The St. Louis Blues are an American professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis. They play in the Central Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team joined the NHL in 1967 as an expansion team with five other teams. The Blues first played their home games at the St. Louis Arena until 1994; they have played their home games at the Enterprise Center, first named the Kiel Center, since then. The majority of the Blues franchise are owned by SLB Acquisition LLC, headed by Tom Stillman; Doug Armstrong is their general manager.
There have been 28 head coaches for the Blues. The franchise's first head coach was Lynn Patrick, who coached for 16 games in his first term. Joel Quenneville is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (593), the most regular-season game wins (307), the most regular-season points (709), the most playoff games coached (68), and the most playoff-game wins (34). Barclay Plager and Bob Plager are the only pair of brothers to have coached the Blues; Barclay coached for four seasons, and Bob coached for eleven games. Red Berenson, Brian Sutter, Quenneville and Ken Hitchcock are the only head coaches to have been awarded the Jack Adams Award with the Blues. Scotty Bowman, Al Arbour, and Emile Francis are the only Blues head coaches to have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder. Six coaches have spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Blues.
Jim Montgomery serves as head coach of the Blues, after being named to the role on November 24, 2024, following the firing of Drew Bannister.
Key #Number of coachesGCGames coachedWWins = 2 pointsLLosses = 0 pointsTTies = 1 pointOTOvertime/shootout losses = 1 pointPTSPointsWin%Winning percentage* Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Blues† Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder
Coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the hiring of Montgomery during the 2025–26 season. # Name Term Regular season Playoffs Achievements Reference GC W L T/OT PTS Win% GC W L Win%1Lynn Patrick196716410210.313————2Scotty Bowman†1967–1970210977940234.557462422.5223Al Arbour†1970–19715021151456.560—————Scotty Bowman†1971281310531.553624.3334Sid Abel1971103617.350————5Bill McCreary, Sr.197124614416.333—————Al Arbour†1971–19725721251153.4471147.3646Jean-Guy Talbot1972–1974120525315119.496514.2007Lou Angotti197432620618.281—————Lynn Patrick197421013.750————8Garry Young1974–19759841411698.500202.000—Lynn Patrick1975–197683506.375————9Leo Boivin*1976431717943.500312.33310Emile Francis†1976–1977803239973.456404.000—Leo Boivin*1977–19788020471353.331————11Barclay Plager*1978–197910425641565.310————12Red Berenson*1979–19822041007232232.5691459.3571980–81 Jack Adams Award winner—Emile Francis†1982–1982441425533.3751055.500—Barclay Plager*1982–19834815211242.438413.25013Jacques Demers1983–198624010610628240.500331617.48514Jacques Martin1986–1988160667123155.4841679.43815Brian Sutter1988–199232015312443349.545412021.4881990–91 Jack Adams Award winner16Bob Plager*1992114619.409————17Bob Berry1992–1994157736321167.5321578.46718Mike Keenan1994–1996163756622172.528201010.50019Jim Roberts1996–199793339.500————20Joel Quenneville1997–200459330719195709.598683434.5001999–2000 Jack Adams Award winner21Mike Kitchen*2004–200613138702399.378————22Andy Murray2006–201025811810238274.531404.00023Davis Payne*2010–2011137675515149.544————24Ken Hitchcock2011–201741324812441537.650452025.4442011–12 Jack Adams Award winner25Mike Yeo2017–2018133734911157————26Craig Berube2018–2023382206132442395124272019 Stanley Cup championship27Drew Bannister*2023–2024763931684————28Jim Montgomery2024–present 142 72 51 19 163————
Notes A running total of the number of coaches of the Blues. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once. 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. Each year is linked to an article about that particular NHL season.
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