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List of Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996) head coaches

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The Winnipeg Jets were an ice hockey team who played in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA). This is a list of the head coaches they had during their existence. The franchise moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1996 and became the Arizona Coyotes.

Bobby Hull, Winnipeg's first coach

John Paddock coached the most games, with 106 wins, 138 losses, and 249 points.

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Rick Bowness
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# Name Term[b]  GC  W  L  T  PTS  W%  PGC  PW  PL  PW% Achievements Reference
1 Bobby Hull* 1972–1974 156 77 70 9 163 .522 18 9 9 .500 [1]
2 Rudy Pilous† 1974–1975 37 18 17 2 38 .514 — — — — [2]
— Bobby Hull* 1975 13 4 9 0 8 .308 — — — — [1]
— Rudy Pilous† 1975 28 16 9 3 35 .625 — — — — [2]
3 Bobby Kromm 1975–1977 161 98 59 4 200 .621 33 23 10 .697 Robert Schmertz Memorial Trophy winner (1976)
Avco World Trophy championship (1976)		 [3]
4 Larry Hillman* 1977–1979 141 78 55 8 164 .582 9 8 1 .889 Avco World Trophy championship (1978) [4]
5 Tom McVie 1979–1980 96 30 55 11 71 .370 10 8 2 .800 Avco World Trophy championship (1979) [5]
6 Bill Sutherland* 1980 3 2 1 0 4 .666 — — — — [6]
— Tom McVie 1980 28 1 20 7 9 .161 — — — — [5]
— Bill Sutherland* 1980–1981 29 6 20 3 15 .259 — — — — [6]
7 Mike Smith* 1981 23 2 17 4 8 .174 — — — — [7]
8 Tom Watt 1981–1983 181 72 85 24 168 .464 7 1 6 .143 [8]
9 Barry Long* 1983–1986 205 87 93 25 199 .485 11 3 8 .273 [9]
10 John Ferguson* 1986 14 7 6 1 15 .536 3 0 3 .000 [10]
11 Dan Maloney 1986–1989 212 91 93 28 210 .495 15 5 10 .333 [11]
12 Rick Bowness 1989 28 8 17 3 19 .339 — — — — [12]
13 Bob Murdoch 1989–1991 160 63 75 22 148 .463 7 3 4 .429 [13]
14 John Paddock 1991–1995 281 106 138 37 249 .443 13 5 8 .385 [14]
15 Terry Simpson 1995–1996 97 43 47 7 93 .479 6 2 4 .333 [15]
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  1. [a]
    A running total of the number of coaches of the Jets. Thus, any coach who have two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
  2. [b]
    Each year is linked to an article about that particular WHA or NHL season.

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