List of Ottawa Senators (original) head coaches

This is a list of the coaches of the Ottawa Hockey Club, later known as the Ottawa Senators, which existed from 1883. The list does not include coaches of the NHL franchise after it moved from Ottawa, or the Senators hockey team which existed from 1934 until 1954.

Pre-NHL era

In this early era, the captain of the club was the coach. No other individual was hired by the club.

Captains

• Frank Jenkins 1883–1886, 1889–1890^[1]
• Thomas D. Green, 1886–1887^[2]
• P. D. Ross, 1890–91^[3]
• Herbert Russell 1891–1893^[4][5]
• Weldy Young, 1893–1895
• Chauncy Kirby, 1895–96^[6]
• Fred Chittick, 1896–97^[7]
• Harvey Pulford, 1897–98^[8]
• Chauncy Kirby, 1898–99^[9]
• Hod Stuart, 1899–1900^[10]
• Harvey Pulford, 1900–1901
• William Duval, 1902^[11]

Coaches

• Alf Smith (1901, 1903–1906) (playing coach from 1904–1906)
• Pete Green (1902, 1907–1913)
• Alf Smith (1913–1917)

NHL era

This is a list of head coaches for the original Ottawa Senators club of the National Hockey League. This list does not include the current NHL Ottawa Senators.

1. Eddie Gerard (1916–1918) (playing coach)
2. Harry Hyland (1918–1919) (playing coach)^[12]
3. Pete Green (1919–1925)
4. Alex Currie (1925–1926)
5. Dave Gill (1926–1929)
6. Newsy Lalonde (1929–1930)
7. Newsy Lalonde and Dave Gill (1930–31)
8. Cy Denneny (1932–1933)
9. George Boucher (1933–1934)

See also

• List of NHL head coaches
• List of NHL players

References

• Finnigan, Joan (1992). Old Scores, New Goals: The Story of the Ottawa Senators. Kingston, Ontario: Quarry Press. ISBN 1-55082-041-9. 
• Kitchen, Paul (2008). Win, Tie or Wrangle. Manotick, Ontario: Penumbra Press. ISBN 978-1-897323-46-5.