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Originally Posted by AEWHistory
I want to say that I'd prefer more like 35, but I don't know if any REAL hockey coach actually coached that long to justify that. Anyone know that sort of tidbit?
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This is the all time coaching list, looks like 30 years is the top...with about 4.8 years being the average. So although rare, would love to have the cap be at least 35 just in case you have one of those special careers going, but anything in that area should be fine.
Coach Yrs
Scotty Bowman* 30
Dick Irvin* 27
Al Arbour* 23
Jack Adams* 20
Ken Hitchcock 20
Mike Keenan 20
Joel Quenneville 20
Pat Quinn* 20
Paul Maurice 19
Art Ross* 19
Lindy Ruff 19
Barry Trotz 18
Ron Wilson 18
Jacques Lemaire* 17
Jacques Martin 17
Bryan Murray 17
Darryl Sutter 17
Sid Abel* 16
Roger Neilson* 16
Billy Reay 16
John Tortorella 16
Marc Crawford 15
Peter Laviolette 15
Terry Murray 15
Alain Vigneault 15
Mike Babcock 14
Pat Burns* 14
Jacques Demers 14
Punch Imlach* 14
Claude Julien 14
Dave Tippett 14
Toe Blake* 13
Emile Francis* 13
Bob Hartley 13
Lester Patrick* 13
Glen Sather* 13
Milt Schmidt* 13
Brian Sutter 13
Bob Pulford* 12
Michel Therrien 12
Bob Berry 11
Frank Boucher* 11
Randy Carlyle 11
Eddie Gerard* 11
Newsy Lalonde* 11
Michel Bergeron 10
Bruce Boudreau 10
Hap Day* 10
Red Kelly* 10
John Muckler 10
Andy Murray 10
Lynn Patrick* 10
Jim Schoenfeld 10
Fred Shero* 10
Rick Bowness 9
Terry Crisp 9
Peter DeBoer 9
Cecil Hart 9
Tommy Ivan* 9
Todd McLellan 9
Tom Renney 9
Dan Bylsma 8
Jack Evans 8
Bob Gainey* 8
Tommy Gorman* 8
Paul Holmgren 8
Eddie Johnston 8
Craig MacTavish 8
Bob McCammon 8
Tom McVie 8
Pierre Page 8
Larry Robinson* 8
Herb Brooks* 7
Jack Capuano 7
Kevin Constantine 7
Craig Hartsburg 7
Ron Low 7
Harry Neale 7
Todd Richards 7
Glen Sonmor 7
Red Sullivan 7
Paul Thompson 7
Phil Watson 7
Tom Watt 7
Johnny Wilson 7
Doug Carpenter 6
Don Cherry 6
Fred Creighton 6
Leo Dandurand* 6
Robbie Ftorek 6
Gerard Gallant 6
Fred Glover 6
Pete Green 6
Bob Johnson* 6
Dave King 6
Mike Milbury 6
Ted Nolan 6
Rudy Pilous* 6
Terry Simpson 6
Harry Sinden* 6
Gerry Cheevers* 5
Jon Cooper 5
Bobby Francis 5
Bernie Geoffrion 5
Jack Gordon 5
Doug MacLean 5
Al MacNeil 5
Dan Maloney 5
John Paddock 5
Larry Pleau 5
Claude Ruel 5
Floyd Smith 5
John Stevens 5
Brent Sutter 5
Mike Yeo 5
Georges Boucher* 4
Guy Boucher 4
Colin Campbell 4
King Clancy* 4
Dit Clapper* 4
Odie Cleghorn 4
Joe Crozier 4
Alex Delvecchio* 4
Rick Dudley 4
Red Dutton* 4
Curt Fraser 4
Butch Goring 4
Johnny Gottselig 4
Wayne Gretzky* 4
Bep Guidolin 4
Glen Hanlon 4
Lorne Henning 4
Dave Lewis 4
Rick Ley 4
Paul MacLean 4
Phil Maloney 4
John McLellan 4
Barry Melrose 4
Mike Murphy 4
Claude Noel 4
Mike Nykoluk 4
Craig Patrick* 4
Muzz Patrick 4
Jean Perron 4
Barclay Plager 4
Joe Sacco 4
Ted Sator 4
Ken Schinkel 4
Jimmy Skinner 4
Conn Smythe* 4
Vic Stasiuk 4
Mike Sullivan 4
Tom Webster 4
Lou Angotti 3
Doug Barkley 3
Red Berenson 3
Wren Blair 3
Marc Boileau 3
John Brophy 3
Guy Carbonneau 3
Cory Clouston 3
Charlie Conacher 3
John Cunniff 3
Willie Desjardins 3
Kevin Dineen 3
Art Duncan 3
John Ferguson 3
Greg Gilbert 3
David Gill 3
Scott Gordon 3
Tony Granato 3
Gary Green 3
Ted Green 3
Glen Gulutzan 3
Ted Harris 3
Tom Johnson* 3
Marshall Johnston 3
Mike Kitchen 3
Bobby Kromm 3
Hal Laycoe 3
Barry Long 3
Clem Loughlin 3
Billy MacMillan 3
Bill McCreary 3
Kirk Muller 3
Bob Murdoch 3
Terry O'Reilly 3
Davis Payne 3
Don Perry 3
Bill Peters 3
Nick Polano 3
Joe Primeau* 3
Charles Querrie 3
Craig Ramsay 3
Jimmy Roberts 3
Patrick Roy 3
Denis Savard* 3
Joe Simpson* 3
Jean-Guy Talbot 3
Orval Tessier 3
John Torchetti 3
Rogie Vachon 3
Garry Young 3
Keith Allen 2
John Anderson 2
Scott Arniel 2
Bill Barber* 2
Danny Belisle 2
Craig Berube 2
Don Blackburn 2
Jeff Blashill 2
Leo Boivin* 2
Charlie Burns 2
Dave Cameron 2
Dick Carroll 2
Bruce Cassidy 2
Dave Chambers 2
Art Chapman 2
Guy Charron 2
Neil Colville* 2
Bill Cook* 2
Bill Dineen 2
Dallas Eakins 2
Phil Esposito* 2
Bill Gadsby* 2
Ebbie Goodfellow* 2
Dave Hakstol 2
Don Hay 2
Ivan Hlinka 2
Peter Horachek 2
John Hynes 2
Mike Johnston 2
Steve Kasper 2
Rick Kehoe 2
Pat Kelly 2
George Kingston 2
Orland Kurtenbach 2
Lou Lamoriello* 2
Ron Lapointe 2
Ted Lindsay* 2
Steve Ludzik 2
Parker MacDonald 2
Keith Magnuson 2
Bill Mahoney 2
Wayne Maxner 2
Lorne Molleken 2
Dunc Munro 2
George O'Donoghue 2
Adam Oates 2
Ed Olczyk 2
Frank Patrick* 2
Alf Pike 2
Eddie Powers 2
Marcel Pronovost* 2
Larry Regan 2
Doug Risebrough 2
Ron Rolston 2
Bill Stewart 2
Ron Stewart 2
Steve Stirling 2
Bill Sutherland 2
Duane Sutter 2
Percy Thompson 2
Bill Tobin 2
Rick Tocchet 2
Mario Tremblay 2
Gene Ubriaco 2
Don Waddell 2
Cooney Weiland* 2
Trent Yawney 2
Gary Agnew 1
Dave Allison 1
Jim Anderson 1
George Armstrong* 1
Andre Beaulieu 1
Jared Bednar 1
NJD Bench 1
Nick Beverley 1
George Burnett 1
Eddie Bush 1
Frank Carroll 1
Wayne Cashman 1
Sprague Cleghorn* 1
Lionel Conacher* 1
Pierre Creamer 1
Roger Crozier 1
Randy Cunneyworth 1
Alex Curry 1
Billy Dea 1
Cy Denneny* 1
Dick Duff* 1
Jules Dugal 1
Frank Eddolls 1
Maurice Filion 1
Frank Fredrickson* 1
Herb Gardiner* 1
Jimmy Gardner 1
Ted Garvin 1
Phil Goyette 1
Dirk Graham 1
Shorty Green* 1
Aldo Guidolin 1
Ned Harkness 1
Doug Harvey* 1
Frank Heffernan 1
Rosie Helmer 1
Harry Howell* 1
Dale Hunter 1
Earl Ingarfield 1
Billy Inglis 1
Emil Iverson 1
Duke Keats* 1
Larry Kish 1
Ralph Krueger 1
Bill LaForge 1
Jacques Laperriere 1
Hugh Lehman* 1
Pit Lepine 1
Percy LeSueur 1
Kevin Lowe 1
John MacLean 1
Sylvio Mantha* 1
Bert Marshall 1
Godfrey Matheson 1
Pierre McGuire 1
Howie Meeker 1
Pete Muldoon 1
Lou Nanne 1
Todd Nelson 1
Mike O'Connell 1
Murray Oliver 1
Bert Olmstead* 1
Brad Park* 1
Rick Paterson 1
Bob Plager 1
Jim Playfair 1
Larry Popein 1
Mike Quinn 1
Cap Raeder 1
Ken Randall 1
Mike Rodden 1
Alex Romeril 1
Andre Savard 1
Tom Shaughnessy 1
Brad Shaw 1
Al Sims 1
Cooper Smeaton 1
Alf Smith* 1
Barry Smith 1
Mike Smith 1
Ron Smith 1
Harvey Sproule 1
Barney Stanley* 1
Bill Stewart 1
Alpo Suhonen 1
Bryan Trottier* 1
Bryan Watson 1
Bill White 1
Jim Wiley 1
Larry Wilson 1
Rick Wilson 1