2009	Claude Julien - Boston Bruins
2008	Bruce Boudreau - Washington Capitals
2007	Alain Vigneault - Vancouver Canucks
2006	Lindy Ruff - Buffalo Sabres
2005	No Jack Adams Award due to strike season
2004	John Tortorella - Tampa Bay Lightning
2003	Jacques Lemaire - Minnesota Wild
2002	Bob Francis - Phoenix Coyotes
2001	Bill Barber - Philadelphia Flyers
2000	Joel Quenneville - St. Louis Blues
1999	Jacques Martin - Ottawa Senators
1998	Pat Burns - Boston Bruins
1997	Ted Nolan - Buffalo Sabres
1996	Scotty Bowman - Detroit Red Wings
1995	Marc Crawford - Quebec Nordiques
1994	Jacques Lemaire - New Jersey Devils
1993	Pat Burns - Toronto Maple Leafs
1992	Pat Quinn - Vancouver Canucks
1991	Brian Sutter - St. Louis Blues
1990	Bob Murdoch - Winnipeg Jets
1989	Pat Burns - Montreal Canadiens
1988	Jacques Demers - Detroit Red Wings
1987	Jacques Demers - Detroit Red Wings
1986	Glen Sather - Edmonton Oilers
1985	Mike Keenan - Philadelphia Flyers
1984	Bryan Murray - Washington Capitals
1983	Orval Tessier - Chicago Blackhawks
1982	Tom Watt - Winnipeg Jets
1981	Red Berenson - St. Louis Blues
1980	Pat Quinn - Philadelphia Flyers
1979	Al Arbour - New York Islanders
1978	Bobby Kromm - Detroit Red Wings
1977	Scotty Bowman - Montreal Canadiens
1976	Don Cherry - Boston Bruins
1975	Bob Pulford - Los Angeles Kings
1974	Fred Shero - Philadelphia Flyers