List of Ottawa Senators head coaches (original)

Pre-NHL era

In this early era, the captain of the club was the coach. No other individual was hired by the club.

Captains

• Frank Jenkins 1883–1886, 1889–1890
• Thomas D. Green, 1886–1887
• P. D. Ross, 1890–91
• Herbert Russell 1891–1893
• Weldy Young, 1893-1895
• Chauncy Kirby, 1895–96
• Fred Chittick, 1896–97
• Harvey Pulford, 1897–98
• Chauncy Kirby, 1898–99
• Hod Stuart, 1899–1900
• Harvey Pulford, 1900–1901
• William Duval, 1902

Coaches

• Alf Smith (1901, 1903–1906) (playing coach from 1904–1906)
• Pete Green (1902, 1908–1913)
• Alf Smith (1913–1917)

NHL era

This is a list of head coaches for the original Ottawa Senators club of the National Hockey League. This list does not include the current NHL Ottawa Senators.

1. Eddie Gerard (1917–1918)
2. Alf Smith (1918–1919)
3. Pete Green (1919–1925)
4. Alex Currie (1925–1926)
5. Dave Gill (1926–1929)
6. Newsy Lalonde (1929–1930)
7. Newsy Lalonde and Dave Gill (1930–31)
8. Cy Denneny (1932–1933)
9. George Boucher (1933–1934)

References

• Finnigan, Joan (1992). Old Scores, New Goals: The Story of the Ottawa Senators. Kingston, Ontario: Quarry Press. ISBN 1550820419. 
• Kitchen, Paul (2008). Win, Tie or Wrangle. Manotick, Ontario: Penumbra Press. ISBN 9781897323465.