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The [[Boston Bruins]], a professional [[ice hockey]] team based in [[Boston]], has had 29 [[head coach]]es in its team history.<ref name="History">{{cite web|url=http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&id=5489 |title=Boston Bruins – History |access-date=2008-06-29 |publisher=Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League |work=NHL.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501130542/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&id=5489 |archive-date=2008-05-01 }}</ref> The franchise is a member of the [[Atlantic Division (NHL)|Atlantic Division]] of the [[Eastern Conference (NHL)|Eastern Conference]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). The franchise was founded in 1924 and entered the NHL as the first American-based expansion team, playing its initial seasons at the still-active [[Boston Arena]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gonu.com/sports/2010/1/28/matthewsarena.aspx?id=204 |title=Northeastern University Athletics Official Website |publisher=Gonu.com |access-date=March 18, 2011 |archive-date=December 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205024756/http://gonu.com/sports/2010/1/28/matthewsarena.aspx?id=204 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="fitz">{{cite web |author=Katy Fitzpatrick |url=http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,17170/NUHuskieslookingforwardtorenovatedArenanewseason.html |title="New Season Brings Renovated Arena for Northeastern," ''USCHO.com'', October 2, 2009 |publisher=Uscho.com |date=October 2, 2009 |access-date=March 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109213027/http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,17170/NUHuskieslookingforwardtorenovatedArenanewseason.html |archive-date=January 9, 2010 }}</ref> It is an [[Original Six]] team, along with the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], [[Detroit Red Wings]], [[New York Rangers]], [[Montreal Canadiens]] and [[Chicago Blackhawks]].<ref name="History"/> Its home arena is the 17,565-person capacity [[TD Garden]], where it has played since 1995, after leaving the [[Boston Garden]].<ref name="History"/>

[[Art Ross]] served three terms as the Bruins head coach.<ref name="Art"/> Ross, [[Lynn Patrick]], and [[Milt Schmidt]] have all been inducted to the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]. [[Harry Sinden]], [[Gerry Cheevers]], [[Tom Johnson (ice hockey)|Tom Johnson]] and [[Frank Patrick (ice hockey)|Frank Patrick]] are Hockey Hall of Fame inductees, and spent their entire coaching careers with the Bruins. [[Cooney Weiland]], [[Dit Clapper]], [[Terry O'Reilly]], [[Steve Kasper]] and [[Mike O'Connell]] also coached only for the Bruins,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMembersByYear.jsp?type=Builder|title=List of honored Builders|access-date=2008-01-05|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528120538/http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMembersByYear.jsp?type=Builder|archive-date=2009-05-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMembersByYear.jsp?type=Official|title=List of honored Officials|access-date=2008-01-05|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930080933/http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMembersByYear.jsp?type=Official|archive-date=2007-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMembersByYear.jsp?type=Player|title=List of honored Players|access-date=2008-01-05|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218151041/http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMembersByYear.jsp?type=Player|archive-date=2009-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMembersByYear.jsp?type=Player|title=List of honored Players by Position|access-date=2008-01-06|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218151041/http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMembersByYear.jsp?type=Player|archive-date=2009-02-18}}</ref><ref name="Sullivan"/> with [[Mike Sullivan (ice hockey)|Mike Sullivan]] taking over as head coach for the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] on December 12, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=792341 |title=Penguins fire Johnston, name Sullivan coach |last1=Crosby |first1=Wes |date=December 12, 2015 |website=nhl.com |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=December 12, 2015 |quote=The Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday fired coach Mike Johnston and replaced him with Mike Sullivan. |archive-date=December 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213213406/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=792341 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Statistically, Tom Johnson was the most successful head coach, with a winning percentage of .738.<ref name="Johnson"/> He is followed by [[Harry Sinden]], who, averaging his two terms, had a winning percentage of .689.<ref name="Harry"/> The worst head coach statistically was [[Phil Watson]], who, with a winning percentage of .268, only won 16 out of the 84 games he coached.<ref name="Watson"/> [[Claude Julien (ice hockey)|Claude Julien]] took over after [[Dave Lewis (ice hockey)|Dave Lewis]] was dismissed in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/dave-lewis-ousted-as-bruins-coach-1.643587 |title=Dave Lewis ousted as Bruins coach |access-date=2008-06-29 |date=2007-06-15 |work=CBC Sports |publisher=cbc.ca |archive-date=2012-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102122536/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2007/06/15/lewis-bruins-nhl.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Julien"/> [[Bruce Cassidy]] succeeded Julien on February 7, 2017, and served as head coach until his firing on June 6, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bruins Relieve Bruce Cassidy Of Coaching Duties |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruins-relieve-bruce-cassidy-of-coaching-duties/c-334507330 |website=NHL.com |access-date=June 8, 2022 |date=June 6, 2022 |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606231920/https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/bruins-relieve-bruce-cassidy-of-coaching-duties/c-334507330 |url-status=live }}</ref> On June 30, 2022, the Bruins named [[Jim Montgomery (ice hockey)|Jim Montgomery]] head coach, replacing Cassidy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-01 |title=Jim Montgomery Named 29th Head Coach Of The Boston Bruins {{!}} Boston Bruins |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/jim-montgomery-named-29th-head-coach-of-the-boston-bruins-334794392 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518042101/https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/jim-montgomery-named-29th-head-coach-of-the-boston-bruins-334794392 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following an 8–9–3 start to the [[2024–25 NHL season|2024–25 season]], Montgomery was fired, and replaced on an interim basis by assistant coach [[Joe Sacco (ice hockey)|Joe Sacco]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Benjamin |first=Amalie |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/jim-montgomery-fired-as-boston-coach |title=Montgomery fired as Bruins coach, replaced by Sacco |website=NHL.com |date=November 19, 2024 |access-date=November 19, 2024}}</ref> On June 5, 2025, the Bruins announced that they had hired former player [[Marco Sturm]] as their new head coach.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marco Sturm Named 30th Head Coach in Boston Bruins History |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/news/marco-sturm-named-30th-head-coach-in-boston-bruins-history |website=NHL.com |access-date=June 5, 2025 |date=June 5, 2025}}</ref> Sturm is the first European coach in franchise history, being from Germany.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

==Key==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
|'''#'''
|Number of coaches{{ref label|Note1|A|A}}
|-
|'''GC'''
|Games coached
|-
|'''W'''
|Wins
|-
|'''L'''
|Losses
|-
|'''T/OT'''
|Ties or overtime losses
|-
|'''Win%'''
|[[Winning percentage]]
|-
|style="background-color:#FFE6BD"|'''*'''
|Elected to the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]
|-
|style="background-color:#ddffdd"|'''†'''
|Spent entire professional head coaching career with the Bruins.
|-
|style="background-color:#D8BFD8"|'''*†'''
|Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame and spent entire professional head coaching career with the Bruins.
|}

==Coaches==
[[File:Frank Patrick.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.66|[[Frank Patrick (ice hockey)|Frank Patrick]] led his team into the playoffs in every season of his Bruins coaching career.]]
[[File:DaveLewis2006.JPG|thumb|right|upright=0.66|[[Dave Lewis (ice hockey)|Dave Lewis]] coached the Bruins during the [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07 season]].]]
''Note: Statistics are correct through the hiring of Sacco during the [[2024–25 NHL season|2024–25 season]].''
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | #
! rowspan="2" | Name
! rowspan="2" | Term
! colspan="5" | Regular season
! colspan="4" | Playoffs
! rowspan="2" class=unsortable|Championships/awards won{{ref label|Note2|B|B}}
! rowspan="2" class=unsortable|Ref.
|-
! GC
! W
! L
! T/OT
! Win%
! GC
! W
! L
! T
|-bgcolor="#FFE6BD"
|align=center| 1 || align=left|{{sortname|Art|Ross}}* || align=left|[[1924–25 NHL season|1924]]–[[1927–28 NHL season|1934]] || 430 || 214 || 161 || 55 || .497 ||31 ||14 ||12 ||5 || [[Stanley Cup]] championship ([[1929 Stanley Cup Finals|1929]]) || align="center"|<ref name="Art">{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/rossar01c.html|title=Art Ross|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807170531/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/rossar01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#D8BFD8"
|align=center| 2 || align=left|{{sortname|Frank|Patrick|dab=ice hockey}}*† || align=left|[[1934–35 NHL season|1934]]–[[1935–36 NHL season|1936]] || 96 || 48 || 36 || 12 || .563 || 6 || 2 ||4 || 0 || ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/patrifr01c.html|title=Frank Patrick|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203190548/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/patrifr01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#FFE6BD"
|align=center| {{sort|2.5|—}} || align=left|{{sortname|Art|Ross}}* || align=left|[[1936–37 NHL season|1936]]–[[1938–39 NHL season|1939]] || 144 || 89 || 39 || 16 || .674 ||18 ||9 ||9 ||0 || Stanley Cup championship ([[1939 Stanley Cup Finals|1939]]) ||align=center|<ref name="Art"/>
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|align=center| 3 || align=left|{{sortname|Cooney|Weiland}}† || align=left|[[1939–40 NHL season|1939]]–[[1940–41 NHL season|1941]] || 96 || 58 || 20 || 18 || .698 || 17 || 10 || 7 || 0 || Stanley Cup championship ([[1941 Stanley Cup Finals|1941]]) ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/weilaco01c.html|title=Cooney Weiland|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203205509/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/weilaco01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#FFE6BD"
|align=center| {{sort|3.5|—}} || align=left|{{sortname|Art|Ross}}* || align=left|[[1941–42 NHL season|1941]]–[[1944–45 NHL season|1945]] || 198 || 84 || 90 || 24 || .485 || 21 || 9 || 12 || 0 || ||align=center|<ref name="Art"/>
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|align=center| 4 || align=left|{{sortname|Dit|Clapper}}† || align=left|[[1945–46 NHL season|1945]]–[[1948–49 NHL season|1949]] || 230 || 102 || 88 || 40 || .530 || 25 || 8 || 17 || 0 || ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/clappdi01c.html|title=Dit Clapper|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724101005/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/clappdi01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center| 5 || align=left|{{sortname|Georges|Boucher}} || align=left|[[1949–50 NHL season|1949–1950]] || 70 || 22 || 32 || 16 || .429 || — || — || — || — || ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/bouchge01c.html|title=Georges Boucher|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720064801/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/bouchge01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-*bgcolor="#FFE6BD"
|align=center| 6 || align=left|{{sortname|Lynn|Patrick}}* || align=left|[[1950–51 NHL season|1950]]–[[1954–55 NHL season|1954]] || 310 || 117 || 130 || 63 || .479 ||40 || 16 || 23 || 1 || ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/patrily01c.html|title=Lynn Patrick|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203205714/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/patrily01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#FFE6BD"
|align=center| 7 || align=left|{{sortname|Milt|Schmidt}}* || align=left|[[1954–55 NHL season|1954]]–[[1960–61 NHL season|1961]] || 460 || 172 || 203 || 75 || .455 || 34 ||15 ||19 || 0 || ||align=center|<ref name="Milt">{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/schmimi01c.html|title=Milt Schmidt|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203210015/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/schmimi01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center| 8 || align=left|{{sortname|Phil|Watson}} || align=left|[[1961–62 NHL season|1961]]–[[1962–63 NHL season|1962]] || 84 || 16 || 55 || 13 || .268 || — || — || — || — || ||align=center|<ref name="Watson">{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/watsoph01c.html|title=Phil Watson|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203195931/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/watsoph01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#FFE6BD"
|align=center| {{sort|8.5|—}} || align=left|{{sortname|Milt|Schmidt}}* || align=left|[[1962–63 NHL season|1962]]–[[1965–66 NHL season|1966]] || 266 || 73 || 157 || 46 || .361 || — || — || — || — || ||align=center|<ref name="Milt"/>
|-bgcolor="#D8BFD8"
|align=center| 9 || align=left|{{sortname|Harry|Sinden}}*† || align=left|[[1966–67 NHL season|1966]]–[[1969–70 NHL season|1970]] || 296 || 136 || 105 || 55 || .552 ||28 || 18 || 10 || 0 || Stanley Cup championship ([[1970 Stanley Cup Finals|1970]]) ||align=center|<ref name="Harry">{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/sindeha01c.html|title=Harry Sinden|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203214032/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/sindeha01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#D8BFD8"
|align=center| 10 || align=left|{{sortname|Tom|Johnson|dab=ice hockey}}*† || align=left|[[1970–71 NHL season|1970]]–[[1972–73 NHL season|1973]] || 208 || 142 || 43 || 23 || .738 || 22 || 15 ||7 || 0 || Stanley Cup championship ([[1972 Stanley Cup Finals|1972]])||align=center|<ref name="Johnson">{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/johnsto01c.html|title=Tom Johnson|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830023247/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/johnsto01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center| 11 || align=left|{{sortname|Bep|Guidolin}} || align=left|[[1972–73 NHL season|1973]]–[[1973–74 NHL season|1974]] || 104 || 72 || 23 || 9 || .736 || 21 || 11 || 10 || 0 || ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/guidobe01c.html|title=Bep Guidolin|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203205547/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/guidobe01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center| 12 || align=left|{{sortname|Don|Cherry|dab=ice hockey}} || align=left|[[1974–75 NHL season|1974]]–[[1978–79 NHL season|1979]] || 400 || 231 || 105 || 64 || .658 || 55 || 31 || 24 || 0 || [[Jack Adams Award]] winner ([[1975–76 NHL season|1976]])||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/cherrdo01c.html|title=Don Cherry|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905115200/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/cherrdo01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center| 13 || align=left|{{sortname|Fred|Creighton}} || align=left|[[1979–80 NHL season|1979–1980]] || 73 || 40 || 20 || 13 || .637 || — || — || — || — || ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/creigfr99c.html|title=Fred Creighton|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203210123/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/creigfr99c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#D8BFD8"
|align=center| {{sort|13.5|—}} || align=left|{{sortname|Harry|Sinden}}*† || align=left|[[1979–80 NHL season|1980]] || 7 || 6 || 1 || 0 || .857 || 10 || 4 || 6 || 0 || ||align=center|<ref name="Harry"/>
|-bgcolor="#D8BFD8"
|align=center| 14 || align=left|{{nowrap|{{sortname|Gerry|Cheevers}}*†}} || align=left|[[1980–81 NHL season|1980]]–[[1984–85 NHL season|1985]] || 376 || 204 || 126 || 46 || .604 || 34 || 15 || 19 || 0 || ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/cheevge01c.html|title=Gerry Cheevers|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006114908/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/cheevge01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#D8BFD8"
|align=center| {{sort|14.5|—}} || align=left|{{sortname|Harry|Sinden}}*† || align=left|[[1984–85 NHL season|1985]] || 24 || 11 || 10 || 3 || .521 || 5 || 2 || 3 || 0 || ||align=center|<ref name="Harry"/>
|-
|align=center| 15 || align=left|{{sortname|Butch|Goring}} || align=left|[[1985–86 NHL season|1985]]–[[1986–87 NHL season|1986]] || 93 || 42 || 38 || 13 || .522 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/gorinbu01c.html|title=Butch Goring|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906161624/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/gorinbu01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|align=center| 16 || align=left|{{sortname|Terry|O'Reilly}}† || align=left|[[1986–87 NHL season|1986]]–[[1988–89 NHL season|1989]] || 227 || 115 || 86 || 26 || .564 || 37 || 17 || 19 || 1 || ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/oreilte01c.html|title=Terry O'Reilly|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827230608/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/oreilte01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center| 17 || align=left|{{sortname|Mike|Milbury}} || align=left|[[1989–90 NHL season|1989]]–[[1990–91 NHL season|1991]] || 160 || 90 || 49 || 21 || .628 || 40 || 23 || 17 || 0 || ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/milbumi01c.html|title=Mike Milbury|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011093237/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/milbumi01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center| 18 || align=left|{{sortname|Rick|Bowness}} || align=left|[[1991–92 NHL season|1991–1992]] || 80 || 36 || 32 || 12 || .525 || 15 || 8 || 7 || 0 || ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/bowneri01c.html|title=Rick Bowness|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2022-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521130645/https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/bowneri01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center| 19 || align=left|{{sortname|Brian|Sutter}} || align=left|[[1992–93 NHL season|1992]]–[[1994–95 NHL season|1995]] || 216 || 120 || 73 || 23 || .609 || 22 || 7 || 15 || 0 || ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/suttebr01c.html|title=Brian Sutter|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2011-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519105139/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/suttebr01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|align=center| 20 || align=left|{{sortname|Steve|Kasper}}† || align=left|[[1995–96 NHL season|1995]]–[[1996–97 NHL season|1997]] || 164 || 66 || 78 || 20 || .463 || 5 || 1 || 4 || 0 || ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/kaspest01c.html|title=Steve Kasper|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830070735/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/kaspest01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#FFE6BD"
|align=center| 21 || align=left|{{sortname|Pat|Burns}}* || align=left|[[1997–98 NHL season|1997]]–[[2000–01 NHL season|2000]] || 254 || 105 || 103 || 46 || .504 || 18 || 8 || 10 || 0 || Jack Adams Award winner ([[1997–98 NHL season|1998]]) ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/burnspa99c.html|title=Pat Burns|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-09-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904224029/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/burnspa99c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|align=center| 22 || align=left|{{sortname|Mike|Keenan}} || align=left|[[2000–01 NHL season|2000–2001]] || 74 || 33 || 34 || 7 || .547 || — || — || — || — || ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/keenami99c.html|title=Mike Keenan|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829124617/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/keenami99c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align=center| 23 || align=left|{{sortname|Robbie|Ftorek}} || align=left|[[2001–02 NHL season|2001]]–[[2002–03 NHL season|2003]] || 155 || 76 || 65 || 14 || .577 || 6 || 2 || 4 || 0 || ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/ftorero01c.html|title=Robbie Ftorek|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203200739/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/ftorero01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align=center| 24 || align=left|{{sortname|Mike|O'Connell}}† || align=left|[[2002–03 NHL season|2003]] || 9 || 3 || 3 || 3 || .500 || 5 || 1 || 4 || 0 || ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/oconnmi01c.html|title=Mike O'Connell|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905130924/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/oconnmi01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align=center| 25 || align=left|{{sortname|Mike|Sullivan|dab=ice hockey}} || align=left|[[2003–04 NHL season|2003]]–[[2005–06 NHL season|2006]] || 164 || 70 || 79 || 15 || .543 || 7 ||3 ||4 || 0 || ||align=center|<ref name="Sullivan">{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5244 |title=Mike Sullavin |access-date=2008-06-28 |publisher=Hockeydb.com |archive-date=2008-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222131310/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5244 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|align=center| 26 || align=left|{{sortname|Dave|Lewis|dab=ice hockey}} || align=left|[[2006–07 NHL season|2006–2007]] || 82 || 35 || 41 || 6 || .463 || — || — || — || — || ||align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/lewisda02c.html|title=Dave Lewis|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2017-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706190506/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/lewisda02c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align=center| 27 || align=left|{{sortname|Claude|Julien|dab=ice hockey}} || align=left|[[2007–08 NHL season|2007]]–[[2016–17 NHL season|2017]] || 759 || 419 || 246 || 94 || .614 || 97 || 57 || 40 || — || Stanley Cup championship ([[2011 Stanley Cup Finals|2011]])<br>Jack Adams Award winner ([[2008–09 NHL season|2009]]) ||align=center|<ref name="Julien">{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/juliecl01c.html|title=Claude Julien|access-date=2008-06-28|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2019-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190309030627/https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/juliecl01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align=center| 28 || align=left|{{sortname|Bruce|Cassidy}} || align=left|[[2016–17 NHL season|2017]]–[[2021–22 NHL season|2022]] || 399 || 245 || 108 || 46 || .672 || 73 || 36 || 37 || 0 || Jack Adams Award winner ([[2019–20 NHL season|2020]]) ||align=center|<ref name="Cassidy">{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/cassibr01c.html|title=Bruce Cassidy|access-date=2018-05-18|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|archive-date=2008-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829213938/http://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/cassibr01c.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|align=center| 29 || align=left|{{sortname|Jim|Montgomery|dab=ice hockey}} || align=left|[[2022–23 NHL season|2022]]–[[2024–25 NHL season|2024]]|| 184 || 120 || 41 || 23 || .652 || 19 || 9 || 10 || 0 || Jack Adams Award winner ([[2022–23 NHL season|2023]]) ||align=center|<ref name="Montgomery">{{cite web |title=Jim Montgomery |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/montgji01c.html |access-date=2024-05-17 |work=Hockey-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference, LLC |archive-date=2018-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706075555/https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/montgji01c.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|align=center| 30 || align=left|{{sortname|Joe|Sacco|dab=ice hockey}} || align=left|[[2024–25 NHL season|2024–2025]]|| 60 || 24 || 30 || 6 || .400 || — || — || — || — || ||align=center|<ref name="sacco">{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/saccojo01c.html|title=Joe Sacco |accessdate=2024-11-19 |publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com |archive-date=2024-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241120012905/https://www.hockey-reference.com/coaches/saccojo01c.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| align="center"|31 || align="left"|[[Marco Sturm]] || align="left"|[[2025–26 NHL season|2025]]–present || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || || align="center"|
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==Notes==
*{{note label|Note1|A|A}} A running total of the number of different coaches of the Bruins—anyone with multiple terms as head coach is only counted once.
*{{note label|Note2|B|B}} The [[Jack Adams Award]] has been issued since the 1973–74 season.

==References==

'''General'''
*{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/coaches.html|title=Boston Bruins Coach Register|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Hockey-Reference.com|access-date=2008-07-16|archive-date=2008-08-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821120423/http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/coaches.html|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|url=http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&id=5489 |title=Boston Bruins – History |access-date=2008-06-29 |publisher=Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League |work=NHL.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501130542/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&id=5489 |archive-date=2008-05-01 }}

'''Specific'''
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