List of Arizona Coyotes head coaches

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The Arizona Coyotes are an inactive professional ice hockey team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. They competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (1996–1998, 2021–2024), the Pacific Division (1998–2020) in the Western Conference, and the West Division (2020–2021).{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/teams.htm|title=Teams|publisher=Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League|work=NHL.com|accessdate=2009-01-12}} The team started out as a charter member of the World Hockey Association (WHA), and were named the Winnipeg Jets. The WHA then merged with the NHL in 1979, the Jets relocated to Phoenix in 1996, and were renamed the Phoenix Coyotes.{{cite web|url=http://coyotes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&bcid=tea_team_history| title = Team History| publisher=Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League |work=NHL.com |accessdate= 2009-01-12}} Having first played at America West Arena, the Coyotes have played their home games at the Gila River Arena, formerly named the Glendale Arena and the Jobing.com Arena, since 2003.{{cite web|url=http://jobingarena.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=115&Itemid=138|title=About Jobing.com Arena|publisher=Jobing.com Arena|accessdate=2009-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219165430/http://jobingarena.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=115&Itemid=138|archive-date=2008-12-19|url-status=dead}} The Coyotes are owned by IceArizona.{{cite web |url=http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=91033 |title=Arizona Coyotes Owners - Arizona Coyotes - Team |publisher=Arizona Coyotes |access-date= 2014-07-13}}

There have been seven head coaches for the Coyotes team. The team's first head coach was Don Hay, who coached for one season. Dave Tippett is the team's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (622), the most regular season game wins (282), the most regular season points (647), the most playoff games coached (27), and the most playoff game wins (12). Tippett was the head coach of the Coyotes from the 2009–10 season until the end of 2016–17 season. {{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/PHX/coaches.html|title=Arizona Coyotes Coach Register|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=2009-01-12}} The Jack Adams Award has been awarded twice to a Coyotes' coach; Bob Francis for the 2001–02 season and Tippett for the 2009–10 season. None of the Coyotes coaches have been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder,{{cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMembersByYear.jsp?type=Builder |title=List of honoured builders |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |accessdate=2009-01-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528120538/http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMembersByYear.jsp?type=Builder |archivedate=2009-05-28 }} though Wayne Gretzky has been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a player in 1999.{{cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMembersByYear.jsp?type=Player |title=List of honoured players |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |accessdate=2009-01-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218151041/http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMembersByYear.jsp?type=Player |archivedate=2009-02-18 }} Francis and Gretzky have each spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Coyotes. Rick Tocchet served as head coach from 2017 to 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/news/coyotes-name-tocchet-as-head-coach/c-290357726|title=Coyotes Name Tocchet as Head Coach|website=NHL.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-11}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/news/arizona-coyotes-and-head-coach-rick-tocchet-agree-to-part-ways/c-324526444 |title=Arizona Coyotes and Head Coach Rick Tocchet Agree to Part Ways |website=Arizona Coyotes |date=May 9, 2021}} The team's current head coach is Andre Tourigny, who was named to the position on July 1, 2021.{{cite web |title=Coyotes Name André Tourigny as Head Coach |url=https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/news/coyotes-name-andre-tourigny-as-head-coach/c-325543686 |website=NHL.com |access-date=July 1, 2021 |date=July 1, 2021}} Tourigny coached the Coyotes until he was transferred to the Utah Hockey Club, along with the rest of the Coyotes staff and players, at the end of the 2023–24 season.