The Hartford Whalers were an ice hockey team who played in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA). This is a list of the head coaches they had during their existence. The franchise moved to Raleigh, North Carolina in 1997 and became the Carolina Hurricanes
Key #Number of coachesGCGames coachedWWinsLLossesTTiesPtsPoints* Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Whalers
WHA coaches # Name Term Regular season Playoffs Results GC W L T Pts GC W L 1 Jack Kelley 1972-1973 78 46 30 2 94 15 12 3 Avco World Trophy (1972) 2 Ron Ryan 1973-1975 151 83 59 9 175 7 3 4 Howard Baldwin Trophy (1973)Replaced near end of season – Jack Kelley 1975 38 17183 37 6 2 4 Replaced midway through season 3 Don Blackburn 1975-76 35 14 18 3 31 - - - Replaced midway through season 4 Harry Neale 1976-1978 173 84 77 12 180 36 19 17 Lost 1978 Avco Cup to Winnipeg 5 Bill Dineen 1978-1979 71 33 29 9 75 - - - Replaced near end of season - Don Blackburn 1979 9 4 5 0 8 10 5 5 Last coach for WHA Whalers
NHL coaches # Name Term Regular season Playoffs GC W L T Pts GC W L1Don Blackburn1979-19811404263351193032 Larry Pleau1981-198210027532074———3Larry Kish1982-1983491232529 — — —4John Cunniff 1983133917———5Larry Pleau 19831841319———6Jack Evans1983-19883741631743736316887Larry Pleau1988-19891065051510510288Rick Ley 1989-199116069712015813 5 89Jim Roberts1991-199280264113657 3 410Paul Holmgren1992-19931013063868 — — —11Pierre McGuire1993-1994672337753 — — —12Paul Holmgren1994-1995602430654———13Paul Maurice 1995-1997152617219141———
See also List of NHL head coaches List of Carolina Hurricanes head coaches