FAST FACTS
• Five former Penguins players became the team’s head coach:
Ken Schinkel
Lou Angotti
Gene Ubriaco
Rick Kehoe
Ed Olczyk
• Dan Bylsma holds the record of 401 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.”
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 managerPittsburgh Penguins General Managers 1967 to Present
GM Dates G W L T OTL Points 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 14 1314 .526 Ray Shero May 25, 2006 – May 16, 2014 622 373 193 56 802 .645 Jim Rutherford June 6, 2014 – Jan.27, 2021 486 276 154 56 608 .626 Ron Hextall Feb.9, 2021 – present 45 32 11 2 66 .733 * 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.
HEAD COACH DATES 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 – June 6, 2014 401 252 117 – 32 536 .668 Mike Johnston June 25, 2014 -Dec. 12, 2015 108 58 35 Â – 15 Mike Sullivan Dec. 12, 2015 – present *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
