List of Washington Capitals head coaches

Bruce Boudreau was the head coach of the Capitals from 2007 through 2011.

The Washington Capitals are an American professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The Capitals play in the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team joined the NHL in 1974 as an expansion team and won their first Eastern Conference championship in 1998. The Capitals have played their home games at the Capital One Arena, formerly known as the MCI Center and Verizon Center, since 1997. The Capitals are owned by Ted Leonsis, and Brian MacLellan is their general manager.

There have been 18 head coaches for the Capitals franchise. The franchise's first head coach was Jim Anderson, who coached for less than a season. Bryan Murray is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (672), the most regular-season game wins (343), the most regular-season points (769), the most playoff games coached (53), and the most playoff-game wins (24). Murray's brother, Terry, has also coached the Capitals, right after his brother Bryan. Roger Crozier, who only coached one game for the Capitals, is the franchise's all-time leader for the least regular-season game points (0). Ron Wilson won the Prince of Wales Trophy with the Capitals, but lost the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals against the Detroit Red Wings. Bryan Murray, Bruce Boudreau and Barry Trotz are the only Capitals coaches to have won the Jack Adams Award. None of the Capitals coaches have been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder. Anderson, Danny Belisle, Gary Green, Crozier, Glen Hanlon, Dale Hunter and Adam Oates have spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Capitals.

Dale Hunter, who replaced Boudreau on November 28, 2011, resigned on May 14, 2012, citing personal reasons. Adam Oates was named the Capitals' 16th head coach on June 26, 2012. After having missed the playoffs for the second time in seven years, the Washington Capitals hired former Nashville Predators coach Barry Trotz on May 26, 2014. Trotz resigned as head coach in June 2018, after winning the Stanley Cup for the first time in the franchise's history. Later that same month, the team promoted Todd Reirden, a Capitals assistant coach since 2014, to the head coaching position.

Key

# Number of coaches
GC Games coached
W Wins = 2 points
L Losses = 0 points
T Ties = 1 point
OT Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point
PTS Points
* Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Capitals

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2021–22 NHL season.

# Name Term Regular season Playoffs Achievements Reference
GC W L T/OT PTS GC W L Win%
1 Jim Anderson* 1974–1975 54 4 45 5 13
2 Red Sullivan 1975 18 2 16 0 4
3 Milt Schmidt 19751975 44 5 34 5 15
4 Tom McVie 19751978 204 49 122 33 131
5 Danny Belisle* 19781979 96 28 51 17 73
6 Gary Green* 19791981 157 50 78 29 129
7 Roger Crozier* 1981 1 0 1 0 0
8 Bryan Murray 19811990 672 343 246 83 769 53 24 29 .453 Jack Adams Award (1984)
9 Terry Murray 19901994 325 163 134 28 354 39 18 21 .462
10 Jim Schoenfeld 19941997 249 113 102 34 260 24 10 14 .417
11 Ron Wilson 19972002 410 192 159 59 443 32 15 17 .469
12 Bruce Cassidy 20022003 110 47 47 16 110 6 2 4 .333
13 Glen Hanlon* 20032007 239 78 122 39 195
14 Bruce Boudreau 20072011 329 201 88 40 442 37 17 20 .459 Presidents' Trophy (2010)
Jack Adams Award (2008)
15 Dale Hunter* 2011–2012 60 30 23 7 67 14 7 7 .500
16 Adam Oates 20122014 130 65 48 17 147 7 3 4 .429
17 Barry Trotz 20142018 328 205 89 34 444 63 36 27 .571 Stanley Cup champions (2018)
Presidents' Trophy (2016, 2017)
Jack Adams Award (2016)
18 Todd Reirden* 20182020 151 89 46 16 194 15 5 10 .333
19 Peter Laviolette 20202023 138 80 41 17 177 11 3 8 .273
20 Spencer Carbery* 2023–present

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