List of New Jersey Devils head coaches

This is a list of New Jersey Devils head coaches. The Devils had 20 different head coaches since the team moved to New Jersey in the 1982–83, with Jacques Lemaire serving as coach three times and Tom McVie, Larry Robinson, and Lou Lamoriello each serving twice.

Three coaches have led the team to a victory in the Stanley Cup Finals: Lemaire in 1995, Robinson in 2000, and Pat Burns in 2003. Lemaire is the all-time leader in games coached and wins, while Burns leads in winning percentage (with at least one full season coached).

Several former players have worked for the Devils as assistant coaches, including John MacLean and Bobby Carpenter, the only men whose names are inscribed on the Stanley Cup as both a player and a coach with New Jersey. MacLean later served as head coach and is the only former Devils' player to serve in that capacity.

On December 26, 2014, after the firing of DeBoer, head coaching responsibilities were split between Adam Oates and Scott Stevens for the remainder of the 2014–15 season, with Lamoriello supervising the team from the bench.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Devils name Stevens, Oates to replace DeBoer". NHL.com. December 27, 2014. Archived from the original on December 12, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  2. ^ Vorkunov, Mike (December 27, 2014). "Devils will have 'unique' head-coaching situation: Co-coaches Adam Oates and Scott Stevens". NJ.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2019.