List of Carolina Hurricanes head coaches

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The Carolina Hurricanes are an American professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They play in the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). [1] The team joined the NHL in 1979 as an expansion team as the Hartford Whalers, but moved to Raleigh, North Carolina in 1997. The Hurricanes won their first Stanley Cup championship in 2006. [2] Having first played at the Greensboro Coliseum, the Hurricanes have played their home games at the PNC Arena, which was first named the Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena, since 1999. [3] The Hurricanes are owned by Tom Dundon and Don Waddell is their general manager. [4]

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There have been five  head coaches for the Hurricanes team. The team's first head coach was Paul Maurice, who has coached for six seasons. Maurice is the team's all-time leader for the most games coached, game wins and points in the regular season, and is also all-time leader in playoff games coached and game wins. Peter Laviolette is the only coach to have won the Stanley Cup [2] with the Hurricanes in the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals. [2] None of the Hurricanes coaches have been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder. Maurice was the head coach of the Hurricanes since the firing of Laviolette, but was replaced by Kirk Muller on November 28, 2011. [5] [6] Muller was relieved of coaching duties on May 5, 2014. [7] On June 19, 2014, the Hurricanes named Bill Peters their head coach, who decided to opt out of his contract following the 2017–18 season. [8] On May 8, 2018, the Hurricanes named assistant coach and former team captain Rod Brind'Amour as the head coach for the 2018–19 season. [9]

Key

#Number of coaches [a]
GCGames coached
WWins = 2 points
LLosses = 0 points
TTies = 1 point
OT Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point [b]
PTS Points
Win% Winning percentage

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the 2022–23 season.

#NameTerm [c] Regular seasonPlayoffsAchievementsReference
GCWLT/OTPTSWin%GCWLWin%
1 Paul Maurice 19972003 52220721996510.489351718.4862001–02 Prince of Wales Trophy winner [10] [11]
2 Peter Laviolette 20032008 32316712234368.57025169.6402005–06 Prince of Wales Trophy winner [12]
2006 Stanley Cup championship [13]
[14]
Paul Maurice 20082011 24611610030262.53318810.444 [11]
3 Kirk Muller 20112014 187808027187.500 [15]
4 Bill Peters 20142018 32813713853327.498 [16]
5 Rod Brind'Amour 2018present37022610737489.678633231.5082021 Jack Adams Award [17]

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