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

YEAR       COACH                TEAM
2002-03    Jacques Lemaire         Minnesota
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