (1979)
4	Terry Simpson	1986–1988	187	81	82	24	—	.497	20	9	11	.450
—	Al Arbour†	1988–1994	461	187	220	54	—	.464	27	10	17	.370
5	Lorne Henning	1994–1995	48	15	28	5	—	.365	—	—	—	—
6	Mike Milbury	1995–1997	127	35	73	19	—	.350	—	—	—	—
7	Rick Bowness	1997–1998	100	38	50	12	—	.440	—	—	—	—
—	Mike Milbury	1998–1999	66	22	39	5	—	.371	—	—	—	—
8	Bill Stewart*	1999	35	10	18	7	—	.386	—	—	—	—
9	Butch Goring	1999–2001	143	41	89	14	4	.338	—	—	—	—
—	Lorne Henning	2001	17	4	11	2	0	.294	—	—	—	—
10	Peter Laviolette	2001–2003	164	77	62	19	6	.546	12	4	8	.333
11	Steve Stirling*	2003–2006	118	56	51	11	6	.520	5	1	4	.200
12	Brad Shaw*	2006	40	18	18	—	4	.500	—	—	—	—
13	Ted Nolan	2006–2007	82	40	30	—	12	.561	5	1	4	.200
—	Al Arbour†	2007	1	1	0	—	0	1.000	—	—	—	—
—	Ted Nolan	2007–2008	81	34	38	—	9	.475	—	—	—	—
14	Scott Gordon	2008–2010	181	64	94	—	23	.417	—	—	—	—
15	Jack Capuano*	2010–2017	483	227	192	—	64	.536	24	10	14	.417
16	Doug Weight*	2017–2018	122	59	49	—	14	.541	—	—	—	—
17	Barry Trotz	2018–2022	288	152	102	—	34	.587	49	28	21	.571	Jack Adams Award (2019)
18	Lane Lambert*	2022–2024	127	61	46	—	20	.559	6	2	4	.333
19	Patrick Roy	2024–present	37	20	12	—	5	.608	5	1	4	.200