The Quebec Nordiques were an ice hockey team who played in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA). This is a list of the head coaches they had during their existence. The franchise moved to Denver, Colorado, in 1995, and became the Colorado Avalanche.

Michel Bergeron coached the most games and won the most points all-time with the Nordiques, with 634 games and 616 points. Maurice Filion and Michel Bergeron were the only coaches to have three terms with the Nordiques. Marc Crawford was the only Nordiques coach to win the Jack Adams Award.

Key #Number of coachesGCGames coachedWWinsLLossesTTiesPtsPoints* Spent entire NHL coaching career with the Nordiques

WHA coaches # Name Term Regular season Playoffs Results GC W L T Pts GC W L 1 Maurice Richard 1972 2 1 1 0 2 — — — Resigned after 2 games 2 Maurice Filion 1972–1973 763239569 — — — Missed playoffs 3 Jacques Plante 1973–1974 78 38 36 4 80 — — — Missed playoffs 4 Jean-Guy Gendron 1974–1976 15996594196 20 12 8 Lost 1975 Avco Cup Finals to Winnipeg 5 Marc Boileau 1976–1978 140 74 61 5 153 17 12 5 Avco World Trophy (1977) Fired midway through the 1977 season – Maurice Filion 1977–1978 21 1371 27 1156 Interim coach 6 Jacques Demers 1978–1979 804134 587 4 0 4 Lost in First Round

NHL coaches # Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards won Reference GC W L T Pts GC W L1 Jacques Demers1979–1980 80 25 44 11 61 ———2 Maurice Filion*19806 1 3 2 4 ———3 Michel Bergeron1980–1987554 253 222 79 585 6831 37 4Andre Savard* 198724 10 13 1 21 ———5Ron Lapointe* 1987–1989 89 33 50 6 72 ———6Jean Perron1989 47 16 26 5 37 ———– Michel Bergeron1989–1990 80 12 61 7 31 ——— 7Dave Chambers* 1990–199198 19 64 15 53 ———8Pierre Page 1991–1994230 98 103 30 2256 2 4 9 Marc Crawford 1994–1995 48 30 13 5 65 6241995 Jack Adams Award winner

See also List of NHL head coaches Head Coaches of the Colorado Avalanche

Notes A running total of the number of coaches of the Nordiques. Thus any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once. Maurice Filion started the season as Nordiques' coach but resigned six games into the 1980–81 season in favour of Michel Bergeron.

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