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The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Eastern Conference. The Flyers were founded in 1967 as one of six expansion teams, increasing the size of the NHL at that time to 12 teams. Since the franchise was established, the team has had 23 head coaches, including Fred Shero, who coached the Flyers to two
Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup (french: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, an ...
s in 1974 and 1975, and was the inaugural winner of the
Jack Adams Award The Jack Adams Award is awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success." The league's Coach of the Year award has been presented 47 times to 39 coaches. The winner is selecte ...
in 1973–74. Three other Flyers coaches have won the Adams Award — Pat Quinn in 1979–80, Mike Keenan in 1984–85, and
Bill Barber William Charles Barber (born July 11, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played twelve seasons for the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League (NHL). As part of the famed LCB (Leach, Clarke, Barber) line, Ba ...
in 2000–01. The Flyers current head coach is
John Tortorella John Francis Tortorella (born June 24, 1958) is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player. He currently serves as the head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Tortorella was previously the head ...
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''Note: Statistics are updated through the end of the season'' File:Fred Shero.jpg, Fred Shero, shown here during his playing days with the New York Rangers, led the Flyers to back-to-back Stanley Cup championships and was the inaugural winner of the
Jack Adams Award The Jack Adams Award is awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success." The league's Coach of the Year award has been presented 47 times to 39 coaches. The winner is selecte ...
. File:Pat Quinn 2012.jpg, Pat Quinn won the Jack Adams Award during the Flyers record breaking 1979–80 season. File:Paul_Holmgren.jpg, Paul Holmgren was later GM and is now President of the team File:Peter Laviolette 2012-04-07.JPG, Peter Laviolette's five seasons as Flyers coach is second only to Fred Shero. File:Craig Berube 2011-12-29.JPG, Craig Berube served two seasons as Flyers head coach. File:Dave Hakstol 2015.jpg,
Dave Hakstol David Hakstol (born July 30, 1968) is a Canadian ice hockey coach, currently serving as the head coach of the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). A native of Warburg, Alberta, Hakstol was the head coach for Sioux City Musketeers ...
served four seasons as Flyers head coach.


See also

* List of NHL head coaches


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References

General * * Specific {{NHLHeadCoach head coaches Philadelphia Flyers head coaches