Winners of the Jack Adams Award, awarded to the league's coach of the year:

YEAR       COACH                TEAM

2001-02    Bob Francis             Phoenix

2000-01    Bill Barber             Philadelphia

1999-00    Joel Quenneville        St. Louis

1998-99    Jacques Martin          Ottawa

1997-98    Pat Burns               Boston 

1996-97    Ted Nolan               Buffalo

1995-96    Scotty Bowman           Detroit 

1994-95    Marc Crawford           Quebec

1993-94    Jacques Lemaire         New Jersey

1992-93    Pat Burns               Toronto

1991-92    Pat Quinn	           Vancouver

1990-91    Brian Sutter            St. Louis

1989-90    Bob Murdoch             Winnipeg

1988-89    Pat Burns               Montreal

1987-88    Jacques Demers          Detroit 

1986-87    Jacques Demers          Detroit

1985-86    Glen Sather             Edmonton

1984-85    Mike Keenan             Philadelphia 

1983-84    Bryan Murray            Washington

1982-83    Orval Tessier           Chicago

1981-82    Tom Watt                Winnipeg

1980-81    Red Berenson            St. Louis 

1979-80    Pat Quinn               Philadelphia  
 
1978-79    Al Arbour               NY Islanders

1977-78    Bobby Kromm             Detroit

1976-77    Scotty Bowman           Montreal

1975-76    Don Cherry              Boston 

1974-75    Bob Pulford             Los Angeles

1973-74    Fred Shero              Philadelphia