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A 102 Year History of Toronto Maple Leafs Head Coaches

By Peri Gallacher

TORONTO, ON - JUNE 8: Toronto Maple Leafs' Assistant General Manager Kyle Dubas announced today that Sheldon Keefe has been named head coach of the Toronto Marlies. (Carlos Osorio/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - JUNE 8: Toronto Maple Leafs' Assistant General Manager Kyle Dubas announced today that Sheldon Keefe has been named head coach of the Toronto Marlies. (Carlos Osorio/Toronto Star via Getty Images) /
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LEAFS PRACTICE–10/24/07–Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Paul Maurice (L) speaks with Marlies call-up Jiri Tlusty during practice at Lakeshore Lions Arena in Toronto, October 24, 2007. Tlusty is expected to be in the lineup when the Leafs play at Pittsburgh Thursday night. (Andrew Wallace/Toronto Star)anw (Photo by Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
LEAFS PRACTICE–10/24/07–Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Paul Maurice (L) speaks with Marlies call-up Jiri Tlusty during practice at Lakeshore Lions Arena in Toronto, October 24, 2007. Tlusty is expected to be in the lineup when the Leafs play at Pittsburgh Thursday night. (Andrew Wallace/Toronto Star)anw (Photo by Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star via Getty Images) /

2006-2015

Paul Maurice took over the head coach role after Quinn was let go.

Maurice coached the team through the 2006 season to 2008. He lead the team to finish 9th in the Eastern Conference and missed a playoff position in 2007 and in 2008 the team missed playoffs once again and in May that year, Maurice was fired.

Next came Ron Wilson.

The team flopped under Ron Wilson through 2008-2012 until he was fired and replaced with Randy Carlyle. Another former player filling the head coach role, he guided the now rebuilding team through the remainder of the 2011-2012 season, failing to reach the playoffs.

Due to the 2012-2013 NHL lockout and the revised schedule reduced the season from 82 to 48 games, the season started on January 19th 2013, the Leafs finished with a 26-17-5 record and qualified for playoffs for the first time.

This marked a playoffs match up that all Leafs fans would remember for years to come when they lost in Game 7 of the first round to the Boston Bruins.

The following 2014-2015 season started promising and it was clear the team was set to have a playoffs spot, until they bombed the rest of the season and missed playoffs.

That January, Carlyle was fired and the team finished the season with coached by Peter Horachek, the previous assistant coach.

Horachek was also fired, one day after the regular season ended, as well as the teams general manager and all coaches.

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