| Year | Name | W | L | T | W | L |
| 1926-27 | Art Duncan | 20 | 21 | 2 | ||
| 1926-27 | Duke Keats | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1927-47 | Jack Adams | 413 | 390 | 161 | 52 | 52 |
| 1947-54 | Tommy Ivan | 262 | 118 | 90 | 34 | 31 |
| 1954-58 | Jimmy Skinner | 123 | 79 | 46 | 14 | 12 |
| 1957-58 | Sid Abel | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 1958-68 | Sid Abel | 286 | 306 | 112 | 29 | 32 |
| 1968-70 | Bill Gadsby | 35 | 31 | 12 | ||
| 1969-70 | Sid Abel | 38 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 4 |
| 1970-71 | Ned Harkness | 12 | 22 | 4 | ||
| 1970-71 | Doug Barkley | 10 | 23 | 7 | ||
| 1971-72 | Doug Barkley | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1971-72 | Johnny Wilson | 30 | 27 | 10 | ||
| 1972-73 | Johnny Wilson | 37 | 29 | 12 | ||
| 1973-74 | Ted Garvin | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 1973-74 | Alex Delvecchio | 27 | 31 | 9 | ||
| 1974-75 | Alex Delvecchio | 23 | 45 | 12 | ||
| 1975-76 | Doug Barkley | 7 | 15 | 4 | ||
| 1975-76 | Alex Delvecchio | 19 | 29 | 6 | ||
| 1976-77 | Alex Delvecchio | 13 | 26 | 5 | ||
| 1976-77 | Larry Wilson | 3 | 29 | 4 | ||
| 1977-80 | Bobby Kromm | 79 | 111 | 41 | 3 | 4 |
| 1979-80 | Ted Lindsay | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1980-81 | Ted Lindsay | 3 | 14 | 3 | ||
| 1980-81 | Wayne Maxner | 16 | 29 | 15 | ||
| 1981-82 | Wayne Maxner | 18 | 39 | 12 | ||
| 1981-82 | Billy Dea | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1982-85 | Nick Polano | 79 | 127 | 34 | 1 | 6 |
| 1985-86 | Harry Neale | 8 | 23 | 4 | ||
| 1985-86 | Brad Park | 9 | 36 | 2 | ||
| 1986-90 | Jacques Demers | 137 | 136 | 47 | 20 | 18 |
| 1990-93 | Bryan Murray | 125 | 95 | 29 | 10 | 15 |
| 1993-02 | Scotty Bowman | 410 | 204 | 87 | 86 | 48 |
| 2002-05 | Dave Lewis | 96 | 47 | 21 | 6 | 10 |
| 2005-Present | Mike Babcock | 58 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 |