TheAnaheim Ducks are an American professionalice hockey team based inAnaheim, California. They play in thePacific Division of theWestern Conference in theNational Hockey League (NHL).[1] The franchise was founded in 1993 byThe Walt Disney Company as the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, based on thefilmThe Mighty Ducks. They were then renamed the Anaheim Ducks before the2006–07 season, in which the Ducks won their firstStanley Cup championship.[2][3] The Ducks have played their home games at theHonda Center, formerly known as the Anaheim Arena (1993) and the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim (1993-2006), since their inaugural season.[4] The Ducks are owned byHenry Samueli and his wife Susan,Pat Verbeek is theirgeneral manager, andRyan Getzlaf was the teamcaptain until his retirement after the 2021-22 season.[5] The Ducks current captain isRadko Gudas.[6][7][8][9]
There have been 11 head coaches for the franchise. The Mighty Ducks's first head coach wasRon Wilson, who coached for four seasons.Randy Carlyle is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached, regular-season game wins, regular-seasonpoints, playoff games coached and playoff-game wins. Carlyle is the only Ducks head coach to have won theStanley Cup. Carlyle was relieved of his coaching duties in Anaheim on November 30, 2011, and the franchise immediately hired former Washington Capitals coachBruce Boudreau. Boudreau was released after the 2015–16 season. The franchise rehired Randy Carlyle prior to the 2016–17 season, for his second stint with the organization. After struggling to win games in the 2018–19 season, Carlyle was relieved on February 10, 2019. The franchise's general manager,Bob Murray, replaced Carlyle as an interim coach to finish the 2018–19 season. After the conclusion of the season,Dallas Eakins was hired on June 17, 2019 and served as head coach until April 14, 2023, when his contract was not renewed.Greg Cronin, hired on June 5, 2023 to replace Eakins,[10] served two seasons as head coach, before he was fired on April 19, 2025.[11]
| # | 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 (Mighty) Ducks |
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Note: Statistics are current through the end of the2023–24 season.
| # | Name | Term[c] | Regular season | Playoffs | Achievements | Reference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| GC | W | L | T | OT | PTS | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Ron Wilson | 1993–1997 | 296 | 120 | 145 | 31 | — | 271 | .458 | 11 | 4 | 7 | .364 | [12] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Pierre Page | 1997–1998 | 82 | 26 | 43 | 13 | — | 65 | .396 | — | — | — | — | [13] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Craig Hartsburg | 1998–2000 | 197 | 80 | 82 | 29 | 6 | 195 | .495 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | [14] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Guy Charron | 2000–2001 | 49 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 37 | .378 | — | — | — | — | [15] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Bryan Murray | 2001–2002 | 82 | 29 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 69 | .421 | — | — | — | — | [16] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Mike Babcock | 2002–2004 | 164 | 69 | 62 | 19 | 14 | 171 | .521 | 21 | 15 | 6 | .714 | [17] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Randy Carlyle | 2005–2006 | 82 | 43 | 27 | — | 12 | 98 | .598 | 16 | 9 | 7 | .563 | [18] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| — | Randy Carlyle | 2006–2011 | 434 | 230 | 155 | — | 49 | 509 | .588 | 46 | 27 | 19 | .587 | 2006–07Stanley Cup championship[3] | [18] | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Bruce Boudreau | 2011–2016 | 352 | 208 | 104 | — | 40 | 456 | .648 | 43 | 24 | 19 | .558 | [19] | ||||||||||||||||||
| — | Randy Carlyle | 2016–2019 | 164 | 90 | 48 | — | 26 | 206 | .615 | 21 | 10 | 11 | .476 | [18] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Bob Murray | 2019 | 26 | 14 | 11 | — | 1 | 29 | .558 | — | — | — | — | [20] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Dallas Eakins | 2019–2023 | 291 | 100 | 147 | — | 44 | 244 | .419 | — | — | — | — | [21] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Greg Cronin* | 2023–2025 | 164 | 62 | 87 | — | 15 | 139 | .424 | — | — | — | — | [22] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Joel Quenneville | 2025–present | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | [23] | ||||||||||||||||||
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