NHL Head Coach
| Team | Seasons | W–L–T–OTL | Pct | Playoffs | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HFDafter Don Blackburn · before John Cunniff | 1980–81 to 1988–89 (5) | 81–117–26–0 | .362 | 2–8 | — |
Built from: NHL Records API coach-franchise-season-records + coach-franchise-records-regular-plus-playoffs + coach — season W-L-T-OTL, playoff W-L, identity; data/nhl/champions.json (Wikipedia, List of Stanley Cup champions × NHL Records) — titles, finalists; NHL Records API award-details (Jack Adams Award), cross-checked against Wikipedia — awards.
Seasons are keyed by the year they ended (1972–73 = 1973), matching data/nhl/team-seasons. Team codes are the season's team identity (TAN, TSP, SEN, DCG, MNS, HFD, QUE…), each a data/nhl/team-seasons shard. Every row is the coach's exact share of that team-season from the NHL Records API — interim stints included, nothing apportioned. Regular-season otl counts overtime and shootout losses (1999–2000 on); ties end after 2003–04. playoffDraws are tied playoff games from the two-game total-goals era (1918–1951). Identity is the NHL Records coach id (key nhlrecords:<id>). Only NHL clubs are counted: the PCHA/WCHL clubs the Records API carries as Cup-final opponents (1918–1926) are excluded, so the 1925 Victoria Cougars Cup belongs to no NHL career. The season in progress is excluded. Co-coached stints (one Records entry for two people) credit the shared record to each person — listed in coCoached.
| 1987–88 | HFD | 13 | 13 | — | .500 | 2–4 | Playoffs |
| 1988–89 | HFD | 37 | 38 | 5 | .463 | 0–4 | Playoffs |