List of Detroit Red Wings head coaches

Six Red Wings coaches have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as players: Jack Adams, Sid Abel, Bill Gadsby, Marcel Pronovost, Ted Lindsay, and Brad Park, while two others as builders: Tommy Ivan and Scotty Bowman.

Adams, Bowman, Ivan, and Lindsay have also won the Lester Patrick Trophy, an award presented to those who have provided an outstanding service to hockey in the United States.

[6] Jacques Demers is the only NHL coach to have won the Jack Adams Award twice with the same team.

Scotty Bowman also won twice, though with different teams: the first time, he was coach of the Montreal Canadiens.

[7] The current head coach of the Red Wings is Todd McLellan, who was hired in December 2024.