List of Buffalo Sabres Head Coaches - Coaches

Coaches

# Name Term Regular Season Playoffs Awards Reference
GC W L T/OTL Win% GC W L T
1 Punch Imlach 1970–1972 120 32 63 25 .370 – – – –
2 Floyd Smith 1972 1 0 1 0 .000 – – – –
3 Joe Crozier 1972–1974 192 77 80 35 .492 6 2 4 0 MJHL Second All-Star Team (1948)
MJHL First All-Star Team (1949)
QHL Second All-Star Team (1954)
QHL First All-Star Team (1957)
Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
— Floyd Smith 1974–1977 240 143 61 36 .671 32 16 16 0
4 Marcel Pronovost 1977–1978 104 52 29 23 .611 8 3 5 0
5 Billy Inglis 1978–1979 56 28 18 10 .589 3 1 2 0 First All-Star Team Defense (1960, 1961)
Second All-Star Team Defense (1958, 1959)
6 Scotty Bowman 1979–1980 80 47 17 16 .688 13 8 5 0 Jack Adams Award
7 Roger Neilson 1980–1981 80 39 20 21 .619 8 4 4 0 Roger Neilson Memorial Award
8 Jimmy Roberts 1981–1982 45 21 16 8 .556 – – – –
— Scotty Bowman 1982–1985 240 124 82 34 .588 22 9 13 0 Jack Adams Award
9 Jim Schoenfeld 1985–1986 43 19 19 5 .500 – – – –
— Scotty Bowman 1986–1986 49 21 25 3 .459 – – – –
10 Craig Ramsay 1986–1987 68 25 37 6 .412 – – – –
11 Ted Sator 1987–1989 160 75 67 18 .525 11 3 8 0
12 Rick Dudley 1989–1991 188 85 82 31 .535 12 4 8 0
13 John Muckler 1991–1995 268 125 109 34 .530 27 11 16 0
14 Ted Nolan 1995–1997 164 73 72 19 .503 12 5 7 0 Jack Adams Award
15 Lindy Ruff 1997–present 984 483 361 140 .562 94 54 40 0 Jack Adams Award

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