Jack Adams Award Winners (NHL Coach of the Year)
Last Updated: 12/08/2006
| Year | Coach | Team |
| 2006-07 | ||
| 2005-06 | Lindy Ruff | Buffalo Sabres |
| 2004-05 | Not given out due to strike | |
| 2003-04 | John Tortorella | Tampa Bay Lightining |
| 2002-03 | Jacques Lemaire | Minnesota |
| 2001-02 | Bob Francis | Phoenix |
| 2000-01 | Bill Barber | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1999-00 | Joel Quenneville | St. Louis Blues |
| 1998-99 | Jacques Martin | Ottawa Senators |
| 1997-98 | Pat Burns | Boston Bruins |
| 1996-97 | Ted Noland | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1995-96 | Scotty Bowman | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1994-95 | Marc Crawford | Quebec Nordiques |
| 1993-94 | Jacques Lemaire | New Jersey Devils |
| 1992-93 | Pat Burns | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1991-92 | Pat Quinn | Vancouver Canucks |
| 1990-91 | Brian Sutter | St. Louis Blues |
| 1989-90 | Bob Murdoch | Winnipeg Jets |
| 1988-89 | Pat Burns | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1987-88 | Jacques Demers | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1986-87 | Jacques Demers | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1985-86 | Glen Sather | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1984-85 | Mike Keenan | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1983-84 | Bryan Murray | Washington Capitals |
| 1982-83 | Orval Tessier | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1981-82 | Tom Watt | Winnipeg Jets |
| 1980-81 | Red Berenson | St. Louis Blues |
| 1979-80 | Pat Quinn | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1978-79 | Al Arbour | New York Islanders |
| 1977-78 | Bobby Kromm | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1976-77 | Scotty Bowman | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1975-76 | Don Cherry | Boston Bruins |
| 1974-75 | Bob Pulford | Los Angeles Kings |
| 1973-74 | Fred Shero | Philadelphia Flyers |
Most Jack Adams Awards - Pat Burns (3)