List of Atlanta Thrashers head coaches

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The Atlanta Thrashers were an American professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They played in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL) for its entire history. They moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 2011 and became the 2nd Incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/teams.htm|title=Teams|publisher=Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League|work=NHL.com|accessdate=2008-12-28}} The team joined the NHL in 1999 as an expansion team. The Thrashers played their home games at the Philips Arena since their inaugural season.{{cite web|url=http://thrashers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&id=14045|title=Thrashers Franchise Timeline|publisher=Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League|accessdate=2008-12-28|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324145811/http://thrashers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page|archivedate=2010-03-24}} The Thrashers were owned by Atlanta Spirit, LLC, and Rick Dudley was their general manager.{{cite web|url=http://thrashers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&id=13838|title=Front Office / Staff Listing|publisher=Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League|accessdate=2008-12-28|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218193859/http://thrashers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&id=13838|archivedate=2008-12-18}}

There were five Thrashers head coaches during their existence. The team's first head coach was Curt Fraser, who coached for three seasons. Bob Hartley is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (291), the most regular-season game wins (136), the most regular-season points (309), and the only Thrashers head coach to coach any post-season games (4). All of the Thrashers head coaches except for Hartley have spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Thrashers. John Anderson was the head coach of the Thrashers from 2008 to 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/ATL/coaches.html|title=Atlanta Thrashers Coach Register|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=2008-12-28}} Craig Ramsay was the last head coach of the Thrashers.http://thrashers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=532663{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in English

Key

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|Number of coaches{{ref label|Note1|a|a}}

|Games coached

|Wins = 2 points

|Losses = 0 points

|Ties = 1 point

|Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point{{ref label|Note2|b|b}}

PTS

|Points

Win%

|Winning percentage

style="background-color:#ddffdd"|*

| Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Thrashers

Coaches

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class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" \| # ! rowspan="2" \| Name ! rowspan="2" \| Term{{ref label\|Note3\|c\|c}} ! colspan="6" \| Regular season ! colspan="4" \| Playoffs ! rowspan="2" \| Achievements ! rowspan="2" \| Reference
GC ! W ! L ! T/OT ! PTS ! Win% ! GC ! W ! L ! Win%
align=center\| 1 \|style="background-color:#ddffdd"\| Curt Fraser* \| 1999–2002 \|279 \|64 \|169 \|46 \|174 \|.312 \|— \|— \|— \|— \| \|align=center\|{{cite web \|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/frasecu01c.html\|title=Curt Fraser Coaching Record\|accessdate=2008-12-28\|publisher=Sports Reference LLC\|work=Hockey-Reference.com}}
align=center\| 2 \|style="background-color:#ddffdd"\| Don Waddell* \| 2002–2003 \|10 \|4 \|5 \|1 \|9 \|.450 \|— \|— \|— \|— \| \|align=center\|{{cite web \|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/waddedo01c.html\|title=Don Waddell Coaching Record\|accessdate=2008-12-28\|publisher=Sports Reference LLC\|work=Hockey-Reference.com}}
align=center\| 3 \| Bob Hartley \| 2003–2007 \|291 \|136 \|118 \|37 \|309 \|.531 \|4 \|0 \|4 \|.000 \| \|align=center\|{{cite web \|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/hartlbo99c.html\|title=Bob Hartley Coaching Record\|accessdate=2008-12-28\|publisher=Sports Reference LLC\|work=Hockey-Reference.com}}
align=center\| — \|style="background-color:#ddffdd"\| Don Waddell* \| 2007–2008 \|76 \|34 \|34 \|8 \|76 \|.500 \|— \|— \|— \|— \| \|align=center\|
align=center\| 4 \|style="background-color:#ddffdd"\| John Anderson* \| 2008–2010 \|164 \|70 \|75 \|19 \|159 \|.482 \|— \|— \|— \|— \| \|align=center\|{{cite web \|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/anderjo01c.html\|title=John Anderson Coaching Record\|accessdate=2008-12-28\|publisher=Sports Reference LLC\|work=Hockey-Reference.com}}
align=center\| 5 \|style="background-color:"\| Craig Ramsay \| 2010–2011 \|82 \|34 \|36 \|12 \|80 \|.488 \|— \|— \|— \|— \| \|align=center\|{{cite web \|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/ramsacr01c.html\|title=Craig Ramsay Coaching Record\|accessdate=2010-07-01\|publisher=Sports Reference LLC\|work=Hockey-Reference.com}}

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! rowspan="2" | #

! rowspan="2" | Name

! rowspan="2" | Term{{ref label|Note3|c|c}}

! colspan="6" | Regular season

! colspan="4" | Playoffs

! rowspan="2" | Achievements

! rowspan="2" | Reference

! W

! L

! T/OT

! PTS

! Win%

! GC

! W

! L

! Win%

align=center| 1

|style="background-color:#ddffdd"| Curt Fraser*

| 1999–2002

|279

|64

|169

|46

|174

|.312

|—

|align=center|{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/frasecu01c.html|title=Curt Fraser Coaching Record|accessdate=2008-12-28|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com}}

align=center| 2

|style="background-color:#ddffdd"| Don Waddell*

| 2002–2003

|10

|.450

|—

|align=center|{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/waddedo01c.html|title=Don Waddell Coaching Record|accessdate=2008-12-28|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com}}

align=center| 3

| Bob Hartley

| 2003–2007

|291

|136

|118

|37

|309

|.531

|.000

|align=center|{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/hartlbo99c.html|title=Bob Hartley Coaching Record|accessdate=2008-12-28|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com}}

align=center| —

|style="background-color:#ddffdd"| Don Waddell*

| 2007–2008

|76

|34

|76

|.500

|—

|align=center|

align=center| 4

|style="background-color:#ddffdd"| John Anderson*

| 2008–2010

|164

|70

|75

|19

|159

|.482

|—

|align=center|{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/anderjo01c.html|title=John Anderson Coaching Record|accessdate=2008-12-28|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com}}

align=center| 5

|style="background-color:"| Craig Ramsay

| 2010–2011

|82

|34

|36

|12

|80

|.488

|—

|align=center|{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/ramsacr01c.html|title=Craig Ramsay Coaching Record|accessdate=2010-07-01|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com}}

Notes

{{note label|Note1|a|a}} A running total of the number of coaches of the Thrashers. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
{{note label|Note2|b|b}} Before the 2005–06 season, the NHL instituted a penalty shootout for regular season games that remained tied after a five-minute overtime period, which prevented ties.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ext/0708rules.pdf|title=Official Rules|publisher=Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League|work=NHL.com|accessdate=2008-12-28|format=PDF|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511234846/http://www.nhl.com/ext/0708rules.pdf|archivedate=2008-05-11}}
{{note label|Note3|c|c}}Each year is linked to an article about that particular NHL season.

References

;General

{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/ATL/coaches.html|title=Atlanta Thrashers Coach Register|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|accessdate=2008-12-28}}

;Specific

Atlanta Thrashers head coaches

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