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John Tortorella is the current head coach of the Flyers.

The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Eastern Conference. The Flyers were founded in 1967 as one of six expansion teams, increasing the size of the NHL at that time to 12 teams.

Since the franchise was established, the team has had 23 head coaches, including Fred Shero, who coached the Flyers to two Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975, and was the inaugural winner of the Jack Adams Award in 1973–74. Three other Flyers coaches have won the Adams Award — Pat Quinn in 1979–80, Mike Keenan in 1984–85, and Bill Barber in 2000–01. The Flyers current head coach is John Tortorella.

Key

Key of terms and definitions
Term Definition
No. Number of coaches
GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
T Ties
OT Overtime/shootout losses
Pts Points
Pts% Points percentage
Win% Winning percentage
# Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Flyers
† Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builder category
‡ Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Flyers
and also elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builder category

Coaches

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

Head coaches of the Philadelphia Flyers
No. Name Tenure Regular season Playoffs Refs
GC W L T OT Pts Pts% GC W L Win%
1 Keith Allen‡ June 6, 1966 – May 19, 1969 150 51 67 32 — 134 .447 11 3 8 .273
2 Vic Stasiuk May 19, 1969 – May 27, 1971 154 45 68 41 — 131 .425 4 0 4 .000
3 Fred Shero† June 2, 1971 – May 22, 1978 554 308 151 95 — 711 .642 83 48 35 .578
4 Bob McCammon July 6, 1978 – January 30, 1979 50 22 17 11 — 55 .550 — — — —
5 Pat Quinn† January 30, 1979 – March 19, 1982 262 141 73 48 — 330 .630 39 22 17 .564
– Bob McCammon March 19, 1982 – April 25, 1984 168 97 51 20 — 214 .637 10 1 9 .100
6 Mike Keenan May 24, 1984 – May 11, 1988 320 190 102 28 — 408 .638 57 32 25 .561
7 Paul Holmgren June 1, 1988 – December 4, 1991 264 107 126 31 — 245 .464 19 10 9 .526
8 Bill Dineen# December 4, 1991 – May 24, 1993 140 60 60 20 — 140 .500 — — — —
9 Terry Simpson May 24, 1993 – May 20, 1994 84 35 39 10 — 80 .476 — — — —
10 Terry Murray June 23, 1994 – June 13, 1997 212 118 64 30 — 266 .627 46 28 18 .609
11 Wayne Cashman# July 7, 1997 – March 9, 1998 61 32 20 9 — 73 .598 — — — —
12 Roger Neilson† March 9, 1998 – June 8, 2000 185 92 57 33 3 220 .595 29 14 15 .483
13 Craig Ramsay June 8, 2000 – December 10, 2000 28 12 12 4 0 28 .500 — — — —
14 Bill Barber# December 10, 2000 – April 30, 2002 136 73 40 17 6 169 .621 11 3 8 .273
15 Ken Hitchcock† May 14, 2002 – October 22, 2006 254 131 73 28 22 312 .614 37 19 18 .514
16 John Stevens October 22, 2006 – December 4, 2009 263 120 109 — 34 274 .521 23 11 12 .478
17 Peter Laviolette December 4, 2009 – October 7, 2013 272 145 98 — 29 319 .586 45 23 22 .511
18 Craig Berube October 7, 2013 – April 17, 2015 161 75 58 — 28 178 .553 7 3 4 .429
19 Dave Hakstol May 18, 2015 – December 17, 2018 277 134 101 — 42 310 .560 12 4 8 .333
20 Scott Gordon (interim) December 17, 2018 – April 15, 2019 51 25 22 — 4 54 .529 — — — —
21 Alain Vigneault April 15, 2019 – December 6, 2021 147 74 54 — 19 167 .568 16 10 6 .625
22 Mike Yeo (interim) December 6, 2021 – May 3, 2022 60 17 36 — 7 41 .342 — — — —
23 John Tortorella June 17, 2022 – present 164 69 71 — 24 162 .494 — — — —
  • Fred Shero, shown here during his playing days with the New York Rangers, led the Flyers to back-to-back Stanley Cup championships and was the inaugural winner of the Jack Adams Award. Fred Shero, shown here during his playing days with the New York Rangers, led the Flyers to back-to-back Stanley Cup championships and was the inaugural winner of the Jack Adams Award.
  • Pat Quinn won the Jack Adams Award during the Flyers record breaking 1979–80 season. Pat Quinn won the Jack Adams Award during the Flyers record breaking 1979–80 season.
  • Paul Holmgren was later GM and is now President of the team Paul Holmgren was later GM and is now President of the team
  • Peter Laviolette's five seasons as Flyers coach is second only to Fred Shero. Peter Laviolette's five seasons as Flyers coach is second only to Fred Shero.
  • Craig Berube served two seasons as Flyers head coach. Craig Berube served two seasons as Flyers head coach.
  • Dave Hakstol served four seasons as Flyers head coach. Dave Hakstol served four seasons as Flyers head coach.

See also

Notes

  1. A running total of the number of coaches of the Flyers. Thus any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  2. Neilson went on medical leave on February 20, 2000 and initially planned on returning at the end of the first round of the playoffs, but his doctors advised the Flyers that he lacked the strength to perform his duties as head coach. After interim coach Craig Ramsay led the Flyers to the Eastern Conference Finals, the Flyers named Ramsay head coach. The games Ramsay coached in place of Neilson are officially counted on Neilson's coaching totals.

References

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