The Los Angeles Kings are an American professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles. 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 Crypto.com Arena since 1999. The Kings are owned by Philip Anschutz and Edward P. Roski, Ken Holland is their general manager, Peter Laviolette is their head coach, and Anze Kopitar was the most recent team captain.
There have been 32 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.
Key #Number of coachesGCGames coachedWWins = 2 pointsLLosses = 0 pointsTTies = 1 pointOTOvertime/shootout losses = 1 pointPTSPointsWin%Winning percentage* Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Kings† Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder
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Note: Statistics are correct through the 2025–26 season.
# Name Term Regular season Playoffs Achievements Reference GC W L T/OT PTS Win% GC W L Win%1Red Kelly1967–1969150557520130.43318711.3892Hal Laycoe196924518111.229————3Johnny Wilson1969–197052934927.260 ————4Larry Regan*1970–19718827471468.386———— 5Fred Glover1971–1972681842844.324 ————6Bob Pulford*1972–197739617815068424.535261115.4231974–75 Jack Adams Award winner7Ron Stewart1977–19788031341577.481202.0008Bob Berry1978–19812401079439253.5271028.2009Parker MacDonald1981–1982421324531.369————10Don Perry*1982–1984168528531135.4021046.40011Rogatien Vachon198421013.750————12Roger Neilson†198428817319.339————13Pat Quinn1984–19872027510126176.436303.00014Mike Murphy1987–1987652037848.369514.20015Rogatien Vachon198710100.000————16Robbie Ftorek1987–1989132655611141.53416511.31317Tom Webster1989–19922401159431261.544281216.42918Barry Melrose1992–19952097910129187.447241311.54219Rogatien Vachon199573228.571————20Larry Robinson1995–199932812216145289.441404.00021Andy Murray1999–200648021517689519.541241014.41722John Torchetti20061257100.417————23Marc Crawford2006–2008164598421139.424————24Terry Murray2008–201127513910630308.5601248.33325John Stevens201142204.500————26Darryl Sutter2011–201742522514745417.592644227.6412012, 2014 Stanley Cup27John Stevens2017–20189549379107.563404.00028Willie Desjardins2018–2019692734862.449————29Todd McLellan2019–202433816413044372.550135838.4630Jim Hiller2024–2026 175 93 58 24 210 1138.27331D. J. Smith2026 23 11 6 6 28 4 0 4 32Peter Laviolette2026–present — — — — — — — —
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