| Year | Name | W | L | T | W | L | T |
| 1924-1928 | Art Ross | 64 | 72 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1928-1929 | Cy Denneny | 26 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1929-1934 | Art Ross | 124 | 76 | 32 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1934-1936 | Frank Patrick | 48 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1936-1939 | Art Ross | 89 | 39 | 16 | 9 | 9 | |
| 1939-1941 | Cooney Welland | 58 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 7 | |
| 1941-1945 | Art Ross | 84 | 90 | 24 | 9 | 12 | |
| 1945-1949 | Dit Clapper | 102 | 88 | 40 | 8 | 17 | |
| 1949-1950 | George Boucher | 22 | 32 | 16 | |||
| 1950-1955 | Lynn Patrick | 117 | 130 | 63 | 9 | 18 | |
| 1954-1955 | Milt Schmidt | 13 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1955-1961 | Milt Schmidt | 159 | 191 | 70 | 14 | 15 | |
| 1961-1963 | Phil Watson | 16 | 55 | 13 | |||
| 1962-1963 | Milt Schmidt | 13 | 31 | 12 | |||
| 1963-1966 | Milt Schmidt | 60 | 120 | 24 | |||
| 1966-1970 | Harry Sinden | 136 | 105 | 55 | 18 | 10 | |
| 1970-1973 | Tom Johnson | 142 | 43 | 23 | 15 | 7 | |
| 1972-1973 | Bep Guidolin | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1973-1974 | Bep Guidolin | 52 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 6 | |
| 1974-1979 | Don Cherry | 231 | 105 | 64 | 31 | 24 | |
| 1979-1980 | Fred Creighton | 40 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 1979-1980 | Harry Sinden | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1980-1985 | Gerry Cheevers | 203 | 126 | 46 | 15 | 19 | |
| 1984-1985 | Harry Sinden | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1985-1987 | Butch Goring | 42 | 38 | 13 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1986-1987 | Terry O'Reilly | 34 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1987-1989 | Terry O'Reilly | 81 | 59 | 20 | 17 | 15 | |
| 1989-1991 | Mike Milbury | 90 | 49 | 21 | 23 | 17 | |
| 1991-1992 | Rick Bowness | 36 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 7 | |
| 1992-1995 | Brian Sutter | 120 | 73 | 23 | 7 | 15 | |
| 1995-1996 | Steve Kasper | 66 | 78 | 20 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1997-2000 | Pat Burns | 104 | 102 | 46 | 8 | 10 | |
| 2000-2001 | Mike Keenan | 33 | 26 | 7 | |||
| 2001-2003 | Robbie Ftorek | 76 | 65 | 10 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2003-2004 | Mike O'Connell | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2003-2006 | Mike Sullivan | 70 | 63 | 31 | |||
| 2006-present | Dave Lewis |