List of Nashville Predators head coaches

The Predators have played their home games at the Bridgestone Arena since their inaugural season.

The Nashville Predators are an American professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They play in the Central Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL).^[1] The team joined the NHL in 1998 as an expansion team. The Predators have played their home games at the Bridgestone Arena since their inaugural season.^[2] The Predators are owned by Predators Holdings LLC, David Poile is their general manager.^[3][4]

Until the end of the 2013-14 season, the Predators franchise had only had one head coach, Barry Trotz. The team's current head coach is Peter Laviolette.

Key

#	Number of coaches^[a]
GC	Games coached
W	Wins = 2 points
L	Losses = 0 points
T	Ties = 1 point
OT	Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point^[b]
PTS	Points
Win%	Winning percentage
*	Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Predators

Coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2015-16 NHL season.

#	Name	Term^[c]	Regular season						Playoffs				Achievements	Reference
			GC	W	L	T/OT	PTS	Win%	GC	W	L	Win%
1	Barry Trotz	1998–2014	1196	557	479	160	1274	.533	50	19	31	.380		[5]
2	Peter Laviolette	2014–present	164	88	52	24	200	.610	20	9	11	.450		[6]

Notes

• ^a A running total of the number of coaches of the Predators. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
• ^b 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.^[7]
• ^c Each year is linked to an article about that particular NHL season.

References

General

• "Nashville Predators Coach Register". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-23.

Specific

1. "Teams". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
2. "10th Anniversary - History: Franchise Timeline". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
3. "Team - Front Office". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
4. "Team - Roster". NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
5. "Barry Trotz Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
6. "Peter Laviolette Coaching Record". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
7. "Official Rules" (PDF). NHL.com. Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-12-23.