Pittsburgh Penguins General Managers 1967 to Present
GENERAL MGR.
DATES
G
W
L
T
OTL
PTS
PCT
Jack Riley*
June 6, 1967 - May 1, 1970
226
73
117
36
-
182
.403
Red Kelly
May 1, 1970 - Jan. 29, 1972
126
33
64
29
-
95
.377
Jack Riley*
Jan. 29, 1972 - Jan. 13, 1974
149
57
73
19
-
133
.446
Jack Button
Jan. 13, 1974 - July 1975
117
54
44
19
-
127
.543
Wren Blair
July 1975 - Dec. 3, 1976
105
44
44
17
-
105
.500
Baz Bastien
Dec. 3, 1976 - March 15, 1983
527
193
248
86
-
472
.447
No G.M.
March 16, 1983 - April 3, 1983
8
2
5
1
-
5
.313
Ed Johnston
May 27, 1983 - April 14, 1988
400
140
220
40
-
320
.400
Tony Esposito
April 14, 1988 - Dec. 5, 1989
106
50
47
9
-
109
.514
Craig Patrick
Dec. 5, 1989 - April 20, 2006
1250
575
511
127
37
1314
.526
Ray Shero
May 25, 2006 - present (4-10-11)
410
235
132
43
513
.626
*Jack Riley's combined record
375
130
190
55
-
315
.420
June 12, 1990 - Penguins general manager Craig Patrick, left, listens to remarks made by head coach Bob Johnson, as director of player development Scott Bowman looks on after Johnson was named head coach.
Pittsburgh Penguins Head Coaches 1967 to Present
HEAD COACH
DATES
G
W
L
T
OTL
PTS
PCT
Red Sullivan
June 6, 1967 - March 31, 1969
150
47
79
24
-
118
.393
Red Kelley
July 2, 1969 - Jan. 13, 1973
274
90
132
52
-
232
.423
Ken Schinkel*
Jan. 13, 1973 - Feb. 6, 1974
86
29
49
8
-
66
.384
Marc Boileau
Feb. 6, 1974 - Jan. 17, 1976
151
66
61
24
-
156
.517
Ken Schinkel*
Jan. 17, 1976 - May 19, 1977
117
54
43
20
-
128
.547
Johnny Wilson
June 13, 1977 - May 8, 1980
240
91
105
44
-
226
.471
Ed Johnston**
July 15, 1980 - July 20, 1983
240
79
126
35
-
193
.402
Lou Angotti
July 20, 1983 - June 4, 1984
80
16
58
6
-
38
.238
Bob Berry
June 4, 1984 - April 13, 1987
240
88
127
25
-
201
.419
Pierre Creamer
June 4, 1987 - June 14, 1988
80
36
35
9
-
81
.506
Gene Ubriaco
June 28, 1988 - Dec. 5, 1989
106
50
47
9
-
109
.514
Craig Patrick***
Dec. 5, 1989 - June 12, 1990
54
22
26
6
-
50
.462
Bob Johnson
June 12, 1990 - Oct. 1, 1991
80
41
33
6
-
88
.550
Scott Bowman
Oct. 1, 1991 - May 28, 1993
164
95
53
16
-
206
.628
Ed Johnston**
June 22, 1993 - March 3, 1997
276
153
98
25
-
331
.599
Craig Patrick***
March 3, 1997 - April 26, 1997
20
7
10
3
-
17
.425
Kevin Constantine
June 14, 1997 - Dec. 9, 1999
189
86
67
35
4
207
(211)
.501
(.511)
Herb Brooks
Dec. 9, 1999 - May 9, 2000
57
29
24
5
2
63
(65)
.553
(.570)
Ivan Hlinka
June 21, 2000 - Oct. 15, 2001
82
42
28
9
3
98
(101)
.598
(.616)
Rick Kehoe
Oct. 15, 2001 - April 15, 2003
160
55
81
14
10
134
.419
Ed Olczyk
June 11, 2003 - Dec. 15, 2005
113
31
64
14
4
76
.354
Michel Therrien
Dec. 15, 2005 - Feb. 15, 2009
272
135
105
-
32
302
.555
Dan Bylsma
Feb. 15, 2009 - present (4-10-11)
189
114
56
-
19
247
.653
*Ken Schinkel's combined record
203
83
92
28
-
194
.478
**Ed Johnston's combined record
516
232
224
60
-
524
.508
***Craig Patrick's combined record
74
29
36
9
-
67
.453
I’d done my homework. A lot of people felt Craig Patrick was the upcoming guy. I was able to convince (owner) Mr. DeBartolo that Craig Patrick was really the guy.
PAUL MARTHA
President of the Penguins in December 1989 on the choice of hiring Patrick as the new general manager
FAST FACTS
• Five former Penguins players became the team's head coach:
Ken Schinkel
Lou Angotti
Gene Ubriaco
Rick Kehoe
Ed Olczyk
• Ed Johnston holds the record of 276 consecutive games coached.
• Legend has it that then-general manager Baz Bastien, on October 18, 1978, sent a first-round draft pick to the Montreal Canadiens believing that the player he acquired – Rod Schutt – actually was future Hall of Famer Steve Shutt.
Rod Schutt insists it’s a fable.
“That was actually a locker-room joke,” Schutt said. “Guys would say, '(Bastien) only has one eye, so he only saw the last name.’ It wasn’t true, because he knew quite well who he was getting. Pittsburgh was going to draft me originally, and we had conversations before the draft.”
Schutt laughed and added, “Every once in a while, he did used to call me Steve.”
