| Year | Name | W | L | T | W | L |
| 1917-20 | George Kennedy | 36 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| 1920-25 | Leo Dandurand | 68 | 51 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| 1925-32 | Cecil Hart | 159 | 96 | 49 | 13 | 12 |
| 1932-35 | Newsy Lalonde | 45 | 53 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| 1934-35 | Leo Dandurand | 14 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1935-36 | Sylvio Mantha | 11 | 26 | 11 | ||
| 1936-38 | Cecil Hart | 48 | 53 | 25 | 3 | 5 |
| 1937-38 | Jules Dugal | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 1939-40 | Albert "Babe" Siebert | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1939-40 | Pit Lepine | 10 | 33 | 5 | ||
| 1940-55 | Dick Irvin | 431 | 313 | 152 | 62 | 53 |
| 1955-68 | Toe Blake | 500 | 255 | 159 | 82 | 36 |
| 1968-71 | Claude Ruel | 95 | 49 | 31 | 12 | 2 |
| 1970-71 | Al MacNeil | 31 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 8 |
| 1971-79 | Scotty Bowman | 419 | 128 | 105 | 70 | 28 |
| 1979-80 | Bernie Geoffrion | 15 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 1979-80 | Claude Ruel | 32 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| 1980-81 | Claude Ruel | 45 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 1981-84 | Bob Berry | 116 | 71 | 36 | 2 | 6 |
| 1983-84 | Jacques Lemaire | 7 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| 1984-85 | Jacques Lemaire | 41 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| 1985-88 | Jean Perron | 126 | 84 | 30 | 30 | 16 |
| 1988-92 | Pat Burns | 174 | 104 | 42 | 30 | 26 |
| 1992-96 | Jacques Demers | 107 | 86 | 27 | 19 | 8 |
| 1995-96 | Jacques Laperriere | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1995-96 | Mario Trembley | 40 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
| 1996-97 | Mario Trembley | 31 | 36 | 15 | 1 | 4 |
| 1997-00 | Alain Vigneault | 109 | 122 | 35 | 4 | 6 |
| 2000-03 | Michel Therrien | 77 | 90 | 23 | 6 | 6 |
| 2003-Present | Claude Julien | 53 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 7 |